Within the round-up: Sergio Perez continues to insist that he’s not liable to being dropped by Crimson Bull.
In short
Perez insists he’s staying at Crimson Bull
Following Crimson Bull crew principal Christian Horner’s feedback Liam Lawson was “extremely unlikely” to hitch the crew earlier than the top of the 12 months, Perez insisted he’ll nonetheless race for them subsequent season.
“It’s simply rumours,” he informed the official F1 channel. “On the finish of the day, I believe there must be slightly bit extra professionalism as effectively from the media, to not unfold rumours like that. As a result of on the finish of the day, those that lose credibility are those are spreading these rumours.
“You will notice me in Vegas, you will note me subsequent 12 months after which and I’m not the one which that worries about it.”
Verstappen tells Dutch media he has “flawed passport” for F1
Talking individually to members of the Dutch media yesterday, Max Verstappen claimed he’s handled in another way as a result of he has the “flawed passport” for the F1 paddock.
He took situation with a view expressed by former F1 driver Johnny Herbert, now an FIA steward, that he intentionally pressured Lando Norris off the observe at flip seven throughout final weekend’s race. “These statements are fairly irregular and accusations fairly excessive,” mentioned Verstappen.
Villeneuve statue stolen
A 40-year-old bronze statue of Gilles Villeneuve has been stolen from the museum in his dwelling city of Berthierville in Canada. The statue was lower off on the ankles, leaving solely the toes.
“It breaks my coronary heart if you see that each one that’s left of the statue are the boots,” the overall director of the Gilles-Villeneuve museum Alain Bellehumeur informed Le Journal de Montreal. “For us, it was a historic and extremely symbolic monument.”
Anybody with data is urged to contact the Quebec provincial police hotline on 1 800 659-4264.
Formulation E strikes pre-season check
Following the intense which claimed over 150 lives in Valencia over the past week, Formulation E has introduced it’ll transfer the pre-season check classes from the Circuit Ricardo Tormo subsequent week to the Jarama circuit in Madrid.
“Following session with native authorities, the FIA and our colleagues at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, we now have determined to not proceed with our pre-season check in Valencia, deliberate for 4th-Seventh November,” the sequence mentioned in an announcement. “Whereas it might have been potential to go forward logistically, it is vital to not create any distraction or use priceless assets which can be significantly better served supporting the local people.
“The complete occasion schedule shall be confirmed in the end, as we navigate quite a few logistical and operational challenges which is able to decide if it’s potential to maneuver our check operations to Madrid inside this timeframe.”
“Our first ideas are with the group of Valencia,” they added.
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Scandals, crashes & rivalries – eight dramatic F1 title battles (BBC)
‘Hamilton was aiming to make historical past by profitable the title in his maiden season – an achievement that appeared doubtless heading into the ultimate two races in China and Brazil. Nevertheless, a retirement on the Chinese language Grand Prix and a seventh-placed end at Interlagos – following a technical downside – meant Hamilton misplaced the title by one level to Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Each he and Alonso ended the marketing campaign tied on 109 factors, with Hamilton labeled in second on outcomes countback.’
Formulation 1 plugs net-zero water consumption forward of Las Vegas Grand Prix (KTNV)
‘The water used for F1 is accounted for by way of a machine referred to as an Atmospheric Water Generator. It grabs water vapour from an MGM Grand evaporative cooling ‘moist tower’ and recycles it – a useful resource that may in any other case be misplaced to the air above. The unit price $400,000 to construct final 12 months and was made potential by a partnership between the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Formulation 1, MGM Resorts, and an area nonprofit referred to as Waterstart.’
Mark Blundell: ”It was the rostrum that I did not know was my final one at that stage since you by no means do. Trying again on it, once more, level scoring in these days was fairly a troublesome scenario and reliability was additionally a much bigger consider what went on. Simply having a podium full cease in Formulation One is all the time going to be an achievement.”
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Notable posts from X (previously Twitter), TikTok and extra:
Altogether for Ayrton 🙏
The grid got here collectively and celebrated the legacy of the legendary Ayrton Senna 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/U0jixQJKQh
— Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing) October 31, 2024
Ayrton Senna quote on Sebastian Vettel’s T-shirt at Interlagos at present:
“Rich males cannot reside in an island that’s encircled by poverty.
“All of us breathe the identical air.
“We should give an opportunity to everybody, not less than a fundamental probability.”#F1 #BrazilianGP #RaceFans pic.twitter.com/DbvaenyVvi
— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet) October 31, 2024
This from August:
“As a part of our ongoing struggle in opposition to on-line abuse, current investigations have proven that there’s a direct hyperlink between destructive feedback from drivers and crew members and elevated hate directed in the direction of officers on social media”: https://t.co/jiVEMiZCrd#F1
— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) October 31, 2024
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Glad birthday!
Glad birthday to Joe Jones, Rits and Tara!
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