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‘I’ve been behind the wheel for 41 years. I think the moment I stop racing will be a tough decision and it will be hard to accept. Time will tell, I’ll feel it. But for now, I don’t feel that moment has arrived; I feel competitive and motivated. I’m happy when I’m driving. So I hope this season isn’t my last in Formula 1.’
Participant details (London Marathon)
‘Sebastian Vettel completed his first London Marathon in a time of two hours, 59 minutes and eight seconds’
How JHR and VeeKay turned pit stops from a weakness into a weapon (Racer)
‘The staff don’t just prep the cars every morning. They put in their shift an hour or two in the morning in the gym, and we work on certain areas of the body so we can get repeatability. And then, of course, the other thing we do is we practice pit stops at four o’clock every day with both crews and the drivers tend to come in and take part in the practice as well. So we have continuity there, which follows into the real stuff.’
Super Formula round three Autopolis qualifying highlights (Super Formula)
2026, round three, Kyushu Tournament, final (Super Formula)
As the race start time approached, the weather at Autopolis in Oita Prefecture worsened, resulting in two delays to the start. The race then started under a safety car, but was soon interrupted by a red flag. A meeting of team representatives was held afterward, and unfortunately, the race was canceled at 3:20pm.
Red Bull Ring round one, race three (Formula Regional Europe)
Dándolo todo 🤝
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Taking it all in 🤝 pic.twitter.com/BDK9DfDWhK
— BWT Alpine Formula One Team (@AlpineF1Team) April 26, 2026
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Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to El Gordo!
On this day in motorsport
Alain Prost won at Imola today in 1986
40 years ago today Alain Prost won the San Marino Grand Prix, avenging his lost victory 12 months earlier, when he was disqualified
Born today in 1943: Helmut Marko, who won the 1971 Le Mans 24 Hours in a Porsche shared with Gijs van Lennep and started nine grands prix but retired after being struck in the eye by a stone at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972, and lost the sight in it
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