After a mix of highs and lows, Franco Colapinto is ranked 16th in Pit Debrief’s F1 2024 Driver Rankings. The Argentine driver joined the 2024 Formula One season as the 22nd driver, replacing Logan Sargeant at Williams Racing. He quickly gained attention with strong performances early on. However, his momentum stalled after failing to finish…
Aston Martin’s 2024 season has been a continuation of the struggles they faced in the latter half of 2023. This year the team failed to reclaim their early momentum of the last campaign, with the team finishing in fifth place, way behind the top runners in terms of points. Mercedes in 4th had a gap…
Valtteri Bottas’ third and final year with Sauber failed to live up to expectations netting him 17th in our F1 2024 Driver Rankings. A poor C44 saw the Finn suffer his first pointless season in his 12 year Formula 1 career. 2024 was a year to forget for Bottas. With his three year stint with…
Zhou Guanyu’s three-year stint at Sauber ends not with a bang, as he would have hoped, but with a whimper, as reflected in our F1 Driver Rankings. Despite a promising P11 finish during the 2024 Bahrain GP, the Chinese driver struggled throughout the season, failing to score points in all but one race. With just…
An interesting topic is the tough pondering of whether historical tracks such as Zandvoort should remain on the F1 calendar in lieu of more recent entries that can provide the championship with much more money. Losing the history of the sport The question arose because the contract tying Zandvoort to F1 has not been renewed…
The 2024 F1 season concluded with Aston Martin securing points at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, providing a bittersweet end to a challenging year — and Team Principal Mike Krack offered a candid assessment of the team’s performance, shedding light on their struggles and plans to rebuild momentum in the coming seasons. A tough season…
Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur believes the meticulous approach and valuable experience of Lewis Hamilton will help close performance gaps with Red Bull and Mercedes in 2025. A fresh perspective in Maranello With the 2024 season coming to an end last weekend in Yas Marina, it’s now time for teams to concentrate on what’s coming…
Daniel Ricciardo’s tenure in the Red Bull family ended abruptly after the Singapore Grand Prix, leaving him in P19 in our F1 Driver Rankings. It was an exit that shocked most of his fans, but why did his performance drop? Tough seasons After parting ways with Renault, Ricciardo joined McLaren in 2021. His tenure there,…
In 20th place on our list of the 2024 F1 Driver Rankings is Canadian Lance Stroll — his eighth full season in the sport now completed. A solid first part of the season All of Stroll’s points came in the first part of the season before the summer break. His best result was a P6…
If we thought Sergio Pérez’s slump in performance couldn’t get any worse after last year, his run of form since the 2024 Emilia-Romagna GP has managed to put his future in the sport in jeopardy. With him finishing the season in a lowly eighth place and his teammate Max Verstappen securing his fourth successive drivers’…
