Within the round-up: Pink Bull crew principal Laurent Mekies rues the impact Yuki Tsunoda’s crash in qualifying had on their race weekend.
Briefly
Tsunoda crash “derailed” RB’s Mexican GP
Mekies stated it was “very irritating to go away Mexico with no factors” after Tsunoda crashed once more on the primary lap of the race and Liam Lawson fell to sixteenth following his late tangle with Franco Colapinto.
RB had “one among our best weekends in fairly some time by way of pure tempo,” stated Mekies. Nonetheless Tsunoda’s crash in Q2 meant each he and Lawson missed the prospect to start out within the prime 10, which left them at an obstacle for the race.
“Yuki’s crash was expensive because the domino impact was that it additionally prevented Liam from attending to Q3, however that’s motor racing,” stated Mekies. “The weekend was derailed from that time onwards and on the opening lap of the race, Yuki was the unlucky sufferer of some squeezing, which is the type of incident that may occur within the midfield.”
FIA toughens up rule on criticising BoP
The FIA has toughened up its regulation forbidding rivals within the World Endurance Championship from criticising the collection’ Stability of Efficiency laws. The foundations permit the collection to specify completely different minimal weight and energy ranges for every automotive in an try and create shut racing.
Up to date sporting laws for the 2025 season prolong the present ban on dialogue of the BoP to the method by which it’s adjusted. The revised rule, with the brand new portion in italics, states: “Producers, rivals, drivers and any individuals or entities related to their entries should not search to affect the institution of the BoP or touch upon the method and/or the outcomes, specifically by means of public statements, the media and social networks.”
The change comes after Toyota’s crew director Rob Leupen was given a suspended superb for his feedback about BoP after the Six Hours of Sao Paulo earlier this 12 months.
First F1 Academy champion suspects profession is over
Marta Garcia, who gained the primary version of Components 1’s all-female collection F1 Academy final 12 months, believes her single-seater profession is probably going at an finish. She fashioned a part of Iron Dames’ entry into the Components Regional European Championship this 12 months however regardless of ending all bar one of many 20 races ended the 12 months with out a level.
In a social media publish Garcia stated her look in Sunday’s finale at Monza “might be my final race in a single seater, at the least for the close to future.”
“I’m unhappy, I’m completely happy, I’m nostalgic. I even have some tears penning this. I knew the great distance it was to return the place I’m right now and I’m so glad for each single time on monitor. My dream was at all times get to F1 and this dream will keep perpetually in me.”
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