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Your vote, your livery (Williams)
‘Six beautiful designs are going head-to-head to turn out to be your livery, pushed by Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz Jnr for the opening laps of the all-new F1 rules period. Your livery will adorn the FW48 when it rolls out on the first take a look at in Barcelona in January, and endlessly be a chunk of Williams historical past.’
Ben Sulayem set for re-election however menace of court docket motion stays (Reuters)
‘Swiss-French racer Villars, 28, had sought an emergency judgment from the Judicial Courtroom of Paris searching for to droop the election after FIA statutes prevented her and fellow-candidate Tim Mayer, an American, from standing.’
Meet the younger Scot who has simply had his first style of an F1 automotive (Day by day Mail)
Cian Shields: ‘It’s undoubtedly a dream come true to have been on the market, though I can’t say I anticipated it to come back this quickly. It felt a bit bizarre listening to it via the radio that Verstappen or Norris, for instance, had been pushing behind me.’
WEC: Main international marques headline 2026 entry record (FIA)
Frederic Lequien, FIA World Endurance Championship CEO: ‘The presentation of the FIA WEC entry record is a proud second for us, notably when it consists of new additions as is the case for 2026 with the arrival of two Genesis Hypercars.’
Bennett to contest the 2026 FIA F2 with Trident Motorsport (Trident)
‘In 2024, Bennett made his debut within the System Regional Center East Championship earlier than shifting on to the European collection. That very same season additionally marked his first look within the last two rounds of the FIA System 2 championship, the place he scored his first factors within the Lusail function race. He returned to the collection once more this 12 months, displaying notable progress.’
Thanks, Helmut 🙏
We’ve achieved all the things we ever dreamed of collectively. I’m endlessly grateful to your perception in me 🙌 pic.twitter.com/MKwsF5cRva
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) December 9, 2025
One other of Pink Bull’s high names from Max Verstappen’s four-year reign as world champion has left.#F1
— RaceFans (@racefans.web) 2025-12-09T14:53:13.349Z
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Comfortable birthday!
Comfortable birthday to French Steve!
