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In the round-up: Lawrence Stroll wants to see his team improve on fifth in the championship this season
In brief
Stroll targets ‘better than fifth’
Aston Martin chairman Lawrence Stroll says that he wants to see his team improving on their fifth place in the constructors’ championship in 2024.
The team took eight podium finishes in 2023 on their way to their best championship result as Aston Martin. Stroll says he expects his team to do “better than that” in 2024.
“We’d like to go up from fifth to fourth, third – whatever it may be,” Stroll said. “But [the target is] just to continue progression.
“We’re a young team. We just moved into a new facility. Our wind tunnel, which will be ready in September of this year – we’re the last team to be running without their own wind tunnel. In 2026, we get Honda power units. So we’re on a journey to win. But every year, it’s about progression.”
Horner to attend Red Bull launch today
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who is the subject of an internal investigation following allegations made about his conduct, is expected to attend the launch of the team’s new car today. No further comment has been made by the team or the wider Red Bull organisation on the investigation or when it might be resolved.
The team has already run its new RB20 chassis in a private shakedown test at Silverstone two days ago.
Ecclestone denies urging Horner to resign
Former Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has publicly denied reports that he has encouraged Red Bull team principal Christian Horner to resign from the team.
Horner is currently the subject of an independent investigation triggered by parent company Red Bull into allegations made against him. In a post on social media, Ecclestone rebuffed reports he had told Horner to step down.
“To clarify, reports by newspapers that I had urged or suggested that Christian Horner should step down from his position in Red Bull is entirely untrue,” Ecclestone said.
iRacing wet weather update coming in March
iRacing have confirmed that their long-awaited Tempest real-time weather system will come to the game next month.
The racing simulator will introduce wet weather racing for the first time with the release of the next major update in March. Only select cars will be supported when the update is released, including 11 cars across GT3, GTP and LMP2 classes as well as F4, FF1600 and the Toyota GR86. iRacing say support for more cars will be added over time.
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F1 is failing its fans by refusing to talk about Hamilton’s Ferrari move (i News)
‘The stage management of the Mercedes launch, like so many these days across the paddock, a missed opportunity to engage meaningfully with the F1 audience, simply kicked that can down the road. The opportunity to put questions to the principal actors, removed in the digital launch format, is restored at the first winter test in Bahrain next week. If not then, two weeks hence at the opening race of the season in Bahrain. At some point, you imagine, Ferrari and Hamilton will realise the only way to deal with their very public love affair is to speak of it publicly, then we can all get on with the racing’
Demanding More: Pre-Season with Alex Albon (Williams)
Alexander Albon goes into detail about all his pre-season training and preparation with coach Patrick Harding.
Ferrari unveils new Peroni partnership for upcoming F1 season (Rolling Stone)
‘ Ferrari driver Leclerc was on hand at the automative brand’s headquarters in Maranello, Italy to help kick off the Peroni 0.0% partnership, telling guests that he was excited to see the ways the branding and campaign will come to life.’
Crawford happy with progress as DAMS finish ”very positive” Sakhir test (F2)
”It was a very good test. We were always in the top five on day one and then we ended yesterday second behind Zane (Maloney) as well as today. We did really well as a team figuring out this new car which was quite tricky to set up and we were trying a lot of different things. We were always quick, so that was a good thing and in terms of our race pace, we were also quick this morning, so it was a very, very solid test.”
New driver development programme sends F4 and FFord stars to FRJC (Formula Scout)
‘A new young driver development programme has been set up in Japan, and will support three drivers this year who have landed Formula Regional Japanese Championship seats. The drivers that G Force has selected to support this year are Jesse Lacey, Sebastian Manson and Michael Sauter. Lacey will drive for the Bionic Jack Racing team in FRJC, whereas Manson and Sauter will be team-mates at Birth Racing Project.’
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