Within the round-up: Williams workforce principal James Vowles says they are going to inevitably be compromised on the subsequent spherical following their spate of crashes.
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Williams going through spare components scarcity
Williams suffered three crashes in someday final weekend at Interlagos, per week after Alexander Albon’s pair of crashes in Mexico Metropolis. Vowles mentioned any workforce would really feel the pressure on its spare components stock underneath these circumstances.
“There’s no workforce on the grid that may address 5 main accidents in two race weekends,” mentioned Vowles in a video launched by Williams. “Merely, the quantity of spares we feature should not adequate to hold that quantity of attrition.
“Vegas, I’ve excessive hopes for. We had been quick there final yr and I’m assured we’ve got a automobile that may work properly in these situations. So we’re going to do our absolute utmost to get two automobiles to one of the best specification they are often with adequate spares round us to make that occur.
“What that appears like is tough to foretell for the time being. We’re nonetheless getting the gadgets again from Brazil and figuring out what we’ve got to do when it comes to [parts building] to be able to give ourselves one of the best probability attainable.”
F1 earnings rises in third quarter
Formulation 1 generated $146 million (£112m) in earnings throughout the third quarter of 2024. That is an 11% rise in comparison with the identical interval final yr, regardless of holding seven rounds in that interval, one lower than the yr earlier than.
Correa out of F2
DAMS have dropped Juan Manuel Correa for the ultimate 4 Formulation 2 races of the yr. Ferrari Driver Academy member Dino Beganovic, who completed sixth in Formulation 3 this yr, will substitute him.
GB3 drive for F1 Academy champion
F1 Academy has introduced its 2024 champion will obtain a fully-funded seat in subsequent yr’s GB3 collection with Rodin, plus 20 days of testing. GB3 is but to verify its 2025 calendar however claimed six of subsequent yr’s eight weekends will happen at F1 venues, up from 4 this yr, when it visited Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, the Hungaroring and Zandvoort.
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