Spherical-up: Ferrari’s crew tradition “extra intense than I imagined” says Hamilton, and extra | RaceFans Spherical-up

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F1 – ‘J’adore etre en rouge’, ‘tais-toi et pilote’ : les confidences exclusives du ‘bourreau de travail’ Hamilton (RTBF – French)

‘It is under no circumstances what I anticipated; it is extra intense in so some ways. I wasn’t anticipating this. I did not assume the crew on the manufacturing unit can be so spectacular. I used to be anticipating power, however this… it is much more intense than I imagined.’

Two new recruits to the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy (Ferrari)

‘The Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy is happy to announce the arrival of two extra children within the Scuderia Ferrari younger driver programme. They’re Alba Larsen, from Denmark, born in 2008 and the Italian Niccolò Maccagnani, born in 2010.’

Bernie Collins talks by means of what REALLY occurs in the course of the F1 summer time shutdown (Sky)

‘Talking on the F1 Present podcast, Bernie Collins talks by means of the do’s and don’ts for the groups in the course of the summer time shutdown.’

What number of F1 titles would Didier Pironi have received? (Motor Sport)

‘Simply how good was Didier Pironi? Many journalists and followers had turned in opposition to him after the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix, when his Ferrari team-mate Gilles Villeneuve and he had been operating first and second in line astern in direction of the tip of the race, the Ferrari pit crew had signalled that their drivers ought to gradual and maintain station, but Pironi had stunned Villeneuve by nipping previous on the ultimate lap to steal the win. If that had not been unhealthy sufficient, two weeks later, at Zolder, when Villeneuve had misplaced his life in a actually do-or-die effort to beat Pironi’s qualifying time, media and subsequently public opinion had swung much more firmly in opposition to the Frenchman.’

System E CEO claims the efficiency hole to F1 is shrinking, however is it actually? (Jalopnik)

‘Regardless, in 2022 and 2023, the qualifying hole between F1 and FE hovered round 25%. However in 2024, that hole ballooned to a whopping 27.7% in F1’s favor. The latest operating in 2025 noticed System E slender the efficiency hole to 23.4%. The positive aspects are measurable — and it is value noting that System E tends to point out stronger consistency between qualifying and race tempo.’

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