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In the round-up: Historic F1 car racer David Ferrer died yesterday following a crash at last weekend’s round at Zandvoort. Links Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more from hundreds of sites across the web: FIA statement regarding FIA Masters Historic Formula One championship incident at Zasnvoort (FIA) "The FIA regrets to advise that the driver David Ferrer has unfortunately succumbed to injuries sustained in the incident at Zandvoort. The FIA extends its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Mr Ferrer at this difficult time." Reality bites (Racer) Haas: "If you can never win in this sport, it's really not going to be much of a sport." Hulkenberg urges Pirelli to improve wet weather tyres (F1i) "In the past, with other tyre manufacturers, we could still drive in those types of conditions." Raikkonen blames tyres for “stupid” qualifying delay Horner: Whiting 'too conservative' in Monza rain calls (Crash) "He was a … [Read more...] about F1 Fanatic round-up: Historic F1 racer dies following crash at Zandvoort

Coming up through the ranks with George Russell and Lando Norris, Alex Albon says the Mercedes driver is the first of the trio to make a “big step forward”. Rivals since their karting days, Albon, Russell and Norris, although a few years younger, have often raced head-to-head. The most notable of their rivalries coming in 2018 when the trio fought for the Formula 2 championship title. That went to Russell ahead of Norris and Albon, all three stepping up into Formula 1 the following season. Albon’s career, though, hit a stumbling block, the driver the first to join a current race-winning team when he was promoted to Red Bull mid-2019 but he was also the first left worrying about his career when he was dropped from the F1 grid for the 2021 championship. All three are back on the grid this season, Albon having signed with Williams , Norris still with the midfield McLaren team and Russell promoted to Mercedes where pundits predict it is just a matter of time before he wins … [Read more...] about Albon: Russell the first out of junior Brits to make ‘big step’

The drops of champagne had barely dried in Montreal before Red Bull’s attention turned firmly to the British Grand Prix. With six victories in succession, 2022 has rapidly become that sort of season for Red Bull and the races cannot come quickly enough as Max Verstappen continues to march towards a second consecutive World Championship. With memories of last year’s event – and the first-lap collision at Copse between Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton – still fresh in the mind, though, it is clear Silverstone is not just another race in the minds of Red Bull. “We’re going there fired up and trying to put right what happened last year,” team principal Christian Horner told Sky Sports underneath the podium in Canada. They may have elevated themselves to a whole new level in 2022, but Red Bull have never quite been able to let go of the bitterness and resentment that followed the sudden and violent ignition of the Verstappen-Hamilton rivalry a year ago. Their displeasure has … [Read more...] about Max and Red Bull will be out for revenge at Silverstone

In the round-up: Porsche has been successfully appealed a penalty against Andre Lotterer at the Jakarta EPrix, resulting in a change to the classification. In brief Lotterer Jakarta penalty rescinded before Marrakech round, changing result Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Lotterer has been restored to eighth place in the last round at Jakarta, Indonesia after he was cleared of responsibility for a collision with Nyck de Vries during the early stages of the race. Stewards initially determined Lotterer collided with De Vries, giving him a puncture which meant he had to pit. Lotterer was given a five-second time penalty and one penalty point against on his e-license, the Formula E equivalent of a super license. The penalty meant that Lotterer was initially recorded as finishing the Jakarta Eprix in 11th. Originally, the penalty decision simply concluded “the driver of car 36 [Lotterer] caused a collision in [turn eight] with car 17 [de Vries].” After … [Read more...] about Lotterer gains points as Porsche succeed in overturning his Jakarta EPrix penalty · RaceFans