In the round-up: The Sauber team will not run Audi branding until they officially become their works team in 2026.
In brief
Sauber will not run Audi branding until 2026
With the Alfa Romeo team reverting to their original identity of Sauber for 2024, team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi says that the team will not run Audi branding on their cars next season.
“With Audi, we enter in 2026,” Alunni Bravi explained.
“Commercially speaking, it’s important to have a big bang in 2026 – not to dilute the Audi involvement with the team. So we will continue as Sauber based on the heritage of the group. Don’t forget that we are here since ’93 – so we will start from this heritage, so we are back to the future next year.”
More US viewers for Monaco than Las Vegas – ESPN
More television viewers tuned into the Monaco Grand Prix in May on broadcaster ESPN than watched the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
ESPN says an average of 1.3 million viewers watched the Las Vegas Grand Prix during its late Saturday time slot, while 1.79 million viewers tuned into the Monaco Grand Prix in May, which was shown live for the first time in the USA.
The best performing race was the Miami Grand Prix which averaged 1.96 million viewers – fewer than the 2.6 million who viewed the inagural race in Miami in 2022, the biggest live audience for a grand prix ever on American television.
Bott-ass calendar raises $150k for charity
A novelty calendar featuring nude photographs of Sauber driver Valtteri calendar has sold out, raising over $150,000 for prostate cancer research.
The ‘Bott-ass’ calendar, created in support of Movember, sold out yesterday, with Bottas saying that he was “more than overwhelmed” by how popular the product had been.
“Thank you so much for all the support in November. With all the donations and with the calendars, we have together raised a substantial amount for ‘Movember’ – meaning we have really helped and will affect and save many people’s lives,” Bottas said.
Maloney quickest on second F2 test day
Red Bull junior driver Zane Maloney posted the quickest time of the test so far in the second day of running at the Yas Marina circuit.
After ART’s Victor Martins went fastest in the opening day, Carlin driver Maloney posted a 1’35.783 in the earlier of the two sessions of Thursday, over a second quicker than Martin’s best from Wednesday and just over a tenth quicker than Martins in the same session. Gabriel Bortoleto was fastest for Viruosi in…
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