Aston Martin: Burning F1 seat that hurt Alonso a work in progress

Around the halfway mark of a sweltering Losail race, Alonso urged the team to come up with a solution after feeling a burning pain in his seat.”The seat is burning, mate,” he said on the team radio. “Anything we can do at the pit stop? Throw me water or something!”The team couldn’t do much to provide some relief for the Spaniard, but afterwards team principal Mike Krack explained the …Keep reading
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McLaren to trial recycle carbon fibre at F1’s US GP

McLaren has teamed up with the specialised company V Carbon to pioneer the use of recycled carbon on its MCL60.The recycled material will first be used on the cockpit branding panels of the cars driven by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.McLaren intends to keep the material on its cars for the remainder of the 2023 F1 season if the Austin trial is successful, with a view to exploring further use on …Keep reading
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F1 champion Mika Hakkinen to mentor rising F2 star Maini

The Finn is throwing his weight behind Maini, and says the target is very clear: “F1 is our objective”.Hakkinen’s track record in this department is strong, having played a significant role in the development of former Mercedes F1 race winner and current Alfa Romeo Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas.In the current F1 field Mark Webber performs a similar role with Oscar Piastri, who has broken …Keep reading
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Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone handed suspended prison sentence for fraud

Ecclestone, who owned the championship-winning Brabham team from 1972 to 1987 as he rose to overall power in F1, led the series for more than four decades before its 2017 takeover by current owner Liberty Media. He then took on the ‘chairman emeritus’ and an advisory role.But in July last year, the Crown Prosecution Service “authorised the charging of Bernard Charles Ecclestone with fraud by false …Keep reading
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Ex-Haas F1 sponsor Rich Energy boss Storey trying to buy Reading FC

The Daily Telegraph reports that Storey must now pass the English Football League’s ‘fit and proper persons test’ before he can complete on Reading, who were relegated to League One (the third tier) for this season.Reading, in the relegation zone after 11 games, were the subject of a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & Customs in June. The club fell out of the Championship last season …Keep reading
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Mansell memorabilia sells for over £2million

Renowned auction house RM Sotheby’s – which is selling Lewis Hamilton’s 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix-winning Mercedes W04 in Las Vegas next month – sold 324 lots across three days.The exact reason for the 1992 F1 champion moving on his private collection, previously housed in his museum on the island of Jersey, in such a significant sale has not been publicly disclosed. All lots were offered …Keep reading
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