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A TikTok video boasted of a next-level grand prix stunt. Two teenagers have now been charged (The Age)
‘They’ve each been charged with a number of offences beneath each the Crimes Act and the Main Occasions Act.’
IndyCar proclaims guidelines violation and penalty from The Thermal Membership (IndyCar)
‘The quantity 26 entry (Colton Herta, Andretti) has been fined $25,000 and can forfeit 10 championship entrant factors and all prize cash related to the race at The Thermal Membership.’
Lawson’s Purple Bull demotion confirmed, Kiwi strikes to Racing Bulls (New Zealand Herald)
‘The Herald understands Honda pays Purple Bull an annual eight-figure sum to have Tsunoda within the workforce, with hypothesis of an additional incentive cost for this grand prix. Whether or not or not an additional cost has been made to formalise this change is but to be confirmed.’
Horner dangers driving Verstappen out of Purple Bull and into Mercedes (The Telegraph)
‘The issue is that Verstappen, the one man who issues above all others within the Purple Bull universe, is claimed to not agree with Lawson’s abrupt dismissal. And you’ll see his logic, along with his workforce’s exposing themselves to ridicule by refusing to retain the Kiwi even for a fortnight’
Mini quickest on second day of Sakhir in-season check (System 2)
‘Martins virtually made it two from two this week however slotted into second, 0.095s down on the Italian.’
Boya quickest for Campos Racing on day two of Sakhir in-season testing (System 3)
‘The Spaniard was 0.282s away from Louis Sharp in second, the Rodin Motorsport driver displaying good tempo having additionally ended with the quickest time within the morning section.’
Yuki Tsunoda in his 2025 Purple Bull race go well with.
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— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet.bsky.social) 27 March 2025 at 20:43
Properly, a lot for all these pre-season predictions that the primary driver swap of the yr could be Franco Colapinto changing Jack Doohan…
#F1
— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine.bsky.social) 27 March 2025 at 20:34
Straightforward resolution to this Purple Bull driver nonsense is to not allow them to have two groups… it’s important to spend money on your drivers. Gasly has received GPs, Albon is doing properly towards Sainz, Buemi and Hartley are a number of world champions and LM winners. I sense the fault will not be with the drivers.
— Simon Strang (@StrangRacing) March 27, 2025
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