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Vettel says rule changes risk ‘diluting the DNA’ of F1 (Financial Times)
‘Vettel is sceptical that the battery technology might transfer to road cars in a meaningful way. He says hybrid and pure electric road cars have different requirements from racing cars. ‘(On the road) you try to see if there’s a red light coming, come off throttle, slowly try to charge the battery by slowing down, braking a little bit, stopping, then eventually going again. In racing, it’s very different. Will it find a way into your Toyota Yaris? No, it will not.”
Alpine building foundations for F1 success, says Renault boss (Reuters)
‘When the team is completely lost, when you are nowhere, first you have to set very short-term priorities and refocus the team on delivering very concrete things. This is what I call the one-year plan. It is doing well on the performance side and it is doing well on the sponsorship side, so I’m reasonably satisfied but humble. I know that the journey will be a long way.’
Unlicensed casinos could face ban on sponsoring UK sports teams from 2027 (The Guardian)
‘Proposal to protect vulnerable and stop money laundering could affect Premier League clubs and Formula 1.’
To the Hungaroring before the summer break (Ferrari)
Frederic Vasseur: ‘On paper, the Hungaroring could suit the characteristics of our car a little better, but that alone is no guarantee.’
Silverstone aiming to be ‘next biggest’ race after Le Mans (Sportscar 365)
‘Our challenge is to explain to people who have become fans of Formula 1 that actually this is every bit as good, and unpack it for them and explain how this is an incredible game of chess which plays out over six hours, and tactically it’s every bit as enthralling.’
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On this day in motorsport
- 10 years ago today Nico Rosberg took pole position in controversial fashion at the Hungaroring
- 15 years ago today Mark Webber narrowly beat Lewis Hamilton to pole at the Nurburgring
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Vettel says rule changes risk ‘diluting the DNA’ of F1 (Financial Times)
‘Vettel is sceptical that the battery technology might transfer to road cars in a meaningful way. He says hybrid and pure electric road cars have different requirements from racing cars. ‘(On the road) you try to see if there’s a red light coming, come off throttle, slowly try to charge the battery by slowing down, braking a little bit, stopping, then eventually going again. In racing, it’s very different. Will it find a way into your Toyota Yaris? No, it will not.”
Alpine building foundations for F1 success, says Renault boss (Reuters)
‘When the team is completely lost, when you are nowhere, first you have to set very short-term priorities and refocus the team on delivering very concrete things. This is what I call the one-year plan. It is doing well on the performance side and it is doing well on the sponsorship side, so I’m reasonably satisfied but humble. I know that the journey will be a long way.’
Unlicensed casinos could face ban on sponsoring UK sports teams from 2027 (The Guardian)
‘Proposal to protect vulnerable and stop money laundering could affect Premier League clubs and Formula 1.’
To the Hungaroring before the summer break (Ferrari)
Frederic Vasseur: ‘On paper, the Hungaroring could suit the characteristics of our car a little better, but that alone is no guarantee.’
Silverstone aiming to be ‘next biggest’ race after Le Mans (Sportscar 365)
‘Our challenge is to explain to people who have become fans of Formula 1 that actually this is every bit as good, and unpack it for them and explain how this is an incredible game of chess which plays out over six hours, and tactically it’s every bit as enthralling.’
RaceFans always endeavours to credit original sources. Want to share a relevant motorsport link with us? Send it in via the contact form.
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