Spain the closest I’ve come to maximising car despite crash

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Spain the closest I’ve come to maximising car – Sargeant

Rookie driver Sargeant crashed in final practice in Spain before qualifying and finishing 20th and last. Despite the result and the lack of performance from Williams compared to their rivals, Sargeant says he feels he got closest to his car’s ultimate performance than other rounds this season.

“I think it was a really good build-up on Friday,” he said. “I think the one mistake was very, very costly.

“I think [it] was the closest I have been, although it didn’t show in qualifying. I just think that mistake in P3, having to rush the car build back together was very, very costly. I think without that we would have been close to extracting everything.”

Red Bull building new trophy cabinet

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says that his team are working on building a new trophy cabinet at their Milton Keynes factory after the heavy success the team have enjoyed in recent years.

The team have dominated the 2023 season so far, winning every single race of the year to date. Red Bull also secured both championships last year, winning 17 of the 22 rounds.

“I’m a great believer in never having empty cabinets,” said Horner.

“We’re filling them quicker than we can build them at the moment. I think that it’s always been a superstition that I’ve had – you win the trophies first and then get a cabinet.”

Leclerc struggling with “inconsistent” Ferrari

Charles Leclerc says that he is finding his Ferrari challenging due to how the car’s balance varies durign the course of a grand prix.

“It’s not like I’ve got understeer in the car and I can say, ‘okay, this is a very understeery car’,” he explained. “I’ve got understeering on one tyre and then on the same hards you’ve got a very oversteery balance.

“As a driver you just did exactly the same thing. So, it’s just inconsistencies but it’s very difficult to work on inconsistencies, especially when you do again exactly the same thing on both sets.”

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One Saudi race on calendar is quite enough for now, thanks (Daily Mail)

The Saudi Arabians would love to host a second race, one in Jeddah and one in Qiddiya. At the moment such a notion is not under consideration in F1 circles, I am told.’

Alonso was ‘very close’ to joining Red Bull, says Horner (Metro)

”In the middle of 2009, I was approached to say that he could join the team next year because we would win the next World Championship with that car.Then we had another conversation in the back of an Alfa Romeo at Spa airport many years later, I think it was in 2011 or 2012. But again, the most serious negotiation was the first one, and then he missed the opportunity.”

Webber: Piastri has no need to apologise for high bar (SpeedCafe)

”He sets an extremely high bar for himself, he’s very proud of his own standards, which have played a significant contribution to how much success he’s had up to this point in his career.So he’s not going to apologise for the bar he wants to set himself. We all know he’s going to establish himself here very quickly, and he is already doing so.”

Formula 1 Races Into Scripted TV: Felicity Jones To Star In & Produce Drama ‘One’ (Deadline)

‘ One will focus on the tumultuous ascension of a fictitious family-owned Formula 1 team as it contends with fierce personalities, ever-changing rivals, and multi-million-dollar stakes. It will blend fiction with the real-world of F1, which has 23 races scheduled for the 2023 season.’

Exclusive: Forza Motorsport Releases On The 10th Of October (Exputer)

‘The newest Forza Motorsport by Turn 10 Studios which was announced in 2020 now has a release date, sources have confirmed to eXputer exclusively. The eighth mainline entry in the critically acclaimed Forza franchise will release on 10 October 2023. It has been already confirmed that more of this reboot will be revealed at the fast-approaching Xbox Showcase, and it’s possible that a release date will also be made official during the event.’

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