Within the round-up: Pirelli performed its first take a look at of the brand new tyres System 1 will use for the 2026 season yesterday.
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First take a look at for 2026 F1 tyres
Felipe Drugovich accomplished 670 kilometres of testing for Pirelli yesterday in a modified 2023-specification Aston Martin AMR23 on the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.
This was the primary take a look at for the brand new, smaller tyres F1 will race in 2026. Whereas the 18-inch wheel measurement will stay unchanged the brand new tyres have been decreased in width by 30mm on the rear and 25mm on the entrance.
Superlicence “would have been helpful a number of years in the past” – Herta
IndyCar racer Colton Herta certified for a System 1 superlicence by ending second within the championship final weekend, however admitted it has come too late after the FIA refused to think about granting an exemption for him to race within the sequence two years in the past.
“It might have been helpful a number of years in the past,” mentioned Herta. “It’s good to have one, I assume.”
The FIA provides 124 superlicence factors to IndyCar drivers per yr in comparison with 201 for System 2 and 128 for System 3. “I believe it’s disrespectful for IndyCar how underrepresented it’s,” Herta continued. “However these are all issues we all know and we’ve talked about within the final three years.”
Herta clinched second within the championship by scoring his first win on an oval. “It’s about time,” he mentioned. “I believe there’s been a number of occasions the place I believed we might have received or ought to have received, and quite a few of issues would have occurred to cease us from doing that. Fortunately at the moment we received all of it proper.”
Rosenqvist continues with Meyer Shank
Felix Rosenqvist has signed a brand new, multi-year deal to maintain him at IndyCar workforce Meyer Shank past the top of subsequent season. He joined the workforce from McLaren this season and claimed pole place for the second spherical of the championship in Lengthy Seashore, and claimed a greatest race end of fourth at Barber Motorsport Park.
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Sergio Perez’s father is reported to be recovering after collapsing on the household’s residence on Sunday.
Mercedes F1 junior Yuanpu Cui wins twice in Chinese language F4 cameo (System Scout)
‘Racing resumed on lap 11, regardless of one driver crashing earlier than the restart, and when inexperienced flags waved there was one other incident which eradicated Peng Yang and meant the security automotive returned and led the sector to the chequered flag. Cui received, and a five-second penalty demoted Liu from fourth to seventh.’
Chadwick eager to tackle IndyCar in 2025 (Racer)
‘Her aspirations are to do one thing in IndyCar in 2025, however it’s a very crowded market in the meanwhile. If she does come again to do Nxt once more, I believe she’d definitely be a title favorite.’
COTA and Alpine added to official FIA WEC sport ‘Le Mans Final’ (WEC)
‘The Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 Competizione – which contested the opening 5 races of the present WEC marketing campaign – is equally a brand new introduction in Le Mans Final’s second DLC, finishing the Hypercar grid, and is accompanied by a complete host of recent content material, updates, iconic liveries and dynamic gameplay characteristic, co-op mode.’
Browning: ‘Factors on F2 debut weekend will assist studying curve’ (System 2)
‘I used to be a bit gutted to do the rolling begin, however I believe it could have been good to do one other race begin, nevertheless it’s okay. It was very calm.’
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