Bearman’s shunt reminds Irvine of Ogawa’s fatal Suzuka crash, and more – RaceFans

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Irvine: ‚Antonelli e Russell andranno allo scontro. Verstappen? La F1 puo fare a meno di lui‘ (La Gazzetta dello Sport – Italian)

‚I do not like (the brand new rules) in any respect. They positively must make some modifications; it may well’t all be about battery life. I like electrical automobiles; I personal 4, however it is not sensible to attempt to make the highest flight eco-friendly. And these automobiles are harmful. (Bearman) was going a lot quicker than Franco Colapinto and needed to keep away from him. It jogged my memory of the incident that value Hitoshi Ogawa his life within the Japanese F3000. Fortunately, this time the automobiles did not contact.‘

(Ogawa collided with the rear of Andrew Gilbert-Scott’s automobile whereas the pair have been combating over fourth place at Suzuka within the fourth spherical of the 1992 All-Japan System 3000 sequence. Irvine was additionally on the grid for that race. Ogawa died after his automobile was launched over the barrier at flip one. Gilbert-Scott and two photographers have been additionally injured. Video of the crash may be discovered right here.)

Why tweaks – not main modifications – anticipated to F1’s guidelines (BBC)

‚There’s a widespread opinion within the sport – influenced by what’s perceived to be typically beneficial response from followers to the brand new type of racing – that the 2026 guidelines have – total – had a optimistic affect on the game. In consequence, the conferences are extremely unlikely to result in main modifications. As an alternative, the end result is anticipated to be a sequence of detailed tweaks within the specifics of the principles round energy unit operation that may tackle among the important considerations.‘

Workforce KCMG aiming to enhance on stable begin at NLS3 (KCMG)

‚Former winners of the Nürburgring 24 Hours David Pittard and Jesse Krohn stay within the #47 Mercedes-AMG GT3 after a optimistic begin to the marketing campaign, the place they completed tenth in NLS2. The duo can be joined by KCMG common Edoardo Liberati, who has pushed on the Nürburgring 24 Hours for the Hong Kong-based outfit on 4 events, relationship again to 2019. To finish the quartet is ex-System 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi, who accomplished his allow across the Nordschleife in GT4 equipment throughout 2024.‘

Father of IndyCar champion Will Energy speaks about allegedly being held at gunpoint in carjacking ordeal (7 Information)

‚The daddy of IndyCar champion Will Energy has been caught up in an alleged carjacking incident, coming face-to-face with a person and his sawn-off shotgun.‘

Kanaan taking part in the lengthy recreation as Arrow McLaren hunts for first IndyCar win of 2026 (Racer)

‚We have been freaking aggressive. We began tenth, and we completed second. And it wasn’t a method that did this for Lundgaard. The child handed everybody. So we’re aggressive, and we’re not higher, we’re not worse. However we nonetheless have lots to show – to ourselves, actually, greater than anybody else.‘

’67‘ has by no means been utilized by a driver in a System 1 race. It did seem on some automobiles on the Indianapolis 500 when that counted in direction of the world championship within the fifties.#F1 #Indy500

— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine.bsky.social) 2026-04-08T16:39:38.868Z

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