No real surprise tbh, it took them years to stop racing in South Africa, 1993 was the last one, whereas other pro sportsmen were getting banned for playing there from 81.
I was going to post this earlier but forgot . Disgusting IMHO . Sillyman and Dave Richards both said he had to go , so he stepped down . Now sillyman is accountable to nobody , he comes back
Nothing much to do with F1 I suppose , but Bernie Ecclestone ( 95 ) Has 4 children . The oldest is 70 , and the youngest is 5 .
I notice that Adrian Newey with his arrival at Aston Martin is starting to take an effective contol of design management with unconfirmed reports claiming that aerodynamics chief Eric Blandin is among at least seven staff to depart the F1 team.
Yes confirmed now on the BBC . Though not all being laid off hopefully . Aston Martin remove at least seven F1 design staff 6 November 2025 Aston Martin have removed at least seven staff from their Formula 1 design department as part of a restructure before the 2026 season. Among those to leave the F1 team is Eric Blandin, who was recruited from Mercedes as deputy technical director in 2022 but since the start of this year has been serving as aerodynamics director. An Aston Martin spokesperson said: "We don't comment on internal matters and we don't have anything to announce yet. "However, we are going through a technical restructure ahead of the 2026 season which will be announced in the near future." The spokesperson refused to confirm any names but BBC Sport can reveal that among the others is former chief designer Akio Haga. Some of the staff leaving the F1 programme may be retained in other parts of the Aston Martin motorsport business. The group also owns an advanced technologies division, where former chief technical officer Andrew Green was moved before the 2023 season. Design legend Adrian Newey joined Aston Martin as managing technical partner in March this year and is leading the team's 2026 car design. The team have also recruited former Ferrari chassis technical director Enrico Cardile, who started work in August after leaving Ferrari in July 2024. Among the factors behind the restructure is the need to stay within F1's cost cap. All salaries of people who work on the design of the car are included within the cost cap, apart from those of the three highest-paid executives. Aston Martin has been through an extensive recruitment drive in recent years as they seek to turn themselves into world title contenders. Among those recruited by billionaire team owner Lawrence Stroll, in addition to Newey and Cardile, is team principal and chief executive officer Andy Cowell, who was formerly the head of Mercedes' engine company, HPP. Next year, Aston Martin start a factory engine partnership with Honda, who have supplied former champions Red Bull since 2019.
