Within the round-up: US presidential candidate Kamala Harris reveals she’s a Lewis Hamilton fan.
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Harris endorses Hamilton
Kamala Harris, the Democratic Occasion candidate for US president, revealed she watches Formulation 1. “It’s so good,” she informed Sirius XM. “We like it, our complete household does.”
Requested if she was solely declaring her curiosity within the collection due to her marketing campaign, Harris replied: “No, God no. Truly, I haven’t been capable of watch it quite a bit lately as a result of I’m campaigning. Additionally, relying on the place they’re driving, the time of day, you’ve received to get up [early].”
She described herself as a Hamilton fan, however famous he’s “leaving Mercedes” on the finish of the yr.
Sirius XM was beforehand owned by F1’s industrial rights holder Liberty Media, which cut up the corporate off final month.
IndyCar presents high-speed Arlington road observe
IndyCar has revealed the 4.39 kilometre, 14-turn road observe which can host its new race in Arlington, Texas from 2026. It includes a kinked, 1.4-kilometre flat-out stretch from turns 9 to 10 which the collection claims might be one of many longest on the calendar.
Josef Newgarden predicted drivers will attain over 320kph (200mph) at that time on the circuit. “So it’s going to be a really quick observe,” stated the Penske driver. “It’s an excellent structure, loads of visibility with the best way they’ve laid it out.
The observe will even characteristic a double-sided pit lane, as seen on the Detroit road circuit which IndyCar first raced ultimately yr. It can additionally go beneath spectator areas at two separate factors.
Stenshorne quickest as F3 take a look at begins
Trident’s Martinius Stenshorne headed the primary day of Formulation 3 testing at Jerez with a quickest time of 1’30.761. Mari Boya was second for Campos forward of Van Amersfoort newcomer John Bennett.
Two Ferrari Driver Academy members have secured their locations on the 2025 grid. Formulation Regional European Champion Rafael Camara will drive for Trident and Tuukka Taponen has landed a drive with ART.
Lloyd joins McLaren driver programme
McLaren have introduced Ella Lloyd as their F1 Academy driver for subsequent yr. McLaren will even give Lloyd the chance to check for his or her Formulation E group at Valencia subsequent month.
Lloyd, who has additionally joined McLaren’s junior driver programme, made her debut within the collection as a wildcard driver in Singapore, ending each races within the factors. She completed eleventh in her first season in British Formulation 4 this yr, peaking with a trio of second-place finishes, all scored in partial reverse-grid races through which she began from pole place.
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‘F1 is unquestionably coming to SA,’ says Gayton McKenzie (The Citizen)
‘F1 informed us they’re eager to come back, they informed us what they should come and we’re going to provide what they want for them to come back.’
‘Now each events are heading again to a authorized tribunal. The neighborhood group will entrance a VCAT listening to on January 22 that might drive the AGPC to disclose the way it calculates its attendance figures for the four-day occasion, which this yr it stated stood at 452,055 folks.’
Rahal: ‘Sponsorship is essential’ to RLL’s 2025 line-up (Racer)
‘My understanding is that Hy-Vee is chopping again on loads of their sports activities properties, and even the occasion to some extent, is what I hear. I don’t know what that actually means, however clearly, there’s nonetheless going to be a race in Iowa, however we’re going to know pretty quickly.’
‘Daniel simply grew to become everyone’s favorite right away.’
BMW ‘lastly the place it desires to be’ after Fuji success (WEC)
‘Taking a look at the place we began (with the Hypercar programme) and the progress we’ve made, we will actually be proud.’
Carbon Fibre: In WEC and F1 (Ferrari by way of YouTube)
F1 Supervisor 2024 – replace 1.8 (F1 Supervisor)
‘Please word: This isn’t a full checklist of the whole lot the event group are engaged on.’
Mercedes F1 group rehomes lizards discovered at HQ (BBC)
‘The group stated the lizards have been ‘extremely quick which is clearly one thing we actually like right here’.’
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