In the round-up: Jack Doohan finished the post-season Formula 2 test quickest on the final day.
In brief
Doohan quickest as Formula 2 test ends
Jack Doohan will head into his first full F2 season in 2022 with the confidence of knowing he was quickest at the post-season test in Abu Dhabi.The Red Bull-backed Virtuosi driver finished the third and final day fastest, ahead of Felipe Drugovich. Doohan also covered the most laps of anyone on the final day with 114.
Ralph Boschung was third fastest for Campos, ahead of the two Carlins of Liam Lawson and Williams Academy driver Logan Sargeant
British Grand Prix general admission tickets sold out
Silverstone have announced that all weekend and Sunday general admission tickets for the 2022 British Grand Prix are already sold out.
The circuit posted a notification on social media, informing fans that there were only limited grandstand and hospitality tickets remaining for next year’s race.
Around 350,000 people attended this year’s event at the circuit over the three days of running. The race on Sunday saw Lewis Hamilton win the British Grand Prix for a record eighth time following a controversial clash with Max Verstappen in which Hamilton was penalised by the stewards.
Ricciardo lends a hand of support to Save the Children
Daniel Ricciardo is working with Save the Children to support young people through their Hands on Learning programme in his native Australia.
The programme supports students who struggle with classroom-based learning by enabling them to get involved with projects outside of the classroom in practical, professional environments like workshops or farms.
“Kids need to find their passion for something, anything, and to find the confidence to take risks, and it’s not easy for a lot of them,” Ricciardo told the Sydney Morning Herald.
“If you can do the things that make you happy, you get to a stage where just doing it feels nearly carefree.”
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Social media
Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:
Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1:
“I am deeply saddened to hear that a true friend of Formula 1, Monty Shadow, has died. His creative brilliance will be missed by all of us and his images of the sport will always be part of our history.” pic.twitter.com/6Ccg2600NE
— F1 Media (@F1Media) December 18, 2021
About yesterday ✨#VB77 #F1 #DankeMercedes @MercedesAMGF1 @MercedesBenz pic.twitter.com/8QiXPbq6WN
— Valtteri Bottas (@ValtteriBottas) December 18, 2021
- Find more official F1 accounts to follow in the F1 Twitter Directory
Links
Motor racing links of interest:
F1's Red Bull Racing To Set Sail For The America's Cup (Jalopnik)
"The new partnership is connected to Red Bull’s Formula One team through the team’s applied engineering division, Red Bull Advanced Technologies. The F1 team principal Christian Horner spoke at the announcement press conference about how the engineering expertise accrued by the F1 team will help achieve Red Bull’s goal of winning the America’s Cup."
Ben Sulayem's rise to the top marks an historic shift (Reuters)
"No-one now can come near the Gulf or the Middle East and ignore motorsport. It will be a help for the FIA to grow but it doesn't mean we forget the other regions."
Kansas City Chiefs learning from Premier League, Formula 1 with German expansion (Sky Sports)
"You look at what F1 has done with Drive to Survive, you look at what some Premier League teams have done with international expansion with tours, that's the model we're trying to follow, and what we've seen and the research we've done on those models is that the opportunities become exponential."
"For now, I am preparing to get my single seaters licence to get into the W-Series for when I am 18. Then I would like to get a contract with Mercedes or McLaren, and to come first place in next year's BIKC championship."
Pato O'Ward test drives a McLaren Formula 1 car (McLaren via YouTube)
'Watch Arrow McLaren SP driver Pato O'Ward's first F1 experience with McLaren at the Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test.'
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Comment of the day
What was F1’s best ever championship decider? While Sunday’s was certainly dramatic, @red-andy makes a case for the famous 1976 duel between Hunt and Lauda…
Looking at all of them – and I can’t be objective here, since I know far more about some of them than others – I think 1976 must be the best of them all. Even though Lauda had withdrawn from the race, it was a truly dramatic conclusion as Hunt was just on the edge of clinching the title all race. Apparently he didn’t even know he’d won it until he stopped the car, as he couldn’t read his pit board in the atrocious conditions.
@red-andy
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On this day in motorsport
- 25 years ago today Alain Prost drove his McLaren-TAG MP4-2C along the Champs d’Elysees in Paris, celebrating his second consecutive championship victory
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
19th December 2021, 0:58
86 is so spectacular though. Frankly cannot decide on the one, some were pretty dull though.
Jere (@jerejj)
19th December 2021, 7:20
This is Local London link leads to Forum.
RandomMallard
19th December 2021, 7:53
Exciting times as a fan of sailing as well as F1. That makes it Red Bull with Alinghi (Switzerland), and Merc with Ineos (UK, who actually also used to be led by Martin Whitmarsh. The latest I’ve heard is he’snow an advisor there). Then there are the rumours that Ferrari are close to teaming up with Luna Rossa (Italy), who are already sponsored by Pirelli.
Very interesting to see this level of cooperation between F1 teams and America’s Cup teams. It also happens to be a very convenient way for teams to work around the budget cap while keeping a lot of the talented staff they have.
Mr Fabulous (@mrfabulous)
19th December 2021, 8:20
Ineos has announced that it’s bringing all its sporting ventures together (cycling, F1, sailing etc) and putting Dave Brailsford in overall charge.
Be interesting to see whether that’s simply for internal governance reasons, or whether it’s an attempt to better cross-pollinate ideas and innovation, and, as you say, perhaps swerve some of the restrictions of budget cap.
RandomMallard
19th December 2021, 11:57
@mrfabulous Looking at their press release, it seems to mainly be to try and, as you put it, cross-pollinate ideas, training routines and innovations. They have said that each respective sport team will still be predominantly led by their individual Team Principals.
Mark Zastrow (@markzastrow)
19th December 2021, 18:13
Couldn’t agree more, RandomMallard. With SailGP expanding, the stable rule set for AC37, and now the Toto vs. Christian show setting up shop, it’s a great time to be a sailing fan.
I does seem seem very clearly an option to meet the budget cap while retaining staff, and I would think it would be a powerful recruiting draw for the Big Three: Come work for us, and you may be able to play with some incredibly fast and sophisticated foiling boats, too. For a keen engineering mind, the variety of challenges and opportunities could be a major plus. The one downside for F1 fans is that it’s one way in which the Big Three may be able to retain their dominance over time.
jff
19th December 2021, 9:15
It would be nice if Emirates could bring NZ and McLaren back together again.
Qeki (@qeki)
19th December 2021, 9:34
Monty really looks like Senna’s shadow there :D
Tristan (@skipgamer)
19th December 2021, 23:58
Would be amazing if Doohan wins F2 and with Piastri and Ricciardo there are 3 Aussies on the grid, talk about a dream.
PT
1st January 2022, 14:49
Will, shouldn’t it be “35 years ago” when Prost won his second consecutive championship instead of “25 years ago”?