McLaren has exercised its option on Brando Badoer to sign the 18-year-old to its Driver Development programme.
Badoer is the son of Luca, who made 50 starts in F1, driving for Lola, Minardi, and Forti in the 1990s, as well as making two appearances for Ferrari as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa, a decade after his previous GP appearance.
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Verstappen shares positive Red Bull outlook after upgrade
Max Verstappen is upbeat and feels Red Bull is "moving in the right direction" after its upgrades in Azerbaijan.
The form of the RB20 slumped drastically in the summer, with the nadir coming in the Italian Grand Prix, where Verstappen could only finish sixth and Sergio Perez eighth.
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NASCAR hit with biggest-ever Cup crash
At Talladega, it's not a question of if The Big One is coming, but when.
With five laps of the 188-lap blast around the superspeedway in the books, the field was jockeying for position with Austin Cindric and Ricky Stenhouse Jr the leaders, as Todd Gilliland was lapped.
Schumacher spies potential 'weak link' in Red Bull F1 operation
Ralf Schumacher believes he has identified a weak link in Red Bull's F1 chain - technical director Pierre Wache.
With Adrian Newey's resignation as chief technical officer, long-time Red Bull employee Wache has been pushed forward as the new face of the technical team, with Wache having joined the Milton Keynes-based team in 2013 from Sauber initially as chief engineer before promotion in 2018 to technical director.
READ MORE: Schumacher spies potential 'weak link' in Red Bull F1 operation
Bottas battles puncture in cycling world championship race
Valtteri Bottas overcame a puncture to finish 133rd in his class during the cycling gravel world championship in Belgium.
A keen cyclist, Bottas entered the two-day event in the 35-39 men's class and completed the 182.8km course in 5:40.04 to place 133rd out of 232 entries with 202 finishers in class overall.
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The raw F1 numbers that expose the Verstappen-Perez gulf
One thing all F1 teams want from their two drivers is consistency in points scoring and for the second driver to hoover up as many points as the team leader.
In the case of McLaren, Oscar Piastri has 237 points to Lando Norris's 279 after 18 rounds, or three-quarters of the 24-race season.
READ MORE: The raw F1 numbers that expose the Verstappen-Perez gulf
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