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Brad Pitt blockbuster F1 sequel within the works, producer confirms (BBC)
‘Bruckheimer stated: ‘We’re engaged on a sequel.’ The producer declined to provide a timeline for the undertaking or affirm casting particulars, together with whether or not Pitt would reprise his function. However Bruckheimer added that he would ‘in fact’ be concerned in casting selections.’
George and Kimi kick off first day of testing in Bahrain (Mercedes)
Andrew Shovlin: ‘George had an interrupted session within the morning. We had a number of points that meant we had been late getting out very first thing; that was due to a couple adjustments within the storage that we hadn’t achieved earlier than throughout a session and that took a bit longer than anticipated. On prime of that, the automotive stability wasn’t nice inflicting challenges with brake locking, poor traction and basic inconsistency. Kimi took over after lunch and through the varied adjustments, we found a problem on the suspension that required additional investigation. That value us a few hours and, as soon as we had left the storage, we solely had time remaining for 2 units of the toughest tyre to baseline the automotive and work on our lengthy operating.’
Lindblad interview: The British F1 rookie impressed by his Indian and Swedish heritage (The Telegraph)
‘Dad was born in a small village in Smaland within the south of Sweden. Generally his mother and father, my grandparents, struggled to place three meals on the desk. He had jobs from 12 yr bought. You realize, after-school, or at weekends. He’d do something he might to get some further pocket cash, cleansing bathrooms, no matter. He paid for his personal college.’
Shi Wei returns as first 2026 F1 Academy Wild Card driver (F1 Academy)
‘Shi made historical past final season as the primary Chinese language driver to compete in F1 Academy. She now returns to race in entrance of her dwelling crowd at spherical one of many 2026 marketing campaign in Shanghai, because the sequence once more runs as a help sequence to the 2026 Chinese language Grand Prix from March 13.’
‘UK has been colonised by immigrants’, says (Mercedes sponsor) INEOS boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe (Sky)
”The inhabitants of the UK was 58 million in 2020, now it is 70 million. That is 12 million individuals’ (claimed Ratcliffe). The Workplace of Nationwide Statistics (ONS) estimates that the inhabitants of the UK was 67 million in mid-2020 and 70 million in mid-2024.’
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On this present day in motorsport
20 years in the past as we speak Nicolas Lapierre (France) and Sean McIntosh (Canada) triumphed within the A1 Grand Prix rounds at Indonesia’s Sentul circuit
Born as we speak in 1974: Future F1 and IndyCar racer – plus Formulation Nippon and Tremendous GT champion – Toranosuke Takagi
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