France

The important news of the weekend was that Ralph Boschung’s MoonMobile would once more be driven by Roberto Merhi (while Ralph recovers from a neck injury). Questions were raised (by me, just now) whether Merhi could get another podium that he would lose due to a penalty but then get back again due to someone else’s penalty, or whether we could just have a race where the people who finish in the top three get to be on the podium. Also missing this week’s race was Jake Hughes, who tested positive for COVID and handed over his car to VAR reserve driver David Beckmann…

Following Monaco, Nicholas Latifi headed off to carry out his Williams F1 test driver duties at the Canadian Grand Prix. In front of what I’m sure was a proud home crowd, he took part in Free Practice 1, where he successfully managed to avoid running over a groundhog…