In the round-up: Fernando Alonso will race in January’s Daytona 24 Hours and could be allowed to race for Toyota at Le Mans.

Win “The Mechanic” by Marc Priestley

“The Mechanic” is the forthcoming new book by former McLaren F1 mechanic Marc Priestley which tells outrageous and revealing tales of his decade spent working on their race team. It comes out next month and earned five out of five in F1 Fanatic’s review.

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On this day in F1 Riccardo Patrese scored his final win 25 years ago today at Suzuka, ahead of Gerhard Berger and Martin Brundle