British teenager Lando Norris says winning this year’s Formula 2
championship would prove he is ready to make the step up to F1 in 2019.
Norris’
compatriot Jolyon Palmer deserves a “world-class championship” drive,
says Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul. Palmer was dropped by
Renault for the United States GP in favour of Carlos Sainz.
Fernando
Alonso completed his first full preparations for this month’s Daytona
24 Hours with three days of testing, but his team finished outside the
top 10.
Kimi
Raikkonen’s race engineer David
Greenwood has left Ferrari after three
seasons working with the Finn and will return to the UK, where it is
understood he will take up a role on Manor’s World Endurance
Championship project.
Formula 1 plans to revamp the merchandise experience for fans next year, adopting the ‘souvenir tent’ concept.
A handy fact to know, courtesy of the official Formula 1 Twitter account…
