Andretti has announced it has formally opened a brand new F1 facility in Silverstone, with a 48,000 square foot building set to house its UK operations going forward, in what is a significant step towards its place on the F1 grid that’s been so far rejected by the Formula One Management Group (FOM). Despite having…
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was full of praise for Verstappen following a dominant weekend for the team around the Suzuka circuit at the 2024 Japanese GP, in which they secured a 1-2 in both qualifying and the race, bouncing back “emphatically” after a disappointing weekend in Melbourne last time out. At the front,…
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has praised Ferrari’s much-improved tyre degradation in the 2024 F1 season as a key factor contributing to their good result at the Japanese GP, with Carlos Sainz taking the final place on the podium, just ahead of his team-mate Charles Leclerc in P4. After a somewhat anonymous qualifying performance compared…
The American driver will start the race from 19th on the grid, only ahead of the struggling Sauber of Zhou Guanyu – but he was encouraged by what he described as a “good turnaround” after limited practice running and a big set-up change ahead of qualifying in Suzuka. After missing the race last time out…
Max Verstappen secured a fourth consecutive pole position of the season at the 2024 Japanese GP, beating his team-mate Sergio Perez by the slender margin of just six hundreths of a second, in what proved to be an excting final part of qualifying at Suzuka. Q1 Q1 began in cloudy conditions at the Suzuka circuit….
Fernando Alonso believes such was the “surprising” and “strange” nature of his penalty for “potentially dangerous” driving at the final lap of the 2024 Australian GP – in turn causing George Russell’s massive shunt -, that it will “never” be seen again in the future. He also discussed how it will not change how he…
Alex Albon endured a tough race at the 2024 Australian GP, with his crash against the barriers in FP1 leaving him and the team on the backfoot for the rest of the weekend, as Logan Sargeant had to give up his car in order for the Thai to race. But despite Albon’s best efforts, he…
Charles Leclerc went fastest overall in the second practice session for the 2024 Australian GP, as the Monegasque looked to be very comfortable in his Ferrari in every tyre compound. Max Verstappen finished in second, nearly four tenths back, after missing out on nearly half of the session due to damage repairs in his RB20….
Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen admitted he needs to be more “on the ball” with his choices for car set-up going forward in the 2024 Formula 1 season, as he conceded he often trades too much qualifying pace in order to have a strong race car, leaving him trailing behind team-mate Nico Hulkenberg and on…
Alexander Albon believes Williams’ 2024 F1 car is a clear step forward compared to its predecessor in some of its main weaknesses — but the change of the aerodynamic platform and philosophy has brought some new issues to the fore, which the team will have to be “careful” to solve in order to avoid a…
