Race Week Recap #3 - Imola

Hey there friends.

Yes, I know it's technically the FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2024, but it's Imola in our hearts.

You've probably already seen this on twitter, but I figured I'd send this out via the newsletter as well, to give you an idea of what you can expect from the Race Week Recap in the future.

So, off we go.

The top story of the week: Newey says he is "seriously considering changing teams, going somewhere else and doing another four or five years or whatever"

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I never expected I would be getting Formula 1 news from a yacht company's youtube channel, but here we are.

Why is this important? After Announcing that he's departing Red Bull, rumours have pointed both at Newey retiring and at him signing up with a new team. This interview with Newey and Eddie Jordan seems to confirm, that Newey is indeed planning to stay in Formula 1 for a bit longer.

The rest of the stories this week:

• Haas sues Steiner because Steiner sues Haas

• Albon extends with Williams on a multi-year deal

• Loïc Serra and Jérôme d'Ambrosio leave Mercedes for Ferrari

• Xavi Marcos, Leclerc's race engineer, steps away from that position, replaced by Bryan Bozzi

• F1 teams support the idea of giving out points down to P12

• GM say they "will not let Andretti fail"

• US Congress House Judiciary Chief launches investigation into Andretti rejection

• Sainz still hasn't signed with Audi

• Chicago GP was fake news

• FIA want harsher penalties

• F1 ready to consider new engines for 2030

• The FIA and F1 agree to try and be friends

• Mohammed Ben Sulayem gets more signatures in support, looks poised to win reelection next year

• FIA CEO Natalie Robyn resigns after just 18 months

• F1's revenue up 40% in Q1 compared to last year, exceeds $500m

• The FIA has put out a tender for a "lightweight halo" for 2026

• VCARB want the list of parts they can buy from other teams expanded

• F1 tested prototype spray guards for wet races

• The Brad Pit F1 movie will reportedly be one of the most expensive movies ever made

• Ricciardo named Executive Producer for a new comedy series about racing called "Downforce"

With Xavi no longer being Leclerc's race engineer, let's have a moment of silence for our fallen comrade, the "we are checking" radio message. May it rest in peace.

That's it for this week. Until next time. Thank you for being here.