Salzburgring ‘would have no problem hosting F1’
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Salzburgring ‘would have no problem hosting F1’
Austria’s high-speed Salzburgring could host Formula 1 races following its latest upgrade, according to the track’s managing director Ernst Penninger.
The high-speed, 4.2 kilometre layout has a grade three FIA licence – grade one is required to hold Formula 1 events. However Penninger believes their latest upgrade puts them on a part with the Red Bull Ring at Spielberg, which has held F1 races every year since 2014.
“We now have a completely new, fully digitised race control,” he told Motorsport Total. “We finished it in April and it has been in full use since May.”
“Technically, we are on par with Spielberg, but with newer technology because the camera technology is newer,” he added. “We are more modern than many other DTM tracks and would have no problem hosting Formula 1 today.”
Ferrari “stronger” with Hamilton – Elkann
Ferrari chairman John Elkann believes the team are “stronger” with Lewis Hamilton joining the Scuderia in 2025.
“He wants to win the eighth title, Ferrari wants to win and with Lewis it is stronger,” Elkann told Corriere dello Sport. “He does not come to Ferrari to enjoy his retirement and it is important to have motivated people around him, who want to win.
“There is real competition in Formula 1 now, with four very close teams: Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes. It is important to always go to the maximum of your potential: those with more experience have more consistency as Hamilton and Fernando Alonso himself demonstrate. And consistency count.”
Famin officially departs Alpine
An updated record on the British Companies House website formally records that former Alpine team principal Bruno Famin was terminated as a director of the team on July 30th, two days after the Belgian Grand Prix.
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