Lucrezia Costa, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

Aston Martin: “It is possible to make substantial steps” in current F1 era if you get the car working correctly

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

After a relatively positive beginning of the season, achieving a top five as well as two double points finishes in the first five rounds, the Silverstone-based team fell a bit backwards on the grid. Aston Martin had hoped to return to its previous positive performances with a significant package of upgrade introduced in Imola, but…

Vowles: Williams “will have the best driver line-up on the grid” in 2025 F1 season

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago015 mins

Williams’s Team Principal James Vowles largely discussed what’s to come for the Grove-based team, setting big goals for 2026 and beyond, and praising their future driver line-up hoping to star near the front in Formula 1 when the new regulations kick in. In fact, Vowles went as far as to say that Williams will have…

IndyCar’s Charter System: A breakdown

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

For the first time in the history of the series a charter system has been introduced, which will provide a number of advantages to teams who have been part of the sport for multiple past seasons. 25 entries have been chartered for the 10 teams with full time entries on the grid in the past…

Ed Carpenter Racing to field Rossi and Rasmussen for the 2025 IndyCar season

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

The Indianapolis-based team has just officialised its driver lineup for the 2025 IndyCar season, following the announcement of a new sponsorship as well as the end of Rinus Veekay’s time with ECR, which had started back in 2020. 500 winner Alexander Rossi will replace him behind the wheel of car no. 20. The former Andretti…

F1 | Singapore GP | FP1 | Leclerc ahead of Norris and Sainz in a quiet session

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago06 mins

It’s time for the first practise session of the weekend in Singapore. Before the beginning of the session, latest GP winner Oscar Piastri’s rear left wheel got stuck on his McLaren car during pit stop practise. The papaya team hopes that the issue will be solved by the end of the session, in order to…

Armstrong to join Meyer Shank Racing for 2025 IndyCar season

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago04 mins

The Kiwi driver will compete in his third IndyCar season with the Ohio-based team, replacing David Malukas behind the wheel of car no. 66. Armstrong, who had won the Rookie of the Year award on his first year in the series in spite of not racing ovals, ended his 2024 campaign with Ganassi fourteenth in…

Ilott to drive for Prema Racing in IndyCar 2025

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

The Italian outlet has just announced the first driver to join their brand new IndyCar campaign. Callum Ilott will partner up again with Prema for the second time in his career, following a positive season in Formula 3 in 2017, when he had achieved an impressive tally of 6 wins for fourth overall in the…

Hamilton laments “one of the worst” balances I’ve ever had in F1 Azerbaijan GP

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

It was a mixed day for Lewis Hamilton, who brought back home from Baku only two points following a recovery race. The Mercedes driver was supposed to start from P7, but a last minute power unit change forced the seven times World Champion to start from the pit lane with Esteban Ocon. Hamilton was able…

Horner: Perez-Sainz collision “hugely frustrating”, believes Mexican could have won F1 Azerbaijan GP

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago06 mins

In a shocking turn of events, no Red Bull driver was on the podium at Baku for the first time since 2019. Sergio Perez had managed to snatch P3 from Carlos Sainz on the first lap of the race, even lapping as fast as the frontrunners and entering the battle for the win. The two-time…

IndyCar | Big Music GP | Qualifying | Kirkwood takes pole from Newgarden and Rosenqvist, Power to start fourth twenty spots ahead of Palou

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

It’s time to set the grid for the final round of the season. Who will come out on top in Nashville? How will championship contenders Alex Palou,, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin line up? Following his earlier FP1 crash Nolan Siegel, who has been cleared to race, will not take part in the session, as…