Having joined F2 in 2021, Richard Verschoor may be considered a veteran of the series. After a somewhat impressive ninth-place finish in the 2023 F2 championship, Verschoor returned to Trident, the team with which he had competed in 2022. While speaking about his decision to return to the Italian team, Verschoor said, “I am thrilled…
Victor Martins’ 2024 Formula 2 season suffered a similar fate to Oliver Bearman’s. As the Rookie of the Year in 2023, Martins had high expectations and hopes for the 2024 F2 season. ART won both the Drivers’ and the Constructors’ Championships in 2023 so it was assumed that they would find themselves near the front…
When Montoya joined forces with MP Motorsport in December of 2023, he said, “I am really excited to be joining Campos Racing for the upcoming FIA Formula 3 season.” “To be honest, we have had a nice learning curve immediately in testing after making my comeback to the team. Macau didn’t exactly bring us the…
After finishing runner-up in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA) and impressing during the 2023 Formula 3 post-season testing sessions, Martinius Stenshorne made the jump to F3 for the 2024 season. When announcing their partnership with the Norwegian racing driver, Hitech Pulse-Eight F3 Team Manager Paul Bellringer stated that he expected the team and…
“I am really happy to get this opportunity,” said Nikita Bedrin after confirming his F3 seat with PHM AIX Racing in February 2024. “Very last minute news and very unexpected, so a lot of hard work will have to be done. Big thanks to PHM and AIX for making it happen, I’m ready to give…
Following the FIA’s announcement that Johnny Herbert will no longer be a steward at Grand Prix races ahead of the F1 2025 season, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem addressed the “conflict of interest” that led to the former driver’s departure. Speaking to Spanish media MARCA, Sulayem noted that Herbert’s dual roles as a steward and…
After a successful 2023 season in F3, and despite a less-than-ideal cameo in the 2023 Yas Marina F2 round, MP Motorsport promoted Franco Colapinto to their F2 line-up for the 2024 season. This proved to be a good decision for both driver and team as, despite competing in only 10 of the season’s 14 rounds,…
Despite finishing a disappointing 27th in the 2023 F3 Championship, Thomas “Tommy” Smith continued with Van Amersfoort Racing for a second season. However, while he would enjoy some improvements in 2024, the Australian driver struggled to impress. He finished the 2024 F3 season 20th in the drivers’ standings. A disappointing start to the 2024 season…
In the first part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, former F1 engineer Steve Hallam discussed his time with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, and his hopes the Ferrari driver will make it eight Drivers’ Championships at the Scuderia. At the 2021 F1 Abu Dhabi GP, the now 105-time race winner looked set to win…
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem hits out at FIA criticism as he states racing must be able to continue without a race director. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem discusses bringing in new stewards to Formula 1. Speaking during the Stewards Summit in Madrid, Sulayem suggested Formula 1 is over reliant on the race director. As…
