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Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Comment of the day
Last weekend’s Caption Competition prompted many great results – but this was the pick of the bunch:
When they told him he could drive one of Mario’s cars, Isack thought they meant Andretti.
Lewisham Milton
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to David Craft and Laurie Gregg!
On this day in motorsport
- 30 years ago today Olivier Panis took his only F1 win – the last for Ligier – in a crazy Monaco Grand Prix which saw Michael Schumacher crash on the first lap
- Born today in 1928: Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus and creator of some of Formula1’s most innovative, radical and successful cars.
- 25 years ago today Kenny Brack won the fifth race of the CART IndyCar series for Rahal at Motegi, moving into the lead of the championship
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Monaco EPrix (ITV)
Lando Norris: ‘I was planning to do a bit of driving in a Formula E car at some point. I’ve spoken to Jake (Dennis) and a few of the other guys who’ve driven here.’
Coulthard: Formula E’s ‘Gen4’ will redefine what a racing car can be (Formula E)
‘Once you’re through an apex you realise the car can take everything you throw at it. It’s just not normal. It’s redefining what a race car can be. I’ve driven a lot of cars over the years – I have an understanding with what all-wheel drive could feel like but a car under 1000kg with 800+bhp in old money, that’s an impressive getaway.’
IndyCar officiating announces ‘500’ post-qualifying technical violations (and) penalties (IndyCar)
‘Both (Caio Collet and Jack Harvey) have had their qualifying results disallowed and have been re-ordered to the rear of the field in order of entrant points.’
‘Communication breakdown’ to blame for Collet’s Indy qualifying infringement (Racer)
Nürburgring post-race notebook (Sportscar 365)
‘The Nuerburgring reported a new event attendance record of 352,000 people, surpassing the previous record of 280,000 spectators that was achieved last year and marking a 70 percent increase in attendance from the 2023 event. A large part of the sold-out crowd could be attributed to Verstappen’s participation.’
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