In the round-up: Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame announced the country is bidding to host its first Formula 1 race.
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In brief
Rwanda aims to join F1 calendar
F1 hasn’t raced in Africa since the Kyalami circuit held the last South African Grand Prix in 1993. Kagame said the country is making “good progress in discussions” with Formula One Management CEO Stefano Domenicali.
Speaking ahead of the annual FIA prize-giving in Kigali, Kagame said: “I am happy to formally announce that Rwanda is bidding to bring the thrill of racing back to Africa by hosting the F1 grand prix. A big thank you to Stefano and the entire team at F1, for the good progress in our discussions so far.”
Martins quickest as test ends
Formula 2’s three-day post-season testing at Yas Marina concluded with ART’s Victor Martins on top of the times. His best effort in the morning session of 1’35.773 wasn’t beaten in the afternoon.
Martins also brought out the red flags when he came to a stop at turn 13. Another stoppage followed later in the day when DAMS driver Jak Crawford crashed at the first corner.
Hadjar still bemused by title-losing stall
Formula 2 runner-up Isack Hadjar says his Campos team still cannot explain why his car stalled at the start of Sunday’s title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi.
“Lost the title before we even got to race,” he said in a post on social media. “Still can’t identify the issue that caused us to stall.
“Anyway, I’m fine with [being] vice champion, but not being [un]able to fight for it, I’ll never be fine with that.”
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Max Verstappen fought hard to secure his fourth Formula One Drivers’ title this year, overcoming the challenges of a less dominant car compared to previous seasons by relying on his unmatched consistency, skill, and racecraft to prevail in a fiercely competitive season.… pic.twitter.com/23PODyO70n
— FIA (@fia) December 13, 2024
‘Thanks’ to F1’s sprint races, the championship fight ended one race earlier than it would have done without them.
Factor them out and Norris would still have been within range of Verstappen at the penultimate race. Verstappen would have clined the title with a win.
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— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine.bsky.social) 13 December 2024 at 11:07
In ’70, 2 Aussie lads arrived in the UK, seeking racing glory. One, Alan Jones, became ’80 #F1 world champion. The other, Brian McGuire, born #OnThisDay in ’45, died in practice for a #Shellsport race at Brands in ’77. Pic: the tone of such reports was very different back then. (1/2)
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— Matt Bishop (@thebishf1.bsky.social) 13 December 2024 at 09:51
Ollie Bearman in car #87?
Definitely seen that before…
📸 @JakobEbrey pic.twitter.com/qbg1FzSqZL
— GB3 Championship (@GB3Championship) December 13, 2024
Numbers 5 and 27 at Sauber. One race-winning driver connects them 🙂 https://t.co/sykNDMY6fy
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