Following a chaotic season opener at the São Paulo E-Prix, NEOM McLaren leads the championship standings. The drivers Taylor Barnard and Sam Bird brought home a 3-4 finish. A tough start Surprisingly both McLaren couldn’t make it into the qualifying duels and started in P16 and P17. During the race, both drivers profited from chaos…
Appearing on the Sky F1 season review, McLaren CEO Zak Brown shared his thoughts on the experience gained by Lando Norris during his first championship campaign and called for the application of more common sense in the interpretation of the FIA rulebook. The Woking-based team closed their F1 2024 chapter by breaking their 26-year title…
Qualifying P9 but not finishing the race, this year’s finale at the F1 Abu Dhabi GP was a write-off for Valtteri Bottas in a season of woe as he scored no points. Sauber’s car was off the pace, although they made clear gains at the last three rounds. By then, it was too late for…
Flavio Briatore returned to Alpine F1 in June as executive advisor after turmoil within the team led to the departure of several senior executives, and he has spoken about Esteban Ocon, Jack Doohan and Pierre Gasly. Since his return, Briatore has made several controversial decisions, most notably dropping Esteban Ocon before the Abu Dhabi Grand…
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were the two championship fighters for the 2024 season. Both on track and off track we witnessed multiple incidents between the two caused by the ever increasing tensions brought by the title fight. This led many to question if the two were still as close. Aggressive battles Verstappen and Norris…
Co-Author: Chiara Martin Helmut Marko reflects on Red Bull’s decision to promote Liam Lawson instead of Yuki Tsunoda for the 2025 F1 season, pitting the Kiwi against Max Verstappen. Tsunoda’s golden season Quite an impressive season for Yuki Tsunoda, the one that just ended. The Japanese managed to get his Racing Bull to Q3 in…
In his seventh F1 season, Charles Leclerc had his best and most consistent campaign to date with Ferrari in 2024 — the Monegasque driver won three races, finishing P3 in the Drivers’ Championship in the process. Wheel-to-wheel racing and making changes depending on the opponent One of the most impressive traits the 27-year-old has is…
McLaren’s Lando Norris triumphs in Abu Dhabi, sealing the team’s first Constructors’ Championship since 1998. Team Principal Andrea Stella reflected on resilience, teamwork, and what lies ahead. “Refusing the poison biscuits” became more than a metaphor; it defined McLaren’s journey to their first Constructors’ title in 26 years, capped off by a stellar victory for…
Alpine F1 team boss and Hitech founder Oliver Oakes says that Paul Aron showed “some mental strength” after getting dropped by Mercedes ahead of his first Formula 2 season. Aron joined Hitech Pulse-Eight for the 2024 F2 season without Mercedes backing him anymore. The Estonian driver was part of the junior programme for four years….
In 2024, Formula One said goodbye, or at least a see-you-later, to several drivers – Logan Sargeant whose disastrous stint with Williams Racing came to a fiery end in Zandvoort, Daniel Ricciardo whose disappointing return to F1 ended in Singapore, and of course the likes of Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, Sargeant’s replacement Franco Colapinto and…
