During the F1 Brazil GP, Nico Hülkenberg became the first driver to be handed a black flag since Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix. He was running in P10 before he pitted on lap 26 for new intermediate tyres. After the stop, he re-joined in P17. The following lap, the…
Mercedes’ George Russell was off to a good start during the Brazil GP when he took the lead from McLaren’s Lando Norris into the first corner. Russell maintained the lead, in tricky conditions, closely followed by Norris until he was called to the pits on lap 29 of the GP. The McLaren driver followed Russell…
Alpine’s finishing in the podium positions, with both cars, was one of the biggest surprises this season. After a difficult and disrupted qialifying earlier today, Pierre Gasly started the race from P13 on the grid and managed to make up 10 positions to finish the race in third behind teammate Estaban Ocon. He gained 4…
After just a single free practice on a resurfaced track, the entire field headed out on the medium tyre for the 12 minutes of SQ1 and the threat of rain in the air. SQ1 Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was the first car out on track followed by teammate Carlos Sainz. Leclerc set the first time of…
For the 2023 F1 season, the FIA implemented a cost cap of $ 95 million for the power unit manufacturers, which coexists with the cost cap for the manufacturers first introduced for the 2021 season. Accordingly, this year marked the first year the Power Unit Manufacturers had to submit documentation for the 2023 reporting period…
Franco Colapinto has produced impressive results for Williams since making his Formula 1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix. Except for his first race weekend in Monza, where he qualified P18, the young Argentinian has always managed to make it out of Q2, even making it into Q3 in Baku where he qualified a superb P8….
Ahead of Qualifying for the Mexican GP, the RB looked like a strong contender for a Q3 appearance, having finished all practice sessions inside the Top 10. Yuki Tsunoda showed particularly good form, finishing FP1 and FP2 in P3, thus providing teammate Liam Lawson, who made his F1 comeback during last weekend’s US GP, with…
Round 20 of 24 takes place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. This track has always been strong for Red Bull, with Max Verstappen claiming five wins since his first one at the track in 2017. After the last round in Austin, Max Verstappen extended his lead in the Championship by 5 points,…
One of the controversial topics from last Sunday’s US GP in Austin was the 5-second time penalty handed to Lando Norris for overtaking Max Verstappen off track, a decision McLaren has since launched an appeal against. The hearing on the legitimacy is scheduled to take place later today. If McLaren can uphold the appeal, a…
Alex Albon started the United States GP from P14 on the grid, but his race nearly ended in Turn 1 on Lap 1 when he collided with the Alpine of Esteban Ocon, which also sent the Sauber of Valtteri Bottas into the back of the Williams after things checked up. The incident caused damage to…
