Within the round-up: The Singapore Grand Prix organisers have added new grandstands to the Marina Bay circuit for 2023 to account for the lack of the Float sequence from the monitor format.


Resulting from renovation work on a waterside platform often called ‘The Float’, the Marina Bay avenue circuit won’t function the sequence from turns 16 to 19 that ran by the platform and below the grandstand till renovations are accomplished halfway via 2026.
As an alternative, the circuit will now run from the kink of flip 15 straight into the previous flip 20 proper hander, which can now turn out to be flip 16.
To compensate for the lack of grandstand house, organisers have introduced two new grandstands will likely be added on the within of the primary nook and simply earlier than the pit entry earlier than the ultimate two corners. Tickets for the brand new grandstands will begin from S$1,188.
Andretti has religion in Honda forward of Indy 500
Michael Andretti says Honda are working “very arduous” to make sure their engines will compete with Chevrolet throughout subsequent month’s Indianapolis 500.
Honda powered Marcus Ericsson to victory in final 12 months’s Indianapolis 500, however Chevrolet engines have received every of the 4 oval races which have adopted. Andretti, whose group run Honda engines, says he has religion in his engine provider.
“I feel they’re fairly equal, they’re getting fairly equal, ’trigger there’s solely a lot you are able to do with this engine, proper?,” Andretti stated. “I feel they’re getting nearer to one another.”
“They’re at all times nonetheless looking for that final little bit. I do know Honda is working very arduous nonetheless to do it. We’re advised we’re going to have some extra stuff for Indy. I’m hoping it will likely be what we have to beat the opposite guys.”
Madrid avenue circuit rumours resurface
Rumours the Spanish Grand Prix may transfer to a avenue circuit Madrid sooner or later have resurfaced in native media studies. Solutions a short lived circuit may exchange the Circuit de Catalunya exterior Barcelona as the house of the race have been round for years, however gained contemporary impetus not too long ago.
Aston Martin’s leap ahead means Spain now has two drivers who’re potential podium contenders: Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jnr, who’s from Madrid. The Spanish capital can also be residence to the recently-opened F1 exhibition on the Ifema facility. The mooted avenue circuit would run between that venue and the Valdedebas space, near the Bernabeu stadium of Actual Madrid soccer group. Spanish media suggests the monitor would exchange the Catalunya circuit because the race’s residence as soon as its contract expires on the finish of 2026.
Motor racing hyperlinks of curiosity:
Mick’s Diary: Life as an F1 Reserve Driver (Mercedes)
“I visited it again in 2014 as a younger driver and was even sneaking within the simulator then, however all the things is lots greater now than it was then! It’s a state-of-the-art facility, very spectacular in how issues are structured and the way each element is thoughtfully taken care of. I’m nonetheless getting used to the extent of preparation that you simply see right here, and I’m attempting to take in as a lot data as I can. Additionally, there’s nonetheless lots of people I haven’t met nevertheless it’s been enjoyable attending to know as many colleagues as I can.”
How Sauber are making ready for Audi’s arrival – and preserving the strain on within the midfield battle (F1)
“We began this plan in 2017. We began from very far. We had been virtually ranging from scratch in 2017. We had good amenities from the BMW period, however they remained like this for the subsequent 10 years – no upgrades, no enhancements. We had been 180 individuals. Now we’re greater than double.”
Each Components 1 Driver Who Tried to Push His Automotive to the End Line (Jalopnik)
“Innes Eire’s Lotus stopped at On line casino Sq., and this madman pushed the rattling factor all the way in which to the end simply so he could possibly be labeled in ninth place.”
Zak O’Sullivan talks F3 racing for Williams and his profession objectives (Irish Publish)
“I feel it is actually cool. Williams has such a giant heritage within the sport of motor racing and inside F1. Being concerned and below their wing has been a large assist for me. I feel the truth that you may lean again and be taught from an F1 group is at all times actually useful. I hope it continues.”
How An Eccentric Racing Inheritor Turned King of Hollywood Media (LA Magazine)
“Penske, now 44, grew up in Detroit and New York round racing, because the youngest son of motorsports icon Roger Penske, the billionaire proprietor of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar and varied championship-winning Penske Racing groups. Jay Penske has saved his hand within the household racing enterprise by creating his personal path, leaning into the longer term by going all-electric in 2014. So there he was, going through the digital camera just a few months in the past in a quick however uncommon public look through the group’s 15-minute on-line presentation, praising the brand new third-generation Components E automotive, an open-wheel machine with a high pace of 200 mph.”
NASCAR’s race to evolve (Sports activities Enterprise Journal)
“The California transaction underscores how the 75-year-old NASCAR, which owns the biggest portfolio of nationally sanctioned racing venues in America, is rethinking the very fundamentals of its enterprise. It determined it was higher to capitalize on the rising land values close to Los Angeles and deploy that cash to different initiatives than simply proceed with the established order, which was working a capital-intensive, 2-mile monitor an hour away from L.A.”
F1 Las Vegas | Topping Out Ceremony (Las Vegas Grand Prix by way of YouTube)
Video of the topping out ceremony when building started of the primary everlasting constructing of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and extra:
What a weekend! 👏
Alex Powell, our Junior Driver, took his first KZ2 victory on Sunday on the first spherical of the @fiakarting European Championship. 😊 pic.twitter.com/j2mLHfhsGh
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Group (@MercedesAMGF1) April 17, 2023
Genuinely impressed by the quantity of loss of life threats and abuse I’ve obtained 😂 Positively a brand new document by far, actually admire the hassle to assist me be taught all these new Spanish phrases 😘
I’m going to the seaside now 😎 hasta luego ❤️
— Callum Ilott (@callum_ilott) April 16, 2023
You don’t deserve this, mate! And most Argentinians aren’t like this! You’re the one pushing the group ahead and serving to Canapino essentially the most… each 🇦🇷 fan ought to be grateful to have you ever. Subsequent time you’re in Buenos Aires, I might train you a number of the good Spanish phrases. 💪🏼
— Franco Colapinto (@FranColapinto) April 17, 2023
Simply having breakfast and realized one thing… 11 years in the past we had been advised we had been being changed as a result of we werent winners… lets pls neglect about me for a second however simply whereas im having my coffe i discovered @Sebastien_buemi my former group mate in F1 retains….
— Jaime Alguersuari (@SquireMusic) April 17, 2023
On including wins and trophies to his again.. i forgot what number of world titles he has already to his again and that i m not simply glad and pleased with him however as time goes by I noticed what number of race wins and perhaps world titles he would ve received at Crimson Bull racing F1. Once more pls dont choose me…
— Jaime Alguersuari (@SquireMusic) April 17, 2023
Annnnnd representing @ds_penske_fe on the official rookie check in Berlin is… 👀
The duo of Robert @ShwartzmanRob and @WillStevens_! ⚡️ @SABIC #BerlinEPrix
— ABB FIA Components E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) April 17, 2023
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With trendy hybridisation of motorsport usually being complicated and arduous to comply with, @Tifoso1989 praises the WEC’s latest TV graphic designed to make clear how a lot energy hypercar groups have out there in a race…
The Digital Power Tank graph was an excellent addition to the WEC races. It actually helps understanding the completely different groups’ methods, when they are going to cease, how a lot power they’re consuming…Very cool employees btw. There was the same graph in F1 that confirmed dwell gasoline consumption in 2014 which gave insightful particulars concerning the completely different driving fashion however I don’t why it was eliminated. Tifoso1989