Within the round-up: Formulation 1 must keep away from ‘oversaturation’ and stay entertaining to proceed its current development says Mercedes crew principal Toto Wolff.
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Wolff warns towards ‘oversaturation’ of F1
A file 23 races function on the 2023 F1 calendar, and a twenty fourth was initially scheduled earlier than the Chinese language Grand Prix was dropped. The collection can even maintain six dash races this yr.
However though the game’s reputation has climbed lately, Wolff warned it should not develop too rapidly and danger turning into a turn-off for audiences.
“One ought to by no means consider {that a} development will proceed indefinitely,” he instructed Auto Motor und Sport. “That is determined by how a lot leisure we provide additional down the observe. Which personalities in Formulation 1 develop up that set off sympathies or polarise. Each are good.
“On the similar time, we should not make the error of oversaturation. However these are all topics we’re contemplating.
“What stays for me as a skeptic: We must always all the time stay cautious. Formulation 1 is doing very nicely for the time being. It could possibly all the time develop into higher. However it may possibly additionally occur that the viewers’s curiosity subsides if we don’t entertain nicely sufficient.”
Wolff stated the principle causes of F1’s development in reputation lately have been the rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, promotion of the game on social media and the success of Netflix’s Drive to Survive collection which have attracted new “hardcore followers” to the collection.
IMSA champion Taylor to get Andretti IndyCar check
Andretti Autosport is planning to offer two-times IMSA champion Ricky Taylor with an IndyCar check this yr, crew principal Michael Andretti has revealed to Racer.
The chance has come about as Wayne Taylor Racing, the crew run by Ricky’s father and for which he has pushed for a lot of his IMSA profession, has tied up with Andretti in IMSA’s high GTP class for prototype sports activities vehicles this yr.
Taylor beforehand did an IndyCar check with Group Penske in 2017, as a reward from WTR and Penske’s mutual engine provider Chevrolet, and it helped him then land an IMSA drive with the latter for the subsequent three seasons.
Rosenqvist’s McLaren IndyCar livery revealed
McLaren left it some time earlier than confirming Felix Rosenqvist would proceed with them for a 3rd yr in IndyCar, after taking a pole and a podium in 2022, however they’ve left no delay in revealing his livery for the season forward.
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