Karishma Persad, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

More controversy has arisen as the FIA releases their 2025 guidelines regarding driver conduct

FIA releases 2025 steward penalty guidelines; points deductions a possibility

Karishma Persad1 month ago1 month ago012 mins

Motorsport’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), has released the 2025 International Sporting Code (ISC) and guidelines. These set the rules and regulations that motorsport teams and athletes must follow throughout the upcoming season. The Steward Penalty Guidelines, outlined in Appendix B, stand out in the new code. According to the FIA, these…

Stake, title sponsor of the Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, under investigation over alleged breach of UK advertising rules.

Sauber F1 title sponsor Stake under investigation over alleged contraventions of UK gambling rules

Karishma Persad1 month ago1 month ago07 mins

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched an investigation into alleged contraventions of UK gambling rules by Stake, title sponsor of Sauber F1. They have received complaints about social media posts which allegedly feature the gambling company’s logo superimposed on viral images. The involvement of Stake with Sauber in F1 In 2017, Bijan Tehrani and…

Marko: Lawson “should be within three-tenths” of Verstappen in 2025 F1 season

Karishma Persad2 months ago2 months ago010 mins

Dr Helmut Marko has explained to RTL the decision to promote Liam Lawson to Red Bull F1 for the 2025 season, despite the driver’s comparatively limited Formula One experience, was due to Lawson’s mental strength. “Liam Lawson is mentally the strongest of our juniors, considering he only has comparatively little Grand Prix experience.” Marko views…

Ferrari F1 gave Sainz a classy send-off; Alpine treated Ocon appallingly

Karishma Persad2 months ago2 months ago024 mins

In 2024, Formula One said goodbye, or at least a see-you-later, to several drivers – Logan Sargeant whose disastrous stint with Williams Racing came to a fiery end in Zandvoort, Daniel Ricciardo whose disappointing return to F1 ended in Singapore, and of course the likes of Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, Sargeant’s replacement Franco Colapinto and…

F1 2024 Driver Rankings: 5th | George Russell

Karishma Persad2 months ago020 mins

For the second time in his three-year stint with Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, George Russell has out-qualified his teammate. The British driver finished sixth in the 2024 World Drivers’ Championship with 245 points – 22 points more than the outgoing Lewis Hamilton. The 2024 season has been a positive one for Russell who took points…

F1 2024 Driver Rankings: 7th | Lewis Hamilton

Karishma Persad2 months ago2 months ago019 mins

Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton had a very difficult 2024 season, and P7 in Pit Debrief’s F1 Driver Rankings reflects it. Despite his wins in Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps, and four podium finishes, including that in the 2024 Chinese GP Sprint Race, Hamilton finished with 223 points — 22 points behind teammate George Russell, and 214…

F1 2024 Driver Rankings: 13th | Esteban Ocon

Karishma Persad2 months ago2 months ago023 mins

In 13th in Pit Debrief’s F1 Driver Rankings for 2024 is Esteban Ocon. Esteban Ocon endured a rollercoaster 2024 season at Alpine, with several point-less finishes interrupted by three P10 finishes, one P9, and a standout performance in the 2024 São Paulo GP, where he secured the third podium of his career. Unfortunately, Ocon suffered…

F1 2024 Driver Rankings: 18th | Zhou Guanyu

Karishma Persad2 months ago2 months ago014 mins

Zhou Guanyu’s three-year stint at Sauber ends not with a bang, as he would have hoped, but with a whimper, as reflected in our F1 Driver Rankings. Despite a promising P11 finish during the 2024 Bahrain GP, the Chinese driver struggled throughout the season, failing to score points in all but one race. With just…

Rwanda announces bid for F1 race

Karishma Persad2 months ago2 months ago07 mins

Ahead of the 2024 FIA Prize Giving event in Kigali, Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, has announced that the country is formally bidding to host a Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix. If this bid is successful, F1 will return to the African continent for the first time since the 1993 South African Grand Prix. “I am…

2024 a “bit of missed opportunity” for Williams F1 as team turns focus toward future — Albon

Karishma Persad2 months ago2 months ago013 mins

Williams Racing’s Alexander Albon described missing out on a points finish at the Abu Dhabi GP as “a shame.” Close to points While speaking after his P11 finish in the final race of the 2024 season, Albon stated that while he hoped to finish in the top 10, he had struggled to maintain the temperature…