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Michael Andretti enjoying retirement as he takes in IndyCar opener as a fan instead of team owner (AP)
‘I’m happy. Everybody is telling me I look happy. I didn’t know I was that miserable when I was here before.’
A day not to be missed with Scuderia Ferrari HP and UniCredit in Milan (Ferrari)
‘Next Thursday 6th March, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will be in Milan for the ‘Scuderia Ferrari HP Drivers’ Presentation by UniCredit’ event, six years on from the previous time the team met a crowd of its fans in the city’
WEC: 62-car Le Mans entry list revealed (FIA)
‘Defending winners Ferrari, with 11 Le Mans victories to their name, are gearing up to fend off fierce competition as they aim for a third consecutive triumph. Toyota will be determined to reclaim the top step, while Cadillac, Alpine, BMW, and Peugeot look to capitalize on their growing experience. Porsche, the most successful marque in Le Mans history, is on a mission to extend its record. Returning to the fight for overall victory, Aston Martin sees its Valkyrie’s V12 as a game-changer.’
Inside Hamilton’s first week at Ferrari (Daily Mail)
‘A large posse of photographers waited by the press conference door to capture his arrival, echoing the Michael Schumacher era. Ironically, so late was Hamilton — well, a few minutes in a sport when a few hundredths of a second is life and death — that the snappers had gone up into the event, thinking their intended shot had already sneaked in by a different route.’
Joanne Ciconte completes F1 Academy line-up at MP Motorsport (MP)
‘With Ciconte and 16-year-old Hurup Larsen, MP Motorsport will have the two youngest competitors on the 2025 F1 Academy grid, but Australia’s teenage sensation has already proved her speed at home with points-scoring runs in both the Australian F4 Championship and the Australian Formula Open Series.’
Aston Martin’s billionaire owner Lawrence Stroll acquires monster superyacht for F1 season (Dmarge)
‘The 2500GT yacht’s steel-and-aluminium build has five decks, a beach club, a swimming pool, and an extended bow big enough for a helipad.’
F1 Tokyo Fan Festival 2025 (F1 Tokyo Festival)
Details of the event which will take place in the days before the Japanese Grand Prix.
Star Formula 1 designer Adrian Newey starts work at Aston Martin today.
He’s proved time and again the master of exploiting the opportunities when new F1 rules are introduced – and that’s precisely his goal for 2026.
Will he do it once more?
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Social media and links
Michael Andretti enjoying retirement as he takes in IndyCar opener as a fan instead of team owner (AP)
‘I’m happy. Everybody is telling me I look happy. I didn’t know I was that miserable when I was here before.’
A day not to be missed with Scuderia Ferrari HP and UniCredit in Milan (Ferrari)
‘Next Thursday 6th March, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will be in Milan for the ‘Scuderia Ferrari HP Drivers’ Presentation by UniCredit’ event, six years on from the previous time the team met a crowd of its fans in the city’
WEC: 62-car Le Mans entry list revealed (FIA)
‘Defending winners Ferrari, with 11 Le Mans victories to their name, are gearing up to fend off fierce competition as they aim for a third consecutive triumph. Toyota will be determined to reclaim the top step, while Cadillac, Alpine, BMW, and Peugeot look to capitalize on their growing experience. Porsche, the most successful marque in Le Mans history, is on a mission to extend its record. Returning to the fight for overall victory, Aston Martin sees its Valkyrie’s V12 as a game-changer.’
Inside Hamilton’s first week at Ferrari (Daily Mail)
‘A large posse of photographers waited by the press conference door to capture his arrival, echoing the Michael Schumacher era. Ironically, so late was Hamilton — well, a few minutes in a sport when a few hundredths of a second is life and death — that the snappers had gone up into the event, thinking their intended shot had already sneaked in by a different route.’
Joanne Ciconte completes F1 Academy line-up at MP Motorsport (MP)
‘With Ciconte and 16-year-old Hurup Larsen, MP Motorsport will have the two youngest competitors on the 2025 F1 Academy grid, but Australia’s teenage sensation has already proved her speed at home with points-scoring runs in both the Australian F4 Championship and the Australian Formula Open Series.’
Aston Martin’s billionaire owner Lawrence Stroll acquires monster superyacht for F1 season (Dmarge)
‘The 2500GT yacht’s steel-and-aluminium build has five decks, a beach club, a swimming pool, and an extended bow big enough for a helipad.’
F1 Tokyo Fan Festival 2025 (F1 Tokyo Festival)
Details of the event which will take place in the days before the Japanese Grand Prix.
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