Within the round-up: Zhou Guanyu says he’s relieved to have lastly scored his first factors of the season within the penultimate spherical.
In short
Zhou relieved to finish factors drought
Sauber hadn’t scored some extent for greater than 12 months till Zhou got here eighth on Sunday. “It’s been such a troublesome season,” he mentioned. “I’m so completely satisfied: For myself, an enormous reduction, additionally for the group.”
“It was only a very intense race. It was clear, we made strikes when it issues, superb tempo for the entire stint.”
“We bought what we deserved for such a very long time,” mentioned Zhou, who doesn’t have a drive for 2025. “Another to go for the group. I’m going to get pleasure from as a lot as I might and present everybody what I can do earlier than I’m not on the grid once more subsequent 12 months and, hopefully I’ll come again.”
McLaren hand Hirakawa F1 apply debut
Toyota WEC racer Ryo Hirakawa will make his debut in an official Method 1 apply session on Friday when he drives Oscar Piastri’s automobile within the first apply session. He has examined earlier McLaren automobiles over the previous two seasons.
Pato O’Ward, who drove in apply on the Mexican Grand Prix in October, will drive for McLaren once more within the post-season take a look at at Yas Marina.
Senna’s former engineer joins IndyCar group
IndyCar group juncos Hollinger has employed the extremely skilled engineer David Brown as technical director. His 40 years in motorsport included greater than a decade at Williams’ F1 group, throughout which period he labored with world championships equivalent to Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill.
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