F1 Gossip: Mayor of London wants city to host F1 race
- Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he’s keen on th🐼e city hosting 🐎a Formula 1 grand prix alongside Silverstone.
He told the : "We’re speaking to Formula 1 and they’re really receptive. The reality is that the reigning champion of the world is a Brit. Lewis Hamilton is a credit to our nation and the sport, and it would great to have a grand prix in the capital c🗹ity, to have Silverstone and London on the calendar."
- The FIA has revealed its stricter technical directive regarding mandatory tyre operating procedures after the two 𒈔tyre blowouts in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix last time out.
As cited by the , teams will now be required to observe the relaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtionship of minimum pressure as a function of tyre temperature. This will be checked after qualifying or the race after letting tyres cool down, or by reheating them to Pirelli’s temperature guidelines.
The maximum tyre blanket temperatures will also be checked more, while the time teams can spend heating their tyres will 🐼be limited.
- Silverstone hopes to get the go-ahead from the UK government to have🌃 a🎀 full 140,000 capacity crowd at next month’s British GP. ()
2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg is unconvinced that Mercedes should replace Valtt🥂eri Bottas with Willia🐼ms’ George Russell. (Sky News)
)Alpine academy driver Christian Lundgaard got behind🌃 a 2018 Renault car at Silverstone💃 as he completed over 100 laps.
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