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Why the Monaco GP doesn’t suit F1 anymore 🤔 When we hear Formula 1, three things come to our mind (or at least mine): ✔ Michael Schumacher, ✔ Scuderia Ferrari and ✔ the Monaco Grand Prix. The Monaco Grand Prix is one of F1’s most prestigious races and is part of the Triple Crown (Indianapolis 500, 24hr of Le Mans, Monaco Grand Prix). However, there are growing concerns over it now. The 2024 Monaco GP safe to say was boring. Following the first lap incident and the race restart, majority of the drivers did not pit. The only good part of the race was Leclerc and Ferrari’s win. There are many reasons over the growing concerns. One of the major ones being the size of the cars. The street circuit features narrow streets with close proximity to the barriers, adding this with the current dimensions of F1 cars, they are simply too big to race in Monaco. Another one being the track not allowing for high-speed racing for teams and cars to show their full potential. We’ve seen that with how Red Bull performed this year. This issue often leads to where the starting grid determines the finishing order. With the car sizes being too big and the track being very narrow, overtaking becomes really hard even with the help of DRS, diminishing the excitement of a proper race. While Monaco’s rich history and its unique charm aids it in being in the calendar, the future of it remains unknown with the debate happening as the sport progresses. #monacogp #formula1 #f1 Video : First Lap Incident Source : Formula Planet in Instagram

🏆Monaco Grand Prix 2024 🏆24 Hours of Le Mans 2024 In a remarkable feat, Scuderia Ferrari has shattered a 90-year record by clinching victories at both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix in the same year. Two of the three races that make up the coveted "Triple Crown of Motorsport" are Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix. Winning one of these races is impressive on its own, but building a race team that can win both in the same year is extremely difficult, yet equally impressive. The fact that Ferrari can meet both obstacles in 2024 bodes well for the Scuderia's racing ambitions. 🏆Indianapolis 500 ???? While Ferrari has conquered two-thirds of the Triple Crown, the elusive Indianapolis 500 remains. Active drivers like Juan Pablo Montoya and Fernando Alonso have won two of the three events, needing an Indy 500 victory to complete the trifecta. Rooting for the team🤝 #Ferrari #ScuderiaFerrari #Monaco #LeMans

As the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix of Formula 1® approaches, anticipation is at an all-time high for motorsport enthusiasts worldwide. Scheduled to kick off this Sunday at 15:00 CET, local time, the event promises exhilarating action and fierce competition. Allow us to illuminate the intricacies of the Imola circuit, a cornerstone of racing history: 1. **Heritage and Tradition:** Nestled in the heart of Emilia Romagna, the epicenter of Italian motorsport excellence, lies the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. With a storied past dating back decades, this circuit has witnessed the triumphs and tribulations of F1® legends. Yet, it also bears the poignant memory of Ayrton Senna's untimely demise during the 1994 Grand Prix. 2. **Technical Mastery:** Imola's 4.909-kilometer layout, adorned with 19 challenging corners, poses a formidable test for drivers. Its undulating terrain and tight confines demand precision and skill, offering a true test of a racer's mettle. 3. **A Legacy of Champions:** Over the years, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has crowned illustrious winners like Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's scorching lap record of 1:15.484 stands as a testament to the track's unforgiving nature. 4. **Indelible Moments:** Last year's edition witnessed Lewis Hamilton's awe-inspiring display of skill, clinching victory from pole position and cementing his legacy on this historic circuit. Let us unite in rallying behind our team as they embark on this exhilarating journey. Together, let's make history! #ArcanoBeyondLimits #EmiliaRomagnaGP #F1

The recent version of the FIA World Endurance Championship's #6HSpa entry list has enlisted Alpine’s reserve driver Jules Gounon in the #35 whilst Ferdinand Habsburg recovers from his injury. Read more ⤵️ #WEC #Alpine #Hypercar #Motorsport #Endurance #Racing #Sportscars

Malthe Jakobsen will make his full-time FIA World Endurance Championship debut in 2025 for the Peugeot Sport #Hypercar team having taken on the role of reserve driver this year. Read more ⤵️ #WEC #Peugeot #LeMans24 #Motorsport #Endurance #Racing #Sportscars

Thanks Guanyu (周冠宇) for letting me in onto the world of F1 and watch you race up-close… what a humbling and exhilirating experience this has been! The origins of F1 racing go all the way back to the beginning of last century when in 1904 the Vanderbilt Cup was organized in New York in 1904. It was not until in 1906 that car-racing was really born when the Automobile Club of France organized for 2 days in the circuit of Le Mans a race of 65 miles with 12 different automakers. All cars had 1 driver-racer and 1 auto-mecanic on board. Rules were that no one other than those 2 could touch their car. Fast forward more than 100 years later, how the industry has evolved. With die-hard F1 spectators attending live or broadcasted races covering 24 events in a year covering 24 countries spanning 3 continents globally from Europe to the US, Asia and the Middle-East, F1 saw total revenues exceeding USD 2.5 trillion for the 2022 calendar year. The exhilarating races, the superstar status of the drivers, and its global appeal and with the addition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix and the US catching up, competition and the battle for sponsorship deals intensified driving the bottom line. Starting as the test driver for the Renault F1 team in 2020 and the Alpine F1 team in In 2021, Zhou Guanyu is the first and so far the only, Chinese driver to start a World Championship Formula One race competing with the likes of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. GO ZHOU GO… 🫡

#GRRnews. Four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel is all set to test a works Porsche 963 hypercar, run by American outfit Penske Motorsport, at the Motorland Aragón circuit in Spain. #goodwood #goodwoodelevenses The Goodwood Group #autos #autosport #automotive #automotiveindustry #automotiveinnovation #cars #racing #sports #classiccar #classiccars #motorracing #motorsport

Nicklas Nielsen has renewed his Ferrari contract as a #Hypercar driver into the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Read more ⤵️ #WEC #LeMans24 #Motorsport #Endurance #Racing #Sportcars

WEC firms up plans to expand grid to 40 cars by 2025 https://lnkd.in/dMAQhH6u Series boss Frederic Lequien categorically stated that the field would be increased to 40 in the wake of the publication of next year's entry list of 37 cars. "We will go to 40 cars in 2025, definitely," said Lequein. "I can tell you it is a kind of obsession at the office, but it is really difficult to find the right balance. "We will not have the capacity to take everyone, because we could have 43, 44, 45 cars in 2025." Lequien stressed that an increase to more than 40 cars would not be possible. "When you participate in the WEC you automatically qualify for the Le Mans 24 Hours and at Le Mans we have only 62 places - we have to pay attention to that," he explained. More than 40 entries in the WEC would reduce the number of cars race organiser the ACO and the FIA could invite from its associated series, the European and Asian Le Mans Series and the IMSA SportsCar Championship in North America. This year at Le Mans there were 10 automatic entries from the European and Asian series, as well as three nominated by the IMSA organisation. The ACO has guaranteed 15 grid spots for LMP2 machinery in 2024 following the disappearance of the class from the full WEC championship. The plan to go to 40 cars was first outlined to Motorsport.com by Pierre Fillon, president of WEC co-organiser the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, in September.

https://lnkd.in/e4Pdm6bG Congratulations to Charles Leclerc and Ferrari for winning the F1 in Monaco. The Championship becomes more interesting, unfortunately the races not. The more equal the race cars the less action we can aspect on the track. The qualification become, in special on street circuits, more important in the whole weekend since overtaking is nearly impossible. Why not make some changes to make it like with DRS more interesting: Why not prohibit a tire change within the first 10 laps of a race? Or, introduce Tracksplit to circuits so overtaking give drivers a little bit more hope during a race. Although it still would be hard in Monaco, at least there is a much bigger opportunity to make an attempt. Now it is boring to watch and for drivers to race.