Luciano Calamante, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

Mercedes F1 made good progress understanding W15 but there’s “a lot more lap time to find,” say drivers

Luciano Calamante9 months ago9 months ago03 mins

The Mercedes squad finished pre-season testing making “good progress” understanding their new W15, but both drivers agree there’s room for improvements. The Silver Arrows completed 361 laps around the Bahrain International Circuit since Wednesday – 172 for Lewis Hamilton and 189 for teammate George Russell, who considered the team had “a solid three days here…

Alonso says 19 F1 drivers already know they won’t win the 2024 F1 title: “This is a brutal sport”

Luciano Calamante9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

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FIA, F1 release statements on investigation into Horner’s alleged inappropriate behaviour

Luciano Calamante9 months ago9 months ago02 mins

The Formula 1 Corporation and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) have noted Red Bull’s investigation into team principal Christian Horner. News broke early January that Horner was being investigated for “inappropriate behavior,” prompting a lot of speculation online about it. Red Bull decided to make no further comments until an independent investigation into the matter…

Magnussen believes Komatsu is “going to change the dynamic and communication across the whole organisation” at Haas F1

Luciano Calamante9 months ago9 months ago03 mins

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen said no “unrealistic optimism” should be had with the new team leadership. The 2024 season will see a new team principal for the American squad, after owner Gene Haas removed previous boss Guenther Steiner who was out of contract, promoting Ayao Komatsu from his trackside engineering role. Haas had argued that…