Welcome to News from the Nerds, the midweek news show by the FormulaNerds news team – Your essential F1 weekly news digest. Each week we bring you the Top 5 news stories from the past week. This week Abby, Dalila, James M and James P cover:

 

A new qualifying format from 2024?
The FIA has approved a new qualifying format to be tried in 2024 as well as having updated the current F1 regulation to allow three Sprint events. The panel discuss the repercussion on teams, budget cap, and racing. 

https://twitter.com/PHortonF1/status/1542156215236558856?s=20&t=KgBghmz5tLKoVaGqgRJHJA

 

Piquet and Vips:
Nelson Piquet has been banned by the F1 paddock after using a racial slur to refer to Lewis Hamilton. On the contrary, Hitech announced Juri Vips will continue racing in 2022. The panel analyse what happened and the statements made by all parties. 

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/f1-reacts-to-piquets-racist-comments-about-hamilton/ 

https://twitter.com/Formula_Nerds/status/1542119572295270400?s=20&t=KgBghmz5tLKoVaGqgRJHJA 

https://twitter.com/Formula_Nerds/status/1542164429013491714?s=20&t=KgBghmz5tLKoVaGqgRJHJA

 

British GP weekend:
F1, F2, F3, and W Series will all race in Silverstone. The panel discuss the upgrades (or lack of) from the F1 teams as well as the contestants for the Championship in feeder series. 

https://twitter.com/Formula_Nerds/status/1542080269573922816?s=20&t=KgBghmz5tLKoVaGqgRJHJA

 

McLaren a force on all fronts?
Zak Brown opened up to the possibility of seeing more female drivers within the team, by even potentially getting involved in the W Series. The panel discuss whether more F1 team might and should decide to follow. 

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/85866/mclaren-f1-female-driver-zak-brown/

 

Sustainability for the future of F1?
Formula 1 announced the details to their strategy of sustainability for the future, including a new fuel and better logistics. The panel discuss how the new strategy will be taken and what can change already from 2023. 

https://twitter.com/Formula_Nerds/status/1541350348383715334?s=20&t=KgBghmz5tLKoVaGqgRJHJA https://t.co/f2VZfoqz8C



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