Ewout Albrecht, Author at Motorsport

“Whether it’s fair or not is another conversation, but it’s guaranteed hard racing” — Gasly on fighting Verstappen in F1

Ewout Albrecht3 days ago3 days ago04 mins

Max Verstappen is on the brink of his fourth World Drivers’ Championship, besting the great Ayrton Senna, who “only” managed three before his life was tragically cut short in 1994. Following Verstappen’s dominant performance in São Paulo, Senna’s hometown, once again comparisons with the legendary Brazilian were made. Verstappen’s former Red Bull F1 team mate…

“It’s very close, 5 points it’s totally doable for us” — Liam Lawson looks forward to take on the fight with Alpine F1

Ewout Albrecht2 weeks ago2 weeks ago04 mins

Liam Lawson had an eventful São Paulo Grand Prix. He had a great start from fifth on the grid, but had to back out to not hit his team mate Yuki Tsunoda at the start. He managed to stay relatively close to Charles Leclerc and later Max Verstappen, before being spun around by Oscar Piastri,…

Pre-race shenanigans penalised with fines and reprimands, Sainz also reprimanded after crash

Ewout Albrecht3 weeks ago3 weeks ago04 mins

The start of today’s São Paulo Grand Prix was marred with several incidents before the lights even went out. Because Lance Stroll spun and beached his car in the turn 4 gravel during the formation lap, the initial start was aborted. However, several drivers including Lando Norris, George Russell and both RB drivers did set…

Stella says “we would be commenting another race here” without red flag in F1 Brazil GP

Ewout Albrecht3 weeks ago08 mins

Following a tremendous achievement during qualifying, McLaren’s race was a little less fortunate. After Lando Norris narrowly escaped going out in Q1 in the morning he grabbed pole position in a dominant fashion, but was already at the start demoted to second by a better getaway from George Russell. Overtaking the Mercedes proved impossible due…

F1 | Mexico GP | Race | Sainz storms to commanding victory after Verstappen’s meltdown drops him to sixth

Ewout Albrecht4 weeks ago4 weeks ago013 mins

After a scintillating lap in qualifying it is Carlos Sainz who starts from pole, followed by title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, with team mate Charles Leclerc in fourth. Hometown hero Sergio Pérez and Oscar Piastri had an abysmal qualifying, prompting both to start from 18th and 17th respectively. Esteban Ocon opted to change…

“I think we are getting to a stage where I almost need the book in the car” – Verstappen on USGP controversy

Ewout Albrecht4 weeks ago4 weeks ago04 mins

While Lando Norris still disagrees with the penalty he received during the closing stages of the US Grand Prix, Max Verstappen still thinks he had done nothing wrong, especially considering the current rules. And while by the books the Red Bull driver was in the clear, there was still quite a lot of controversy surrounding…

Norris still disagrees with USGP penalty, but acknowledges he has to improve too

Ewout Albrecht4 weeks ago4 weeks ago010 mins

As the drivers prepare for the second Grand Prix in of the triple header, the questions keep circling back around to the controversy following last weekend’s US Grand Prix, where Lando Norris was denied a podium in favour of Max Verstappen, after overtaking the Dutchman off-track. The young Briton however still disagrees with his five-second…

F1 | US GP | Sprint Qualifying | Verstappen speeds to P1, as Pérez and Piastri drop out early

Ewout Albrecht1 month ago1 month ago06 mins

After just a single free practice the entire field headed out immediately for the 12 minutes of SQ1, with championship leader Max Verstappen leading the way. Logically Verstappen was also the first one to set a time on the mandated medium tyres with a 1:34.698. Team mate Sergio Pérez slots in behind Verstappen in second,…

Haas and Mercedes looking to end the season on a high with US GP updates

Ewout Albrecht1 month ago1 month ago07 mins

After what can be considered an autumn break during the 2024 season there are lots of teams bringing updates to Austin for the final batch of races. Perhaps not the easiest weekend, as the United States Grand Prix is a Sprint weekend, but given that it is the start of a triple header it might…

Haas looks upwards with the addition of Toyota by “tapping into each other’s expertise”

Ewout Albrecht1 month ago013 mins

The team of Haas is on the rise. After having given up on 2021 the team had a decent 2022, only to finish last during the 2023 season. This was reason for team owner Gene Haas to say goodbye to Günther Steiner as team principal and promote Ayao Komatsu. A move that seemed to have…