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Andretti staff would “spice issues up” in Method 1 – Rossi

Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi says that he would welcome the arrival of Andretti to Method 1 as a brand new staff so as to add some “spice” to the grid.

Andretti are pursing an entry as a brand new constructor for 2024, with plans for a base within the UK and with Renault energy items.

Rossi says that he can be blissful to see the Andretti identify be a part of the Method 1 grid if they’re able to display they’ll add worth to Method 1.

“I feel I welcome it if it’s accretive, I feel Andretti might have that potential due to all the US facet of it,” mentioned Rossi. “We’ll see, I feel it might be good, it might spice issues up on the monitor as properly, which is nice. It’s higher to maneuver the hierarchy a bit on a regular basis.”

McLaren ‘ticked most of our containers’ throughout first check

McLaren staff principal Andreas Seidl says that he’s glad that the staff had been capable of full the tasked they got down to do within the first check in Barcelona.

Drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo racked up probably the most distance of any staff within the McLaren bar Ferrari and Mercedes over the three days of testing. Seidl says that the staff achieved what they’d got down to do when operating the automobile for the primary time.

“Now we have a check programme, which is an efficient stability, I’d say, between making sufficient mileage to ensure we’re sturdy when it comes to reliability once we go to the primary race in Bahrain,” mentioned Seidl.

“However, on the identical time, you additionally wish to study as a lot as potential about your automobile and have some good high quality check factors included as properly. From my viewpoint I feel we’ve ticked many of the containers we wished to get ticked right here at this check and due to this fact I’m blissful.”

Horner clarifies feedback on feminine F1 followers

Christian Horner has clarified feedback he made in an interview with TalkSport earlier this week about youthful feminine followers being drawn to Method 1 due to how good wanting drivers are.

After being requested about Netflix’s Drive to Survive documentary collection, Horner had mentioned that the present had helped to herald a youthful technology of followers into the game, significantly youthful women and girls because of “all these nice wanting younger drivers.”

Requested by RaceFans concerning the backlash to his feedback, Horner mentioned he thinks youthful followers are primarily drawn to the personalities of the drivers.

“I feel having an perception to these personalities is one thing {that a} present like Netflix has dropped at carry out these characters, so that you get to know the personalities,” he mentioned.

“My very own daughter that’s 15 had little or no curiosity in Method 1 earlier than a present like Netflix got here alongside, since you couldn’t relate to the characters, you couldn’t relate to the drivers. And I feel, whether or not you’re feminine or male, it’s nice that we’re welcoming such new audiences all through the globe.”

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