In the round-up: Sauber say they are encouraged by proposed changes to F1’s budget cap in 2026
In brief
Sauber happy with increased 2026 budget cap
Sauber believe that a proposed increase to F1’s budget cap for 2026 will put all ten teams on a more even footing than currently.
“I hink that during the past three, four years of implementation, we have learned quite a lot,” said Sauber team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi. “Also, how this is applied in different areas.
“All these learnings that we had during these years, I think that can be summarised in the new regulation. It’s an opportunity for all of us to have a clear framework. And I think for teams like ourselves it will be important to introduce an element that can, I would say, equalise differences in terms of cost of life, because of course there is a kind of discrepancy between the cost in Switzerland and in other countries, and I think that we should put all the teams at the same level, at least as a starting point, and so the difference will be the ability of the people and the quality of the work not other factors that can negatively affect this starting point.”
Foster converts pole to Indy Nxt win
Louis Foster converted pole position to a second-straight victory in a scrappy Indy Nxt series race in Detroit.
Foster led all 45 laps from pole, winning behind the Safety Car by three tenths from Caio Collet with Callum Hedge third. Jamie Chadwick finished in 12th place after suffering a puncture while battling for fifth.
The result sees Foster reduce early championship leader Jacob Abel’s lead to 25 points.
Kucharczyk takes GB3 points lead
Tymek Kucharczyk assumed the lead of the GB3 championship with two wins from the three races at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend.
The Hitech driver took the chequered flag in the first two races, while team mate William Macintyre secured victory in race three.
Kucharczyk’s fourth place saw him assume the lead of the championship ahead of Macintyre as the pair leapt Louis Sharp and McLaren junior Ugo Ugochukwu who both failed to finish in race three.
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Ferrari chief Vasseur close to ‘done deal’ on another masterstroke like Hamilton and Newey (Express)
‘Ferrari are close to reaching an agreement with Haas that would see Bearman drive for the American team in 2025. It is said that talks have progressed to the point where it is nearly a ‘done deal’, with only minor details still to be thrashed out in negotiations.’
Monaco is safe, says injured Italian photographer after scary crash (F1 Technical)
”In those moments: after a Sauber passed by, the uniform noise as the cars passed was as if it had stopped for a moment and I understood that something was about to happen. Then the collision. There were about ten of us, now I only have a bruise after the impact. Those who suffered the most damage may have thrown themselves to the ground to take cover.”
Diss tech firm, bf1systems, earns royal approval with King’s Award for Enterprise (Diss Express)
‘Founded in 1994, bf1systems has 180 members of staff worldwide, with 100 of those in the UK. It success stories include engineering and manufacturing the steering wheel for the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar and the Porsche 992 GT3 R. It has also supplied tyre pressure systems for Formula 1 cars and the Bugatti Veyron and Chiron. The company says it uses the equivalent length of wire in its wiring harnesses annually to lap the Silverstone GP circuit 16 times.’
Stewart-Haas drivers prepare for team’s end (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Chase Briscoe: ”It might really be hard for us just to even get cars to the race track. You know, if people are leaving. It’s not like you’re going to get somebody to start coming to work there even on short-term basis. Once people leave, there’s nobody coming back.’
Ferrari Racing Days says goodbye to Laguna Seca (Ferrari)
‘Along with the 499P Modificata, single-seaters from the F1 Clienti programme also featured in dedicated track sessions. Notably, at the American track, the F2003-GA number 2, which raced in the 2003 World Championship with Rubens Barrichello behind the wheel, attracted significant attention. The forty-ninth single-seater in Ferrari’s history, it was presented with the initials GA as a tribute to Gianni Agnelli, who passed away a few weeks before the presentation of the same car. Throughout its racing career, the F2003-GA notched up seven victories, with Michael Schumacher claiming five wins and the Brazilian driver securing two triumphs in the British and Japanese Grands Prix.’
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