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Haas not sure if we’ve solved tyre put on woes – Magnussen

Regardless of his workforce mate Nico Hulkenberg taking some extent for Haas with tenth place in final weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Kevin Magnussen says his workforce aren’t positive if they’ve solved their tyre put on issues from 2023.

“I feel Saudi Arabia was one other optimistic weekend, though on paper the Jeddah circuit most likely wasn’t one of the best for us with the high-speed traits of it,” Magnussen stated.

“We have been nonetheless comparatively aggressive, particularly within the race I had superb tempo relative to others on the finish, which is our focus this season. We nonetheless haven’t concluded that we’ve solved our points from final 12 months but, we have to do some extra races, nevertheless it was one other optimistic signal that we’ve made progress in that space.”

Fowl beats personal season goal with win

After overtaking Mitch Evans on the ultimate lap in Sao Paulo yesterday to win his first Eprix since 2021, Sam Fowl says he has already met his goal for the 2024 season.

“Podiums have been sparse and I hope that this opens the floodgates just a little bit,” Fowl stated.

“I had a goal at first of the 12 months to get a few podiums. I didn’t anticipate to win, however we’ve obtained a win in race 4. And it was a fantastic race between me and Mitch, my previous team-mate. It was actually truthful. Tremendous race.”

F1 ‘dainty like champagne glasses’ says Busch

NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has in contrast Method 1 to ‘like consuming champagne’.

Talking as a visitor on the Pat McAfee podcast, the two-times Cup champion stated NASCAR was a really completely different form of motorsport to Method 1.

“NASCAR racing, to me, is like 4 bros, beer cans of their arms, smashing them up going ‘woo!’, partying, having a superb time,” he stated. “We’re gonna rub some fenders.

“Whenever you go and do an F1 race, [it’s] little dainty, tiny champagne glasses doing ‘dink,’ and ensuring you retain your pinky up whenever you take a sip. And we’re all about getting sloshed.”

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