Pit Debrief had a chance to talk with former Formula 1 race engineer Steve Hallam about his distinguished career. Starting at the legendary Team Lotus, he began with a driver who was trying to set himself in that same strata: Nigel Mansell. The young English driver was in the middle of a tumultuous opening to…
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes defended his team’s expanded roster of drivers, which now includes not only veteran Pierre Gasly and rookie Jack Doohan, but three reserve drivers in Formula 2 contender Paul Aron, highly touted 2024 Williams fill-in Franco Colapinto and 2022 and 2023 WEC co-champion Ryo Hirakawa. The addition of Colapinto has drawn…
After winning the Formula 3 and Formula 2 championships in back to back seasons, Gabriel Bortoleto deservedly got the call to move up to F1 for 2025, partnering Nico Hulkenberg in an all-new line-up for Kick Sauber. Bortoleto will be the first Brazilian in a race seat in Formula 1 since Pietro Fittipaldi deputized the…
It was a mixed bag for Aston Martin at the F1 Qatar GP, with Fernando Alonso coming home in 7th—his and the team’s first points since Singapore—but Lance Stroll exiting shortly after a collision with Alex Albon on the opening lap. The result virtually assures Aston Martin of a 5th place finish in the constructors’…
Fernando Alonso worked up from 16th on the grid to just miss out on the points in the final laps of the F1 Las Vegas GP, with Sergio Pérez getting around the Aston Martin with six laps remaining to send Alonso to an 11th place finish. Only car starting F1 Las Vegas GP on soft…
Nico Hülkenberg put together a steady race at the Mexico City Grand Prix to come home in the points for the third straight race, finishing ninth, although he lacked the of teammate Kevin Magnussen all weekend as he admitted on Saturday and Sunday to have an ideal feeling in the VF-24. It was a slight…
After a tumultuous start to the weekend with a crash in second Friday practice and a race that didn’t unfold how he had hoped, George Russell was pleased with a 5th place finish at the Mexico City Grand Prix. While Russell felt he “made a really strong start, […] I kind of got a bit…
When Max Verstappen and Lando Norris went off track toward the of the United States Grand Prix, Red Bull’s Christian Horner felt a bit of deja vu. “The pass was made off track. We’ve been on the receiving end of that—in fact, here.” In 2017, it was Verstappen who was found to have gone over…
Asked about rumored upgrades to the SF-24 that didn’t end up on the car in Austin, Frederic Vasseur said that the team would be “creative” in the timing of their installation, and erred on the side of caution for the United States Grand Prix—a caution that paid off with Charles Leclerc leading Carlos Sainz to…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella is very pleased with how things are going and the pressure other teams are feeling, despite agreeing to cease use of its flexing rear wing element going forward. The Italian feels the episode will be a net positive for the team as they seek to stay atop the constructors’ table…
