Sushmita Balakrishnan, Author at Motorsport

Haas F1 sues former Team Principal Guenther Steiner over trademark infringement in autobiography ‘Surviving to Drive'”

Sushmita Balakrishnan6 months ago02 mins

Haas F1 is currently suing former team manager Guenther Steiner for allegedly infringing on trademarks in his autobiography “Surviving to Drive.” After the 2023 season, Steiner who had been the team principal since 2016, departed as his contract was not renewed by Gene Haas. Steiner was replaced by Ayao Komatsu as ahead of the 2024…

“It was quite hard to get a bit closer” to Leclerc – Perez reflects on solid P3 in Miami GP F1 Sprint

Sushmita Balakrishnan7 months ago03 mins

Polesitter Max Verstappen won the Miami Sprint this afternoon followed by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and in third Sergio Perez. As Verstappen and Leclerc got close at the start, Perez almost took the opportunity to make a move that was unsuccessful. RB’s Daniel Ricciardo took the opportunity and nabbed P3 away into turn 2. The Safety…

Sergio Perez predicts Adrian Newey will have an “immediate impact” if he joins another F1 squad in the future

Sushmita Balakrishnan7 months ago03 mins

After almost working for two decades for the team, Red Bull Racing confirmed on Wednesday (01.05.2024) that their chief technical officer Adrian Newey will part ways with the team after the first quarter of 2025 as he will work on the RB17 hypercar project until then. Despite the ongoing rumours, it is not known for…

“We are speaking about one-tenth” — Vasseur on the very close fight between Ferrari and McLaren in 2024 F1 season

Sushmita Balakrishnan7 months ago04 mins

Ferrari has had a good start to the 2024 season. They are the only team other than Red Bull to win a race to date as Carlos Sainz took the win at Albert Park in Melbourne last month. Behind these two teams, McLaren looks like they are establishing themselves as the third fastest one. The…

Piastri: Norris’ P2 at F1 Chinese GP is “very encouraging on a track that we thought we would struggle at”

Sushmita Balakrishnan7 months ago06 mins

Oscar Piastri’s Chinese Grand Prix was a damage-limitation race for him and his team in the second half of it. While his teammate secured P2 and stood on the podium, Piastri managed to hold off Lewis Hamilton and finish in P8. The Melbourne born driver’s race turned in an instant. As Daniel Ricciardo was rear-ended…

“We need to try and get them off the line” — Bottas believes it’s critical to get Haas at the start in F1 Chinese GP

Sushmita Balakrishnan7 months ago05 mins

Valtteri Bottas has continued his good start to the season in Shanghai. He will start from the 10th grid slot later today as he made Q3, with teammate Zhou Guanyu failing to advance from Q1. The former Mercedes is now 5-0 up in Grand Prix qualifying against his stablemate. It was clear from the first…

Ricciardo feeling good following strong F1 Chinese GP qualifying: “My best weekend of the year” to date

Sushmita Balakrishnan7 months ago7 months ago05 mins

Despite all the rumours circulating about his future in Formula One, Daniel Ricciardo put in a stellar qualifying performance in China and outqualified his teammate Yuki Tsunoda. The RB duo will start the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix from the 12th and 19th respectively. After qualifying in 14th for the Sprint, Ricciardo had a very solid…

Krack says it’s “very encouraging” Aston Martin F1 finished ahead of Mercedes in Japan

Sushmita Balakrishnan7 months ago7 months ago04 mins

Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack is optimistic about the team’s performance saying they are no longer “in no-man’s land”. The AMR24 demonstrated an impressive performance following a disappointing Bahrain Grand Prix. The Silverstone team had the fifth fastest race car on the grid and both the Aston Martin’s finished in the points, Alonso in…

Hülkenberg: F1 Japanese GP race pace “turned out much better than expected” after narrowly missing out on P10

Sushmita Balakrishnan8 months ago05 mins

Nico Hülkenberg started the Japanese Grand Prix in 12th and finished the race in 11th for Haas. The Japanese Grand Prix had a rough start when a collision with RB’s Daniel Ricciardo and Williams Alex Albon triggered a red flag and the race was halted for almost 30 minutes as tyre barriers needed to be…

Haas F1 team at the Japanese Grand Prix (image credit Haas F1 team)

Nico Hülkenberg will “happily” take P12 starting spot for F1 Japanese GP

Sushmita Balakrishnan8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Haas F1’s Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen qualified 12th and 18th respectively for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. Red Bull Max Verstappen took pole position at the Suzuka circuit followed by his teammate Sergio Perez making it a Red Bull front row lock out. Lando Norris will start his McLaren from P3. For the American owned…