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The dialogue between Prancing Horse fans and FIA WEC LMGTE Pro class drivers began with Q&A for Miguel Molina. The driver from Barcelona answered some of the most interesting or unusual questions gathered from the @FerrariRaces social media profiles.
The 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 87e 24 Heures du Mans) was an automobile endurance event that took place on 15–16 June 2019,[1] at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. It was the 87th running of the 24 Hour race organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, and the final round of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship. The 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans won by Nakajima/Buemi/Alonso in the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid produced some interesting statistics. Here are some of the race totals: 61 cars took the start. 183 drivers took turns at the wheel. 10,486 laps were completed; a total of 142,900.34 kilometres. 916 pit stops were made. There were 18,309 passes, 853 to move up a place. Drivers who overtook the most: Buemi in LMP1; Jamin in LMP2; Dixon in LMGTE Pro and Fraga in LMGTE Am. 3:17.197 the new record for the fastest lap in the race, set by Mike Conway in the #07 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.
It’s time for the Japanese Grand Prix, one of the most popular events on the calendar for enthusiasts and F1 folk alike. Suzuka first featured on the World Championship trail almost four decades ago and along with two races at Fuji in the mid-70s and again in 2007 and 2008 and with two Pacific Grands Prix in the Nineties, the Land of the Rising Sun has played an important part in the history of the sport. Suzuka is special, not just because of the beautiful figure-of-eight track, but also because of the electrifying atmosphere around the circuit, the grandstands packed with local fans, both young and old who love to dress up in race suits, often wearing the most bizarre home-made caps made to look like the race cars, as they wander around the track and even in the paddock.If the 18 corners that make up Suzuka circuit could talk, they would tell the tale of some of the most memorable moments in the history of the sport. So many world championships have been decided here, many of them in favour of Scuderia Ferrari. In 2000 came the “Red Dawn” as the tifosi called it, when Michael Schumacher won the race to clinch his first title in red, repeating the feat in Japan in 2003. There were also moments of disappointment for the Prancing Horse, in 1990 when Alain Prost was beaten to the crown by Ayrton Senna and in 1998, when Schumacher was bested by Mika Häkkinen.
Formula 1 arrives in Australia for what will be the first race this year to be held as usual on a Sunday, after the first two rounds of the season were run on Saturday in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Australians love their motorsport and Ferrari is particularly popular here, making for a very special atmosphere. The Albert Park circuit is spectacular and everything points to it being an interesting weekend. Carlos Sainz is expected to be back in the car, having had to miss Jeddah with appendicitis and he and team-mate Charles Leclerc will most likely be fighting at the front of the field, as they have done in the first two rounds.The circuit. The Albert Park track made its first appearance on the Formula 1 calendar in 1996. It features plenty of medium to high speed corners, with four DRS zones to provide plenty of excitement. Turn 1 is a quick chicane with walls on one side and a gravel run-off on the other, making it one of the trickiest sections, especially as it is followed by a long straight, before drivers brake heavily for turn 3, a favourite overtaking spot, as it comes at the end of a DRS zone, but mind out, here too there’s a gravel run-off area lying in wait. Turns 9 and 10 are definitely among the quickest corners on the track and overtaking is possible here, although drivers can also opt to stay in the slipstream and then give it their all to pass into turn 11, where overtaking carries a bit less risk.
Oliver Bearman - F1 Scuderia Ferrari reserve driver
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