Within the round-up: Lando Norris downplays his friendship with championship rival Max Verstappen.
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Norris and Verstappen not “true” pals
Regardless of being well-known to have competed collectively in simracing and having a largely good relationship off the observe, Norris stresses that he’s not as shut with Verstappen as some could assume.
“Everyone thinks we’re higher mates than we’re,” Norris informed the Purple Bulletin. “I’ve different people who find themselves my actual pals. My true pals.
“He’s a man I get together with properly off the observe. That doesn’t change. I’m good at conserving issues separate. If somebody treats me like s*** on observe, it doesn’t imply I’ll deal with them like s*** off the observe. They’re two totally different worlds.”
WEC pronounces 2025 entry checklist
The World Endurance Championship has introduced 18 hypercar and 18 LMGT3 entries on its provisional entry checklist for the 2025 season.
Aston Martin will be a part of the championship with its Valkyrie hypercar, whereas Lamborghini’s single automobile entry from this 12 months’s championship with Iron Lynx won’t compete. The 2 Aston Martins will race with numbers 007 and 009, regardless of Toyota retaining its quantity seven entry.
There’ll once more be three Ferrari 499Ps within the discipline – two manufacturing facility vehicles and one independently operated by AF Corse. The Jota group will change to Cadillac for subsequent 12 months’s championship with their to entries.
Haas confirms Crone for F1A
Haas has introduced that Courtney Crone, who raced as a wild card within the F1 Academy spherical in Miami, will signify the group in over a full season subsequent 12 months.
The 23-year-old completed 14th and eleventh, each from sixteenth and final on the grid, in her two races in Miami. She’s going to substitute Chloe Chambers, who will attain the top of her second season within the collection subsequent month and might be ineligible to proceed subsequent 12 months.
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‘We’re past scraps within the backyard now’: the similar twins on reverse sides for Purple Bull (Guardian)
Matt Caller: ”We by no means dreamed this might occur, even to the purpose we began working in the identical group collectively. That in itself was a novelty. We had been on Max’s automobile collectively, each on the back-end, I used to be rear-end mechanic and Jon was the gearbox man. Then quick ahead to now and we’re each quantity ones on our respective vehicles. I don’t assume anybody may have written that.”
Michael Buffer and brother Bruce to introduce F1 stars at Las Vegas Grand Prix (Unbiased)
‘Michael Buffer and his brother Bruce will be a part of forces to introduce Method 1’s stars for Saturday’s celebrity-fuelled Las Vegas Grand Prix. Michael, well-known for his ”let’s get able to rumble” phrase, was employed by F1 bosses forward of the US Grand Prix in Austin in 2017. Bruce, identified for yelling ”it’s time”, introduced the grid’s drivers previous to final 12 months’s occasion on the Strip.’
Argenti companions with Prema and joins GB3 Championship (GB3)
‘Main single-seater outfit Argenti Motorsport has at present (22/11/2024) introduced its newest thrilling mission. From 2025, the group will be a part of the GB3 Championship, the UK’s premier single-seater collection, forming a technical partnership with the famend Prema Racing squad. Argenti has supplied a seamless hyperlink by way of karting into F4 in latest seasons, with British, European and World titles in karting alongside victories and podium finishes throughout its 5 seasons in F4.’
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Stunning little bit of timing in FP1 because the digital camera pans previous an advert studying: “We’re all adults right here”The GPDA open letter informed FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem that “our members are adults” #F1 #LasVegasGP
— Chris Medland (@chrismedlandf1.bsky.social) 22 November 2024 at 02:54
Very promising information right here in regards to the Andretti F1 mission, and maybe we are going to see them in 2026 in any case. I simply hope that Michael will get a crack at it himself and is not sidelined, when that is seemingly a mission that would not be taking place with out his tenacity #LasVegasGP
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F1 free coaching is over. Hamilton was quickest in each periods. On line casino’s in Downtown appear like in 2020, Freemont Road is mainly empty. Let’s see if the Neon Metropolis Competition will change one thing about it
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