In the round-up: Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says the team needs to be clear about who its “number one” driver is.
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Ferrari, Montezemolo: ‘Leclerc ha tutto per essere un fuoriclasse, Vettel resti calmo’ (Sky – Italian)
Luca di Montezemolo reflected on team dynamics at Ferrari, recalling eras where the faster driver emerged as the clear lead: “In the years I worked there was Lauda with Regazzoni, who had to swallow some bitter morsels, but Lauda was faster and it is right that we aimed at him. In fact we won two world championships and we lost one by a few points in Japan. Then Schumacher: Barrichello, Irvine and Massa were drivers able to win races, bring important points for the championship, but it was clear that Schumacher was number one. It was not our decision, the stopwatch said so. In general a little clarity is needed.”
Geely in talks to pump cash into Aston Martin (FT – registration required)
Reports suggest Lawrence Stroll was close to arranging an investment of around £200m that could result in an equity issue and give him a significant stake in the company.
McLaren Racing announces multi-year technical partnership with Unilever (McLaren)
McLaren announced a multi-year technical partnership with Unilever starting in the 2020 Formula 1 season, aiming to apply McLaren’s engineering and operational expertise to drive developments for Unilever.
Tsunoda joins Carlin for F2 (Carlin)
Carlin confirmed Yuki Tsunoda as part of its 2020 FIA F2 lineup. A member of the Red Bull Junior Team and the Honda Formula Dream Project, Tsunoda joined after a strong performance in post-season testing in Abu Dhabi.
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Comment of the day
Rob Smedley’s new karting series sounds like a good initiative to Diego:
About damn time. The prices in karting have gone through the roof. Hopefully this brings a new era of larger karting grids, and why not push simracing so winners can enter karting series far more easily?
All of this could really give a chance to drivers of any background to prove their talent. And why not, for the most talented of them to make it to the top, given other feeder series become cheaper
Diego (@Ofitus21)
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On this day in F1
- Born today in 1923: Carroll Shelby, who went on to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, race for Aston Martin’s brief F1 team, and manage Ford’s Le Mans programme, as depicted in the film Ford vs Ferrari (aka Le Mans 66).