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Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal: Team ownership could be next F1 step for Saudi Arabia (Reuters)
‘It’s not easy to say which team to buy and how you’re going to manage it. But we have a lot of interest… we’re hosting Formula 1, sponsoring teams. So I wouldn’t be surprised if we see an announcement for a Saudi team.’
Hamilton on dressing up, showing up, and making no apologies (Vogue)
‘When I first signed with F1 I was only allowed to wear suits and team kits, and it was horrible. I didn’t feel comfortable, and I didn’t feel like I was able to be myself. Eventually, I had the courage to push beyond those boundaries and say, ‘Look, I want to turn up to the track in what I want to wear. I’m here now – you can’t get rid of me or change the way I dress.”
Porsche gets largest weight break in Imola BoP (Sportscar 365)
‘The Porsche 963 will run at 1,053kg for the Six Hours of Imola, marking a reduction of 11kg compared to its minimum weight for February’s opening round of the season in Qatar. It follows a tough curtain-raiser for the Stuttgart marque, which came away with just two points for 10th in the Qatar 1812km, in which its 963 was the joint-heaviest of the eight Hypercar machines together with the Toyota GR010 Hybrid.’
IndyCar dismisses talk of switch to independent officiating (Racer)
‘According to Penske Corporation president Bud Denker, who serves as Roger Penske’s second in command, outsourcing IndyCar’s race control group to an external organization – just as the Indy Racing League did for a while with USAC, and was the norm prior to the CART IndyCar Series – is not at the top of the company’s to-do list.’
Four Norris mistakes that have raised red flags for me (The Telegraph)
Gary Anderson: ‘There is one thing that seems to characterise his approach in all three incidents: desperation. Of course, overtaking in these cars is not easy by any means. The braking zones are so small these days and the cars so large that the margins for error are tiny. Yet desperation seems to set in too often for Norris.’
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Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal: Team ownership could be next F1 step for Saudi Arabia (Reuters)
‘It’s not easy to say which team to buy and how you’re going to manage it. But we have a lot of interest… we’re hosting Formula 1, sponsoring teams. So I wouldn’t be surprised if we see an announcement for a Saudi team.’
Hamilton on dressing up, showing up, and making no apologies (Vogue)
‘When I first signed with F1 I was only allowed to wear suits and team kits, and it was horrible. I didn’t feel comfortable, and I didn’t feel like I was able to be myself. Eventually, I had the courage to push beyond those boundaries and say, ‘Look, I want to turn up to the track in what I want to wear. I’m here now – you can’t get rid of me or change the way I dress.”
Porsche gets largest weight break in Imola BoP (Sportscar 365)
‘The Porsche 963 will run at 1,053kg for the Six Hours of Imola, marking a reduction of 11kg compared to its minimum weight for February’s opening round of the season in Qatar. It follows a tough curtain-raiser for the Stuttgart marque, which came away with just two points for 10th in the Qatar 1812km, in which its 963 was the joint-heaviest of the eight Hypercar machines together with the Toyota GR010 Hybrid.’
IndyCar dismisses talk of switch to independent officiating (Racer)
‘According to Penske Corporation president Bud Denker, who serves as Roger Penske’s second in command, outsourcing IndyCar’s race control group to an external organization – just as the Indy Racing League did for a while with USAC, and was the norm prior to the CART IndyCar Series – is not at the top of the company’s to-do list.’
Four Norris mistakes that have raised red flags for me (The Telegraph)
Gary Anderson: ‘There is one thing that seems to characterise his approach in all three incidents: desperation. Of course, overtaking in these cars is not easy by any means. The braking zones are so small these days and the cars so large that the margins for error are tiny. Yet desperation seems to set in too often for Norris.’
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