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Brundle vs Kim Kardashian was TV for the ages (The Telegraph)
‘By now, though, security and hired goons had started to get twitchy and Brundle had to say ‘Don’t push me mate, I’m nearly famous’ to a huge gorilla of a bloke in a black suit who was the personal protection for, I kid you not, Donald Trump Jnr. Absolutely superb.’
Cruising into the Monaco Grand Prix with Verstappen (Vogue)
‘I ask him if his risk tolerance has shifted now that his family has grown. ‘I’m not so sure. The risks are still there,’ he says. ‘It’s not like there’s stupid risk, but I’m very driven, and when I see an opportunity in which I can gain a spot and it’s the right risk to take, I’ll do it. Racing is always risky, and things can always happen—that’s more a bit out of your control. But the risks I take are calculated.”
‘When McLaren founded the team in 1963 they really were building from the ground up. ‘We started in a little workshop in New Malden,’ recalled Ganley. ‘We had a portion of a contractor’s shed so we were working among the bulldozers. The floor may have been concrete at one time but it was broken up so it was almost just dirt. There was a wooden work bench with a vice on it, a drill press and some welding bottles, the bare minimum of what we needed.”
Hirakawa believes it’s Toyota’s ‘time for revenge’ with new car (Sportscar 365)
‘We don’t want to lose; we hate to lose. So in that sense it’s not new, it has continued since 2023. This year it feels like time for revenge. We need to be on top.’
2026 Gateway race highlights (IndyCar)
Rowe wins from back of grid in Gateway Indy Nxt race (Formula Scout)
‘Rowe was fastest in qualifying but completed one too many laps of the oval circuit and was forced to start from the back of the grid. It didn’t take long before he was inside the top 15 and the charge didn’t stop until he hit the front of the field.’
Race highlights: St Louis (Indy Nxt)
A celebrity at the Monaco Grand Prix picked up the towel left for race winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli and took it for herself. #F1 #MonacoGP #RaceFans
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