At its last meeting in Mexico City, the World Council took the following decisions with regard to the proposals submitted by the FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission.
Jean Todt, President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) announced that the car number 17 will be retired from the FIA Formula One World Championship in honour of Jules Bianchi.
For Markus Pommer, the trip to Zandvoort in The Netherlands paid off: on Saturday, he scored his first-ever FIA Formula 3 European Championship podium finish at the 4.307 kilometres long ex-Formula 1 circuit; one day later, he scored his maiden victory.
Felix Rosenqvist (Prema Powerteam) still having been beaten by his rival Antonio Giovinazzi (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin) in first qualifying, he came good in his next opportunity.
