David Coath

Photo Credits: Williams Racing

Albon calls his P15 finish at F1 Bahrain GP “a result of being mileage limited and having issues during testing”

Alex Albon had a 2024 F1 season opener to forget for Williams Racing. He was faced with a variety of challenges to handle in Bahrain this past Saturday – none more so than having to manage his Power Unit overheating. By the time the chequered flag fell, Albon – having started P13 – had to…

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RB’s F1 Technical Director Jody Egginton on maintaining an upward trajectory and already being “better prepared” than a year ago

Established in 2006 as a team for impressive youngsters from Red Bull’s young driver programme, the team now known as RB – originally named Toro Rosso and then AlphaTauri – is looking to return to the midfield as a minimum in 2024. The 2023 season saw the Faenza based team finish P8, but the team’s…

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Photo Credits: MoneyGram Haas F1 Team

Hulkenberg highlights Komatsu’s F1 strengths and warns “no one can bull**** him because he knows what’s going on”

Haas F1 Team had a 2023 season to forget. They finished the year bottom of the standings and despite having a good car for qualifying, would consistently struggle for pace on race day. The VF-23 suffered from excessive tyre overheating and this was most evident on demanding circuits and in warmer climates. Inevitably, someone had…

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Photo Credits: BWT Alpine F1 Team

Alpine F1 have work to do after ‘solid three-day test’ provides more questions than answers and Gasly claiming “I don’t think we look great”

Alpine’s Team Principal Bruno Famin claimed Alpine have had ‘a solid three-day test’ and that they’ve focused on themselves. That is probably a good thing because if they were comparing the A524 to other cars on display they would see that it looks very much as if Alpine are going to be battling near the…

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F1 Testing: Bottas and Zhou had a “promising” day; Russell had a “positive” day and Verstappen “had fun out on track today”

A successful first official day of F1 testing for many teams over in Bahrain. The ‘Sauber boys’ were pleased with their ‘completely different car’; George Russell was pleased with his ‘positive’ start in the W15 meanwhile reigning F1 Drivers’ World Champion Max Verstappen topped both of Wednesday’s initial sessions at the Bahrain International Circuit which…

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Aston Martin F1’s Dan Fallows on AMR24: “We want to compete in the development race this season and this car is designed to do just that”

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One team’s challenger for the 2024 season fittingly titled AMR24 has the clear intention of building on the strengths of its predecessor. The success of the AMR23 was a result of the Aston Martin team building on what they had learnt in 2022. Therefore, with the team’s Technical Director Dan Fallows…

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Williams Racing reveals FW46 livery and new long-term partner Komatsu during ‘significant milestone’ in New York City

Williams Racing has unveiled the team’s FW46 livery in the heart of New York City at PUMA’s Flagship store on Fifth Avenue. The overall look of the car that will be driven by Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant in the upcoming 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship was darker than the previous year. The press…

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Zak Brown on benefits of ‘outstanding’ F1 cost cap: “I think the budget cap has had the intended consequences of making the field much more competitive”

When Formula One introduced the cost cap at the start of the 2021 F1 season, one of its aims was to see it bring the field closer together. According to McLaren CEO Zak Brown, this is exactly what is happening – in qualifying at least. So much so that according to Brown, when he is…

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Photo Credits: Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

Krack predicts “more emphasis on operations” as stable F1 rules will lead to “evolutionary” 2024 F1 cars

Aston Martin may have experienced their most successful F1 season to date in 2023 but team principal Mike Krack has been keen to manage expectation. His recent comments saw him claim that the tight gaps in qualifying ‘will only get smaller’ over the coming years but at this moment he does not anticipate any ‘big…

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