Lando Norris, McLaren, Monaco, 2026

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to LookingSpiffy and Rdiulv!


On this day in motorsport

40 years ago today, on the first day of practice for the German Grand Prix, world champion Keke Rosberg announced he would retire from Formula 1 at the end of the season
45 years ago today Pancho Carter pipped Tony Bettenhausen Jnr to victory in the CART IndyCar Michigan 500 by two-hundredths of a second, with Rick Mears two laps down in third

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Keith Collantine

Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 – when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring journalist, Keith began running the site full-time in 2010, achieving a long-held ambition to dedicate his full attention to his passion for motor racing.
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