Bonjour mes amis.
Bienvenue au Race Week Recap – Édition Le Mans. I’ll be honest with you all – I don’t speak French, I had to ask for help translating that.
On that note, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is this weekend, from Saturday 16:00 CEST, and I highly encourage you to watch at least some of it. To me, it’s the best race in all of motorsports. I absolutely love it.
Top story of the week: The FIA has unveiled the 2026 Formula 1 Regulations
We finally got to see the almost final revision of the 2026 technical regulations.
Why is this important? This new regulation set will shape Formula 1 from 2026 and at least the following 4-5 years. I tweeted a short summary of the changes, if you’re not fully up to speed on what’s coming.
The reactions to the regulations have been a mixed bag, with the main characters – the teams and drivers – expressing concerns about the results. Norris fears it won’t bring exciting racing at its introduction and some people believe they will result in cars that are only a few seconds faster than Formula 2. The teams even met during the Canadian GP to discuss their concerns.
Luckily, the FIA have already said they’re open to changes to address teams’ concerns. The regulations are set to be ratified by the FIA World Motorsport Council on June 28th.
The rest of the stories this week:
- RTL reports that Kimi Antonelli will get the 2nd Mercedes seat in 2025
- VCARB extends with Yuki Tsunoda for 2025
- Williams are targeting Sainz for 2025
- Jamie Chadwick wins her first Indy NXT race at Road America
- Stefano Sordo joins Stake F1 Team as Performance Director
- Fernando Alonso says Lance Stroll will lead Aston Martin after he retires
- Carlos Sainz dismisses reports he’s signed with a new team
- Renault CEO Luca de Meo says Alpine is not for sale, despite receiving offers
- The FIA creates a Formula E Constructors’ Championship, in addition to the Drivers’ and Teams’ Championships
- Formula E announced 2024/2025 season calendar
- The FIA announces the 2025 F2 and F3 season calendars
- Canadian GP organiser, Octane Group, launches investigation into spectator track invasion happening while the cooldown lap was still in progress
- Arrow McLaren Indycar team terminates commercial deal with Juncos Hollinger. This comes after Juncos Hollinger driver Augustin Canapino questioned the claims made by McLaren driver Theo Pourchaire, that he had received death threats following an on-track incident between the two.
- Katherine Legge will do the remaining Indycar oval races this season with Dale Coyne Racing
- Toyota’s Mike Conway will miss the 24 Hours of Le Mans after getting injured in a cycling accident
- And finally, if I’m allowed to use myself as a source, I’ve been told that recent reports of Ollie Bearman signing with Haas aren’t correct – but that a deal is close.
And one final sales pitch for Le Mans, if you aren’t convinced already: There is a whole slew of former and potential future Formula 1 drivers in the race. Romain Grosjean, Mick Schumacher, Jenson Button, Antonio Giovinazzi, Daniil Kvyat and Robert Kubica, just to mention a few.
If you want some prime Le Mans content, you can give my friends Blake (who is performance engineering the LMDh Iron Lynx Lamborghini) and Jamey (who is an accredited photographer covering the race) a follow.
Enjoy Le Mans! I know I will.
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That’s it for this week. Until next time, thank you for being here.
