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Pepe Martí, heading to Red Bull? The Spanish driver meets Helmut Marko after his victory in Barcelona

Pepe Martí will not lack girlfriends. The Spanish rider is being the great sensation of the season in the formula 3with three victories in the first five Grands Prix, conquering Monaco and Barcelona. Those two victories have put him in the media spotlight, and the help of Fernando Alonso as a representative and adviser guarantees the interest of the main Formula 1 teams to incorporate him into their respective young pilot academies. Currently, the Catalan pilot runs in racing fields and it is not related to any structure of the ‘great circus’, although if, as everything indicates, it goes up to formula 2 in 2024, it is likely that he will do so under the umbrella of one of the great teams. Precisely the person in charge of one of those quarries has met with Martí today. The Bar...

Second-hand electric cars will also benefit from purchase aid

In Spain, the last purchase incentive plans of vehicles have always been two-way focused. The first is that the car had to be highly electrified and the second is that they had to be new cars that did not exceed a certain budget. The first has to be maintained by force, because with the ban on combustion cars on the horizon, electric is the technology to follow. However, with the second there have been changes. The second hand electrical too will benefit from purchase aid. It is a measure that was approved by the Council of Ministers and has recently been published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). Therefore, it is already in force, although the context must be explained well. Subsidies may be applied to electric and fuel cell cars of up to 12 months old. The requirement is that, they m...

Formula 1 F1 2023 today, live: Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix race

Formula 1 F1 2023 today, live: Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix race

Four brands and a Land Rover, out of the game?

Jaguar Land Rover presented its new corporate identity. The idea, according to the brand in a statement, is to evolve towards JLR and highlight the characteristics of each of its brands (Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar). Does that mean that Land Rover is going to disappear? No. The idea is that JLR is a “Brand House” and in it Land Rover “will continue to be essential and visible in our vehicles, digital platforms and dealerships.” In the statement, while the main identities and the four brands are seen, with the Land Rover logo in the last position, encompassing its “children” who become independent. Once the image is defined, the company’s next step in its strategy reimagine “is about becoming a true modern luxury company. The next st...

Hybrid Renault Austral | Video opinions of its virtues and defects

The Spanish market has been turning in recent years in a very noticeable way towards SUVs and hybrid engines. Hence, the Renault Austral is very important for the gala brand. If you are only looking to get the ECO label, it is offered as a microhybrid, cheaper but less powerful and spends more than the non-plug-in hybrid version that we thoroughly tested a few weeks ago. It is a car that convinced me a lot. Dynamically, it is one of the best in the compact SUV segment, although the unit we tested had the 4Control rear axle steer system, which is linked to the multi-link rear suspension… and a simpler rear torsion bar is offered as standard and cheap. It spends little, the interior finishes are good and the connectivity technology is, if not the best (you may not be very Google) of the best...

an unexpected headache for the teams at the Spanish Grand Prix

The ‘porposing’ has returned to Formula 1. The most repeated word in the ‘paddock’ in 2022 had disappeared this year of the lives of pilots and teams thanks to the height of the single-seaters, which increased 15 millimeters for safety, but in the Spanish Grand Prix this phenomenon has reappeared. This problem has mainly affected Red Bull and Mercedes. The German team has not been caught by surprise, since in Barcelona they are riding the new concept of the W14 with pontoons, so they still have to fine-tune the set-up. However, Red Bull’s problems are much more worrisome. The Austrian team did not suffer from this phenomenon even in 2022, when it was a widespread problem. But after the improvements that premiere this weekend, the RB19 has been more unstable in...

The Chinese emissions law that punishes European car manufacturers

China is the country that is giving the most talk in the automotive industry. Normal. For a decade it has been the world’s leading market and to serve it, European factories have moved a good part of their production there. For the Chinese domestic market and, in the case of some models, with exclusive global manufacturing. Together with Tesla, today China dominates the manufacture of electric cars and also the development of their technologies. European brands do not get, for now, similar products at competitive prices and it shows in the market. The strategy of many of them is to stretch the production of cars with a combustion engine, which leave profits to later reinvest in electrified products. But it looks like that, at least in China, is going to be a problem. The Asian countr...

far from Verstappen’s pole position

Fernando Alonso he was unable to fight for pole position. The exit of him to the ground in Q1 left him very far from max verstappen, who took pole with much superiority. Carlos Sainz was third, beating the surprising McLaren of Lando Norris. Alonso only had one attempt to get his lap, but the car was not in good condition. The mechanics worked on the back of his car at each stop in qualifying. In addition, the Spaniard informed his team by radio that he had made a mistake in turn ten. For the first time this season he was outplayed by his teammate, Lance Stroll, in the ranking. In front he will have his former teammate in Alpine, Esteban Ocon. The Asturian will have to repeat his magical outings from the past in Montmeló. Being in front will depend on that start in the race on Sunday. Alth...

Fernando Alonso, ‘snitch’ on the radio against Alpine: “He has annoyed Verstappen…”

Fernando Alonso He has us used to controlling everything that happens around him on the track. He also did it in the classification of the Spanish Grand Prix, at the first change in Q1. He made a ‘snitch’ against the Alpine of Pierre Gasley. The Asturian denounced on the radio that Gasly had bothered max verstappen. “An Alpine has bothered Verstappen in turn four, they should drop him three positions,” released the two-time Formula 1 champion. A radio message addressed to your team, Aston Martin, but indirectly to the FIA ​​so that the French pilot received a sanction. It was a chaotic Q1, in which charles leclerc gave the surprise by staying out. A disappointment for the Ferrari team, which arrives in Montmeló with significant improvements to both the sidepods and ...

“Half of the flat bottom was missing”

Fernando Alonso finished in ninth position in qualifying on Saturday at the Spanish Grand Prix. The flat bottom prevented him from fighting for the top positions against max verstappen, who made the pole. He himself admitted that he had made a mistake. Mike Krackhead of Aston Martin, has revealed how damaged that floor was: “With great damage. I asked the team and we were told half of the flat bottom was missing. We fixed it however we could and obviously we had to get him out. We have tried to limit the damage in each break. It was a good qualifying considering that.” “It’s hard to know where we might have gotten, but second position was possible. We trust that we will repair it by tomorrow. We shouldn’t be talking about the podium starting ninth, but the wea...

Sainz and his options after being second in the Spanish GP

His best classification of the season already for the first podium of this 2023. That is the mission of Carlos Sainz in the Spanish Grand Prix after having qualified second behind max verstappen. The pole was impossible. The difference between the Dutch and the rest was huge. For this reason, Sainz assumes that his goal is the podium. Victory could only come if something happened ahead: “I go out to give everything from the start to be able to fight for the podium… and if Max does something strange, take advantage of it“, has expressed the pilot from Madrid. The improvements have benefited him: “I feel very good because I have managed to extract the full potential of the car On Sunday, complicated with so many improvements, to do it from phase to phase of qualifying...