Mercedes F1 team principal and CEO, Toto Wolff admitted the team made a mistake with its calculations that ultimately stripped George Russell of what had been a hard fought win around Spa-Francorchamps, as the Briton made an unusual one-stop strategy work to his favour to cross the line first, before being disqualified by having an…
Max Verstappen was fastest in qualifying for the 2024 Belgian GP, but had to start the race from P11 following a 10-place grid drop for changing his power unit above the allowance for the season, and could only recover to fifth on the road (which would become fourth after George Russell’s car being disqualified after…
Final practice for the 2024 Belgian GP got underway in very wet conditions around Spa-Francorchamps, as the rain hit the circuit just minutes before the session started. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen was the first car out on track, unsurprisingly sporting a set of the green-walled intermediate tyres – and immediately found conditions difficult, running…
Cloudy skies met the drivers and teams for the start of second practice for the 2024 Belgian GP, as most drivers headed out on the medium tyres for their opening runs, with penalty-bound Max Verstappen continuing his strong form from FP1 to lead the opening runs, a tenth of a second clear of Lando Norris…
A few days after a somewhat controversial Hungarian GP that saw Oscar Piastri secure his maiden grand prix victory after a team orders row that dominated the radio chatter in the last 20 laps of the race, both drivers have now had time to react ahead of this weekend’s Belgian GP. Lando Norris spent much…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella dismissed claims Lando Norris took too long to let Oscar Piastri through in the late stages of the race, after the Australian got undercut by his team-mate in the final round of stops after leading the race since the start. Norris reluctantly let Piastri go with just three laps of…
Max Verstappen was left unimpressed after colliding with Lewis Hamilton late on at the Hungarian GP, expressing his frustration for getting “shit thrown” at him for moving under braking at the Austrian GP, as he felt Hamilton did the same in the late stages in Budapest. The Dutchman was already frustrated with the strategy that…
In a sweltering hot Hungaroring, with track temperatures in excess of 58°C, the drivers and teams got to work in the first practice session for the 2024 Hungarian GP. Oliver Bearman took the wheel of one of the Haas cars in place of Nico Hulkenberg, to make his third FP1 appearance of the season. Another…
After a spate of strategic errors from the team last time out at the British GP, Lando Norris has defended the squad, saying the team can only improve from here after learning from the past mistakes, which are “simple things” that will come as the team spends more time battling at the very front of…
Max Verstappen finished a close second at the 2024 British GP, just over a second back from race winner Lewis Hamilton. But it wasn’t always looking that competitive for the Dutchman, who at points fell a long way back from the leading contenders at the early stages, as he struggled for grip in his RB20…
