Gasly glad steward owned up to “wrong” Verstappen call

In brief

“Fair play” steward admitted error – Gasly

Gasly appreciated the admission from a Singapore Grand Prix steward that they made a mistake by failing to give Max Verstappen a grid penalty that weekend. Several drivers and tewam representatives questioned why the Red Bull driver was only given a reprimand for impeding Yuki Tsunoda.

During the Japanese Grand Prix weekend teams were told the stewards accepted Verstappen’s penalty had been too lenient. Gasly, who queried other calls made by the stewards in Singapore, welcomed the admission.

“It’s a fair play on their side to recognise because no one’s perfect, we all make a wrong judgement sometimes,” he said. “I think it was good from their side.”

Testing of IndyCar’s 2024 hybrid engine continues

IndyCar president Jay Fyre has revealed that the series is undertaking on-track tests again for the hybrid engines it plans to run in 2024.

“We’ve got two teams at Barber today, testing. So we’re on a very robust test schedule of things,” he said at the press conference following the reveal of IndyCar’s 2024 calendar. “As you know, there’s little things that happen every day when we test things, but any time something happens, you learn something from it. So I think we’ve learned a lot the last couple weeks.”

The 2023 season finished on the second weekend of September, but IndyCar was already doing track tests with teams in August and has been busy since to make sure the hybrids are ready to run in races from the off next year. “The teams are putting a lot of miles and a lot of laps on this right now.”

F1 fan’s mafia boss lookalike dies

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has died in hospital, meaning one unlucky Formula 1 fan will never have to worry again about being mistaken for the man who orchestrated many of Sicilian syndicate Cosa Nostra’s crimes.

Ahead of the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix, an F1 fan from Liverpool who was travelling to Zandvoort to watch the race was arrested in The Hague while dining in a restaurant. The innocent fan was blindfolded and taken away to a high-security Dutch prison by police who had mistaken him for the internationally-wanted crime lord Denaro. Upon scrutiny of his alibi, police realised the fan was not in fact Denaro and he was released.

The decades-long hunt for Denaro finally concluded this January when he was arrested after going to a private hospital in Sicily. Denaro’s illness led to his transfer from a maximum-security prion in mainland Italy to a nearby hospital last month.

A special weekend as always in Japan – and more valuable points means there’s plenty to push for until the end of the season 👊

Heads down and time to focus on Qatar 🇶🇦#JapaneseGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/mjMUGXFAft

— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) September 25, 2023

Engineer on the No. 10, Julian Robertson, speaks on what “One team. One goal.” means to CGR. 👊

We’re just getting started – to be a part of the future of Chip Ganassi Racing apply today 👉 https://t.co/TvgLAS2sfx pic.twitter.com/t67x09EJop

— Chip Ganassi Racing (@CGRTeams) September 25, 2023

IndyCar has just announced that Indy Nxt will return to the Milwaukee Mile in 2024, having last raced at the track in 2015.

— Ida (@wood_ida_) September 25, 2023

Some cool changes for next season! Bummer to lose TMS after we were finally getting the racing better, but no one can be mad about MKE coming back! What does everyone think?#Indycar https://t.co/DAZJomqpD8

— James Hinchcliffe (@Hinchtown) September 25, 2023

A day in the life: Industrial Placement edition. 👀

Going behind the scenes and giving you a glimpse of what it’s like to be part of our Brackley family. ❤ pic.twitter.com/qeETk1TnXH

— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) September 25, 2023

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