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Cape Town and Kyalami in race to host F1 grand prix (Business Day)
‘Kyalami hosted its first F1 race in 1967 and has long held a prominent place in SA motorsport. Cape Town is also vying for the race with two separate bids.’
‘McLaren the class of the field but have hard tightrope to walk’ (BBC)
Andrea Stella: ‘We are very lucky with Oscar and Lando because it comes natural and, so far, the fact that we have Oscar and Lando for me is just a way of elevating the performance of the team and the internal competition. I’m sure there will be situations, but I’m also sure that they will be reviewed, and we will learn, and we will grow even more the way in which we protect the interest of the team.’
Horner has thrown Lawson to the slaughter (The Telegraph)
‘It must be galling for Lawson that Horner is refusing to publicly back him for the Red Bull seat after just two rounds. Especially so given that he lost significant time in the car at both the pre-season test in Bahrain and the opening round in Australia, through no fault of his own.’
Brundle assesses Piastri’s win, Ferrari ‘pain’ after disqualifications for Hamilton and Leclerc (Sky)
‘It was about now that we remembered Verstappen was in the race as he started to find some grip. Somehow on lower fuel, or simply track conditions, and probably even the realisation that he didn’t need to babysit the tyres so much, this allowed him to catch the Ferraris. In fact Max would deliver his fastest and front-running lap time on the final tour, which is a bit confusing.’
IndyCar, Thermal weighing options post-race for 2026 return (Racer)
‘There’s a whole extra part of the track we don’t use for the IndyCar layout that we would want to go to because there’s a lot more room to put grandstands, and there’s a lot of new houses being built out in that section.’
Strong Arrow McLaren chasing solutions for Alex Palou puzzle (IndyCar)
”It’s tough seeing this guy beat us every single event,’ Lundgaard said after finishing third, one position behind O’Ward. ‘We’ve got find a way to stop him.”
Interesting to note the FIA issued two different versions of the decisions confirming Leclerc and Gasly, removing references to “inside and outside scales”. Were they ensuring no one could hang an appeal on a minor error? This is Leclerc’s, Gasly’s is much the same.
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— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine.bsky.social) 24 March 2025 at 09:59
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Cape Town and Kyalami in race to host F1 grand prix (Business Day)
‘Kyalami hosted its first F1 race in 1967 and has long held a prominent place in SA motorsport. Cape Town is also vying for the race with two separate bids.’
‘McLaren the class of the field but have hard tightrope to walk’ (BBC)
Andrea Stella: ‘We are very lucky with Oscar and Lando because it comes natural and, so far, the fact that we have Oscar and Lando for me is just a way of elevating the performance of the team and the internal competition. I’m sure there will be situations, but I’m also sure that they will be reviewed, and we will learn, and we will grow even more the way in which we protect the interest of the team.’
Horner has thrown Lawson to the slaughter (The Telegraph)
‘It must be galling for Lawson that Horner is refusing to publicly back him for the Red Bull seat after just two rounds. Especially so given that he lost significant time in the car at both the pre-season test in Bahrain and the opening round in Australia, through no fault of his own.’
Brundle assesses Piastri’s win, Ferrari ‘pain’ after disqualifications for Hamilton and Leclerc (Sky)
‘It was about now that we remembered Verstappen was in the race as he started to find some grip. Somehow on lower fuel, or simply track conditions, and probably even the realisation that he didn’t need to babysit the tyres so much, this allowed him to catch the Ferraris. In fact Max would deliver his fastest and front-running lap time on the final tour, which is a bit confusing.’
IndyCar, Thermal weighing options post-race for 2026 return (Racer)
‘There’s a whole extra part of the track we don’t use for the IndyCar layout that we would want to go to because there’s a lot more room to put grandstands, and there’s a lot of new houses being built out in that section.’
Strong Arrow McLaren chasing solutions for Alex Palou puzzle (IndyCar)
”It’s tough seeing this guy beat us every single event,’ Lundgaard said after finishing third, one position behind O’Ward. ‘We’ve got find a way to stop him.”
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