Ewout Albrecht, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

Mercedes F1 believes “correlation issues” are the cause of their performance struggles, according to Wolff and Allison

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago011 mins

The modern ground effect era of Formula 1 has proven a tricky battleground for Mercedes, who started the current regulation cycle with their infamous ‘zero pod’ concept, which soon proved to be a failed concept rather than the ground breaking innovation they hoped for. Plagued by porpoising issues and an insurmountable amount of drag, the concept was altered for the first few races of 2023, before it was binned altogether from the Monaco Grand Prix onwards.

IndyCar Thermal $1 Million Challenge | Alex Palou cashes half a million in underwhelming final

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

After an eventful first heat, and a quite timid second heat the 12 qualified drivers lined up for the actual $1 million dollar challenge. Split into two parts of 10 laps each, the consensus beforehand was that the tyre degradation would be a huge factor, as it already proved difficult in the heat races, which were only 10 laps each.

IndyCar Thermal Heat Races | Rosenqvist and Palou convert poles to wins, Dixon eliminates VeeKay and Grosjean in chaotic first start

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

The first of the two heat races started with the chaos that could be expected in a non-championship race. Right at the green flag Colton Herta tries to get a head start on Scott Dixon, and the six-time champion is so busy defending that he forgets to brake in time and punts the Juncos-car of Romain Grosjean. The green-black bowling ball then collects Rinus VeeKay and Christian Lundgaard.

F1 Australian GP Race | Carlos Sainz wins in dominant fashion from Leclerc and Norris after Verstappen’s brake explodes

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago010 mins

After a tense qualifying yesterday the lights turned green for the formation lap. With Zhou Guanyu starting from the pitlane and Logan Sargeant having to give up his car to teammate Alex Albon there were just 18 cars on the grid, and at lights out it was Max Verstappen who had a clean getaway, while both Mercedes-drivers gained a place.

Carlos Sainz hails medical advancements for quick F1 return in Australian Grand Prix: “I’m confident I can jump in the car tomorrow”

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago014 mins

Carlos Sainz was fully participating in the traditional Thursday media duties for the Australian Grand Prix after his appendectomy just 14 days prior. After feeling unwell on the Wednesday in Jeddah he did participate in practice on Thursday, but it soon became clear his appendix was misbehaving and surgery was necessary. He was replaced for the remainder of the weekend by Ollie Bearman who made an impressive debut for the Scuderia, being the first one to do so since Arturo Merzario.

Ocon says it’s “very clear” what Alpine needs to improve after running in traffic during F1 Saudi Arabian GP

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Alpine has an underwhelming start of the 2024 season, to put it mildly. Completely off the pace in Bahrein the only reason they didn’t finish last was due to the misfortune of Logan Sargeant and Valtteri Bottas. A week later in Jeddah it wasn’t much better, as Pierre Gasly had to retire after one lap. Esteban Ocon managed to stay ahead of a few cars, but was helped by Kevin Magnussen severely dropping the pace to help his Haas-teammate Nico Hülkenberg.

Scott McLaughlin delighted to showcase “proper racing” after charging through to P3 at IndyCar season-opener

Ewout Albrecht9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

Team Penske had a great day in St. Petersburg with all three of their drivers ending up in the top four of the race. Scott McLaughlin took third in his #3 Chevy, after making up a lot of places during the race, having started only ninth. So obviously he was quite pleased with the eventual…

Josef Newgarden “crazy proud” of his team after first IndyCar pole of the season

Ewout Albrecht9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

Josef Newgarden grabbed pole position after a scintillating qualifying session, where he beat Felix Rosenqvist by just 0.0058 seconds. Before the season one of his goals was to get more pole positions, and in the dying seconds of the Fast 6 he added the pole position to his tally. He is therefore really proud of…

Josef Newgarden grabs first pole of the IndyCar season in St. Petersburg by just 6 thousands

Ewout Albrecht9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

After a long winter break the first competitive session of the IndyCar-season took place. The familiar format with two qualifying groups, the Fast 12 and then the Firestone Fast 6 was kicked off fittingly by reigning champion Álex Palou, who set the first time of the day.

Max Verstappen dominates the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but Oliver Bearman steals show on his F1 debut

Ewout Albrecht9 months ago9 months ago09 mins

Amidst all the commotion at Red Bull and the appendicitis suffered by Carlos Sainz, there was of course also a race to be driven. After a loud and flashy opening ceremony there were just two drivers that were starting on soft, them being Valtteri Bottas and Oliver Bearman. The 18 other drivers started the formation lap on the medium tyres.