David Coath

“Lando has been deserving a win for many years now, he’s driving at an excellent level” — Rivals pay tribute to Norris after historic F1 Miami GP victory

David Coath9 hours ago9 hours ago015 mins

Lando Norris became the 114th different winner of an F1 Grand Prix after his Miami GP win this past Sunday. In his 110th race in the pinnacle of motorsport, McLaren’s popular driver was able to fully maximise a Safety Car period before powering on to victory with his impressive pace. Norris, McLaren and all the…

Wolff: McLaren and Ferrari’s F1 gains since the start of 2023 is making Mercedes’ life “tougher” as struggles continue

David Coath1 week ago1 week ago08 mins

Mercedes’ Team Principal Toto Wolff spoke in Shanghai at the end of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix. He reflected on how difficult the Mercedes W15 is to drive and also reminded people that the similar struggles were clear to see last season but Mercedes ‘were a regular podium contender’ as their rivals ‘dropped the ball’….

Alpine F1 are now lighter, quicker and still have “a lot going on in the wind tunnel and CFD at the moment” — Pilbeam

David Coath1 week ago1 week ago07 mins

The Chinese Grand Prix saw Alpine have a spare car available for the first time this season. At a time when Williams Racing lack of third chassis made global headlines, this was obviously encouraging news for fans of the French manufacturer. Not only this but for Esteban Ocon, his A524 had a new floor and…

Ocon: “Happier and a bit disappointed” with P11 in F1 Chinese GP after his “best driving race of the whole season”

David Coath1 week ago1 week ago011 mins

Esteban Ocon started last weekend’ s F1 Chinese Grand Prix from P13 and would cross the finish line P11 and just 2.3 seconds from his first points of the season. A stark difference to how Alpine were performing at the start of the season with many pundits predicting the French manufacturer to be propping up…

After Sainz was permitted to rejoin Q2 at F1 Chinese GP, teams now hope the rules get tidied up and ‘are less ambiguous going forward’

David Coath1 week ago1 week ago08 mins

Aston Martin, with an ‘encyclopedic’ knowledge of the rules, protested Carlos Sainz being permitted to rejoin Q2 in China due to the fact that his car was stationary for 77 seconds. In their eyes, this was a clear breach of article 39.6 of the F1 sporting regulations but their protest was dismissed. Following this, they…

Drivers voice concerns over Chinese F1 GP Sprint weekend format

David Coath3 weeks ago3 weeks ago09 mins

F1’s return to China already has momentous moments ahead as it is Zhou Guanyu’s first time racing in front of his home crowd in F1 and also a 20-year celebration of the circuit. Whether it also needed to be an F1 Sprint format will be long debated but as far as the top three finishers…

Stella predicts difficulties for McLaren in F1 Chinese GP: “I think China may be a bit of a damage limitation for us”

David Coath3 weeks ago3 weeks ago06 mins

McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella looked ahead to the upcoming F1 Chinese Grand Prix. The man currently tasked with getting McLaren back to the front of the grid admitted that he sees the weekend being “a bit of damage limitation for us” due to the circuit layout and it being a sprint weekend. Formula One…

Wolff seeks answers after F1 Japanese GP: “A poor first stint cost us today and we need to find out why that was”

David Coath4 weeks ago4 weeks ago08 mins

Mercedes finished Sunday’s F1 Japanese Grand Prix with P7 for George Russell and P9 for Lewis Hamilton. Team Principal Toto Wolff reflected on the strategy and the work ahead for his team saying “this is such a tough fight so we just, we just need to get it done.” When the lights went out in…

Lewis Hamilton walks away from interview following question about Ferrari’s performance at F1 Japanese GP

David Coath4 weeks ago4 weeks ago06 mins

Lewis Hamilton has another 20 races of the season to go with Mercedes before heading to Scuderia Ferrari. The 7-time F1 Drivers’ World Champion was less than impressed in Suzuka after his P9 finish saw him being asked post-race as to whether he was jealous of the speed of Ferrari. Hamilton was blunt in his…

Lance Stroll “feels good” in the AMR24 and says “it should be pretty smooth” to have a new race engineer from Suzuka onwards

David Coath1 month ago1 month ago06 mins

Lance Stroll is currently P9 in the F1 Drivers’ Championship with the same number of points as his position. He spoke to media during the Australian Grand Prix weekend about how he feels in the AMR24 and also looked ahead to Andrew Vizard becoming his race engineer from Suzuka onwards. Stroll has had a far…