David Coath, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

Hulkenberg claims Bearman now faces extra pressure for F2 success: “If he is not doing well there, the Jeddah race will be forgotten in two days”

David Coath11 months ago11 months ago07 mins

Following a sensational F1 debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Oliver Bearman is a name on everyone’s lips as a potential regular starter on an F1 grid in 2025. Haas F1 Team could be the team that benefits from his talent. Although Nico Hulkenberg warns that there is now a lot more pressure on…

Red Bull: Drifting “a long way” from successful RB19 would have been “an unwise choice” with RB20 F1 car

David Coath11 months ago11 months ago07 mins

Red Bull Racing chief engineer Paul Monaghan has said that the RB20 is “probably the last big roll of the dice” in terms of car design before the 2026 reset of rules. Monaghan says that there will also be decisions made soon about how to split resources into next year so that there is sufficient…

Limitations of the MCL38 were “very well exposed” in F1 Saudi Arabian GP — Stella

David Coath12 months ago12 months ago07 mins

McLaren had a strong result at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this past Saturday evening. Oscar Piastri who was on fine form all weekend finished P4 after a P5 start. Meanwhile, teammate Lando Norris crossed the finish line P8 on race day after a gamble that would have seen a podium a likely prospect didn’t…

Ricciardo hopes the noise and distractions of recent controversies will ‘start to slowly go away’ whereas Hamilton says F1 has ‘reached a pivotal moment’

David Coath12 months ago12 months ago016 mins

Formula One has found itself on the front of newspapers as well as the back in recent weeks. When this happens, it is usually due to celebrating the crowning of an F1 Drivers’ World Champion or due to moments of controversy. Sadly, as many an F1 fan no doubt knows, it is the latter which…

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

David Coath12 months ago12 months ago06 mins

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…

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

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago014 mins

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…

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

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago06 mins

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…

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”

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago010 mins

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…

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

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago012 mins

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…

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”

David Coath1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

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…