This historic finish comes after the 22-year-old was stripped of her points finish at the beginning of this month. Floersch finished p9 in the round 6 feature race in Spielberg only to be disqualified due to front wing illegalities. The PHM no.29 front wings endplates were found to only be 67.5mm and 67.3mm above the reference plane, breaching the technical regulations that state in Art. 4.3.13 “No part of the front wing endplate may be less than 70 mm above the reference plane and more than 80mm above the reference plane”. cars have started theSingapore Grand Prix and 210 have finished giving it one of the highest finishing averages for the whole F1 calendar with 76% of cars starting crossing the finish line. Sophia Floersch became the first women to collect points in Formula 3 world championship after finishing 7th in Formula 3’s Spa Francorchmps feature race. The crank seal locates too on this end - the far end has no crank seal of course as it is open to the timing gears,

But it was felt the arrangement put too big a gap between qualifying and the grand prix and raised questions about the merit of Saturday's action, as the consequences of the sprint, with its reduced points, are minimal. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said: "It is clear the sprints need to evolve a bit. I understand the concept and action on all three days, but they have at times been slightly underwhelming. As you can see the other drillings in the counter balance masses are just blind holes to accept waisted plugs, Throughout it's history, thirty-seven different drivers have claimed the BTCC's top prize, including a total of eight double-winners, seven 'three-peat'ers and two that stand a cut above them all.

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But an unexpected highlight glimpsed from the trailer is the behind the scenes access to the process of making their Formula 1 cars, something most teams choose to keep close to their chest, and which will be one of the real highlights of this documentary.

The shaft is hollow and allows some compliance in the line of torsional vibrations present in the crankshaft, the splines either end also allow for any misalignment, The production is a collaboration between Alpha Tauri them selves and Digital Lighthouse which will begin with a look at the 2021 & 2022 seasons with members of the team and former driver line up Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda as well as taking you through the 20 year story of Alpha Tauri from the end of the Minardi team and birth of Toro Rosso to the teams greatest moments, drivers and team members that have all contributed to the teams time in Formula 1.The potential changes to the sprint format have been introduced because of concerns that the current system is confusing. It is also worth noting that the rods are guided by the piston and have no thrust surfaces to guide them on the crank webs as shown below,

Neal's first BTCC championship came in 2005, in the Team Dynamics-run Halford Racing Honda Integra, and he retained the title again in 2006. After a brief stint at VX Racing for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, Neal returned to the Team Dynamics fold in 2010, narrowly missing out on the title to his long-time rival, Jason Plato. Vengeance would come the following year, however, as Neal pipped team-mate Shedden to the post, securing his third and final title.

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The FIA is also looking into allowing the use of cooling race suits, but this would require a change to the rules to force teams to add ballast to the car if they did not choose to use them to ensure competitive conditions were equal across the grid.

An agreement that no work may be carried out by teams on development of their cars for the new 2026 technical regulations that accompany a change of engine format before the start of 2025.

With stories written to tide things over until the race begins, I would then grab some lunch before completing my pre-race prep, things such as making notes, looking up stats etc.