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Comment of the day
Was Max Verstappen’s first-lap pass on Liam Lawson a divebomb which put them both off or was the Racing Bulls driver’s defensive move over the line?
Max’s front wheel was damn as makes no difference, equal to Lawson’s. And then Lawson turned in and hit Max, causing a small wobble that Max corrected, sending them off the track.
W0o0dy
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Peter Dixon and Jonny705!
On this day in motorsport
- 20 years ago today Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari at the Nurburgring while team mate Felipe Massa scored his first podium finish
- 15 years ago today Sebastian Vettel headed a Red Bull one-two in qualifying at Istanbul
- 20 years ago today Lewis Hamilton made it a clean sweep of both GP2 races at the Nurburgring with victory ahead of Nicolas Lapierre
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Sky Sports to remain home of Formula 1 until 2034 (Sky)
‘Sky will also remain the home of F1 until 2032 in Italy, having agreed a five-year extension to Sky Italia’s deal.’
F1’s £1bn Sky Sports deal fends off Apple TV (The Telegraph)
‘Sky moved to tie up rights it previously held until 2029 – and stave off any potential bid from Apple – by signing a new contract understood to be worth about £200m a season to continue showing the sport.’
IndyCar zeroing in on date for first IR28 track test (Racer)
‘IndyCar’s plans to start track testing its new Dallara IR28 chassis have been set for late July or early August.’
IndyCar expands push-to-pass opportunities (IndyCar)
‘Beginning with this week’s events on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and for all subsequent road and street circuit races, push-to-pass – a driver-controlled system that provides roughly 60 extra horsepower via increased turbocharger boost – will be available and allowed for use at all times once the car passes the alternate start-finish line following the start and once the green flag has been displayed. Expanded availability, which now includes use on race restarts, will provide teams and drivers additional tools and overtake possibilities during the crucial moments of race restarts. The rule prohibiting passing prior to the restart line remains in effect.’
Toyota, Peugeot set out hybrid red lines for 2030 regs (Sportscar 365)
‘Hybrid is definitely part of the current landscape in the car industry now, so the question mark is not whether to have hybrid, but which way and how it is correctly balanced between ICE power and electric power for the good of the message we want to give, and also in terms of costs and development efforts.’
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