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Newey: The first interview (Aston Martin)
‘My thoughts on the ’26 regulations are similar to what my thoughts were about the big regulation change for 2022: initially thinking the regulations were so prescriptive that there wasn’t much left here (for a designer), but then you start to drill into the detail and realise there’s more flexibility for innovation and different approaches than first meets the eye.’
FIA president proposes changes to governing body (BBC)
‘These bring forward the deadline for candidates for December’s presidential election, give Ben Sulayem the possibility to bar any candidate from running against him and allow him more control over the membership of the FIA Senate. No critic was prepared to comment on the record about the changes, as many are bound by non-disclosure agreements.’
Vowles vows no more team orders confusion at Williams (Reuters)
‘Race engineers, actually for a lot of it, are parrots. So if you give them a long winded thing, they have to start thinking through and break it up,
Newgarden looking for a season reset at Indy (Racer)
‘I think the April (Indy 500 test led by Honda) was misleading, but I believe we can have a race-winning car again, and we can have race winning speed. We can be up front in qualifying. We’re going to find out here very soon, but I feel confident we’ll have the ingredients.’
Las Vegas Grand Prix looking to hire 600 marshals for 2025 race (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
‘The 2025 Locals’ Marshal Program, being held during select weekends in September, features sessions on F1 basics such as roles and responsibilities of flaggers, flagging and communication procedures, track and fire safety, and vehicle recovery training. Las Vegas Valley residents who complete the marshal program may be eligible to serve as marshals.’
Toto’s Imola preview: ‘Progress made, but work to do’ (Mercedes)
‘From those first six races, we can draw the following conclusions: we have made progress from last year, with the W16 a more balanced car than its predecessor.’
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On this day in motorsport
25 years ago today Michael Andretti won the CART IndyCar round at the Motegi oval in Japan, which was delayed by a day due to rain the previous day
65 years ago today Innes Ireland won the non-championship BRDC International Trophy for Lotus, just under two seconds ahead of Jack Brabham in a Cooper, after 50 laps of Silverstone
30 years ago today Michael Schumacher led a one-two for Benetton with team mate Johnny Herbert, while Nigel Mansell ended his F1 career
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