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In the round-up: Sebastian Vettel has been told to apologise for his criticism of Italian president Sergio Mattarella over last week’s pre-race fly-by at Monza.
In brief
Vettel draws criticism over comments on Italian president
Following Sunday’s race Vettel complained the pre-race air display created unnecessary carbon emissions and claimed it only happened because the 81-year-old president requested it. “He’s about 100 years old, so maybe it’s difficult for him to let go of these kind of ego things,” said Vettel.
La Russa, who claimed the aircraft used a 25% biofuel mix to reduce emissions, accused Vettel of a “polemic that offends the president of the republic and all of us”. Speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport, La Russa said Vettel should “apologise to president Mattarella and to all Italians.”
Kyle Busch teases Indy 500 entry following big career move
Two-times NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch will change teams next year, ending a 15-year spell driving Toyotas for Joe Gibbs Racing and freeing him to make a long-awaited IndyCar debut.
He will move to Richard Childress Racing, a team that runs Chevrolets and opening up the possibility that Busch could enter the Indianapolis 500 in a car powered by a Chevrolet engine
“That’s in the deal, I made sure it was in the deal,” he said at the announcement of his team switch when asked if he was now allowed to try out IndyCar, as his current team and its manufacturer affiliation has prevented it from happening to date.
“I can go run it if I want to run it. By all means, any IndyCar teams that are Chevrolet, call me up.”
W Series’ Babickova injures spine, rival Marti replaces her in F3 test
W Series racer Tereza Babickova will miss the next round in Singapore after she injured her spine just a lap into her Formula Regional European Championship debut at the Red Bull Ring last weekend.
Babickova spun on a kerb and crashed while behind the safety car in wet conditions, ruling her out of the next day’s race, as well as this week’s all-female FIA Formula 3 test at Magny-Cours and the next W Series race in October once the extent of her injury was revealed.
Her W Series rival Nerea Marti will take her place in the private FIA F3 test, organised directly by the championship as a way of increasing the chance of women racing its car in the future.
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