Sargeant excited to race lighter Williams

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Schumacher deserves F1 seat – Todt

Former Ferrari group principal and FIA president Jean Todt believes Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher ought to be racing in F1. Schumacher misplaced his seat with Haas on the finish of 2022 after two seasons with the group and now races within the World Endurance Championship for Alpine.

“After all he had just a few accidents, a few of which have been his personal fault,” Todt instructed Motorsport Complete.

Nonetheless, he added: “Mick is healthier than half of the System 1 drivers. Mick has what it takes [for Formula 1] with out query. In any other case he wouldn’t have gained System 3 and System 2.”

Sargeant excited to race lighter Williams

After a number of races operating with a barely completely different specification of automotive to group mate Alexander Albon, Williams driver Logan Sargeant says he’s trying ahead to racing with a lighter automotive in Spain.

“We’ve got weight coming off the automotive this weekend, in order that’s clearly an automated uplift,” Sargeant instructed the official F1 channel. “Which is good and the primary one of many season. So I’m trying ahead to that and making an attempt to profit from that.

“My solely fear is that this isn’t our greatest monitor. Actually not up to now, however new yr, new automotive. So, hopefully we are able to discover a higher window with it and push ourselves additional up the grid.”

Beganovic feels prepared for F2

Ferrari junior and F3 driver Dino Beganovic says he feels able to doubtlessly transfer into System 2 with Prema if a seat turns into accessible.

With hypothesis that present Prema F2 racer Andrea Kimi Antonelli could also be referred to as up into F1, Beganovic says he feels he could be able to make the step up if Prema want a driver to fill Antonelli’s seat.

“I’ve not considered it, to be trustworthy,” he mentioned in response to a query from RaceFans. “I’m solely specializing in my season and what I’ve to do, so I’ve not considered it in any respect. If it occurs, it occurs. However I’d really feel prepared for it. However, once more, I’ve not considered it, earlier than you introduced it up.”

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Misplaced racing movies rescued by TV legend (Motor Sport)

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Kanaan pushes in all chips on suggestion to rent Siegel (IndyCar)

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RLL steering Vips towards IndyCar return (Racer)

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Celebrating 120 Years of FIA (FIA through YouTube)

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Porsche increase €911,000 for charity throughout 24H Le Mans ❤️

For the second yr in a row, the Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar group have run their „Racing For Charity“ scheme – the place the German producer donate €750 for each lap accomplished throughout the race.

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