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From Sauber to Audi, Wheatley prepares to disrupt in F1 revolution (Japan Occasions)
”Look, it is an bold roadmap we now have forward of us. Our intention is to be competing for race wins and championships on the finish of the last decade, and we have an aggressive path to get us there.”
How Jackie Stewart taping a wrench on the steering wheel made F1 safer (Jalopnik)
‘With no marshals close by and the cockpit filling with gasoline, Stewart’s teammate Graham Hill and fellow racer Bob Bondurant tried their greatest to tug him out of the wreckage, however did not have the instruments to free him. They lastly discovered a wrench from a fan, unbolted the steering wheel, and helped get Stewart out earlier than taking him to the hospital. The incident prompted Stewart to hold a wrench, taping it to his steering wheel — a small however important step towards enhancing security.’
Why hasn’t George Russell re-signed with Mercedes but? (New York Occasions)
‘The factor to recollect is that Russell is now 27. We’re about to enter a brand new regulation cycle, one the place Mercedes may lastly give him a automotive able to preventing for a world championship. That is an important contract negotiation of his F1 profession, that means it’s essential to get it proper. There’s no friction over the time it’s taking.’
Put Components One drivers in street vehicles to indicate who actually is the most effective (Auto Categorical)
‘For me, essentially the most blindingly apparent step ahead for F1, its drivers and followers goes like this: These producers should begin taking it in turns to provide their showroom fashions of option to F1 drivers for them to race in anger every GP weekend. Solely after we witness them go wheel to wheel in comparatively unfamiliar long-range street vehicles within the morning, adopted by shorter-range F1 machines within the afternoon, will we actually know who’s bought the expertise, bravery and starvation to safe the title of undisputed world champion driver.’
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