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Our final F1Weekly Podcast of 2024 Nasir and the Host wish all the F1W listeners a Happy New year! 2025 Should be even more exciting as the front of the spear looks to be even tighter. Motorsports Mondial presents the life and times of Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. Interviews this week: Alex Wurz and young American driver Simon Sikes.

Circuit de La Sarthe, Le Mans, France. 8th – 14th June 2009. Marc Gene/Alex Wurz/David Brabham, No.9 Peugeot 908 HDi, Franck Montagny/Stephane Sarrazin/Sebastien Bourdais, No.8 Peugeot 908 HDi, and Nicolas Minassian/Pedro Lamy/Christian Klien, No.7 Peugeot 908 HDi, drive to the chequered flag in formation. Action. Finish. World Copyright: Kevin Wood/LAT

Alexander Wurz is a former Formula One driver who competed for Benetton, McLaren and Williams between 1997 and 2007 in three separate stints in the sport. He also tested for Honda is 2008 and Brawn in 2009.

Wurz’ best season result in F1 came in his first full season in 1998, when he finished 8th in the Drivers’ World Championship with Benetton. It was during this season, at the Monaco Grand Prix where a suspension failure caused a huge accident in which Wurz hit the Nouvelle Chicane barrier head-on at high speed after emerging from the tunnel with no front wheels. Wurz was not seriously hurt in the incident and was able to compete at the following race.

He crashed a McLaren when testing the car at Paul Ricard.

While not racing in F1, Wurz had competed in six runnings of the Le Mans 24 Hours, securing Class victories in 1996 and 2009.

Alex Wurz at Williams 2006 Canadian Grand Prix.

Simon Sikes,

2023
Won the USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires championship title with a season-high six wins, 14 podium finishes, seven pole positions and nine fastest race laps from 18 races
Led the stats in laps led at 122 and races led at nine
Earned a Discount Tire Driver Advancement Scholarship valued at $433,200 to graduate to USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire in 2024
Won the 2023 Hi-Tide Spirit Award
2022
Finished 14th in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship despite contesting only eight of 18 races
Claimed three top-five finishes and eight top-10s
Finished third at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in Formula Continental
2021
Earned four straight mid-season podiums to finish 13th in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship despite contesting only 10 of 18 races
Earned three wins in three F1600 Championship races
Won the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in the Formula Continental class and finished second in the Formula F class

Simon Sikes earned his second USF Pro 2000 victory on the streets of Toronto in a race that did not go to plan for the top two in the championship. Photo Gavin Baker.

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