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Norris’ quest to improve F1 qualifying performance in 2024 starts from “mental things”

It was quite an astonishing season for Lando Norris in 2023, arguably his best one so far in Formula 1. Things hadn’t started out well for McLaren with both drivers suffering technical issues as soon as the first race in Bahrain, but they got down to work in Woking and turned a struggling MCL60 around…

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Horner: “Visibly different” Red Bull RB20 has “great innovation” that will bring performance gains despite similarity to Mercedes’ W14

Christian Horner believes Red Bull’s new 2024 F1 car, the RB20, carries some “great innovation” despite some clear resemblance with Mercedes’ ‘zero-pod’ concept. It marks a significant departure from what the team ran in 2023, despite the RB19 winning all bar one race last season, in what he described is not a “conservative” evolution. The…

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Magnussen believes Komatsu is “going to change the dynamic and communication across the whole organisation” at Haas F1

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen said no “unrealistic optimism” should be had with the new team leadership. The 2024 season will see a new team principal for the American squad, after owner Gene Haas removed previous boss Guenther Steiner who was out of contract, promoting Ayao Komatsu from his trackside engineering role. Haas had argued that…

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Perez “not bothered” by rumours about his F1 future beyond 2024: “I’m just focusing on having a great year”

The Mexican driver talked about his future at the launch of Red Bull’s challenger for the 2024 season, the RB20. The current season, in fact, will be the fourth in which Perez has partnered up with Max Verstappen, and the last one of his current contract with the Milton Keynes-based team. The experienced driver’s performance…

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Verstappen, Perez and Horner react to “interesting” and “exciting” Lewis Hamilton’s shock 2025 Ferrari F1 move

Lewis Hamilton’s shock decision to leave Mercedes at the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season to join Ferrari was one of the biggest stories of the winter break, and with the season rapidly approaching its start with car launches and pre-season testing, the paddock has started to react to the news, including the Red…

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Aston Martin F1’s Dan Fallows on AMR24: “We want to compete in the development race this season and this car is designed to do just that”

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One team’s challenger for the 2024 season fittingly titled AMR24 has the clear intention of building on the strengths of its predecessor. The success of the AMR23 was a result of the Aston Martin team building on what they had learnt in 2022. Therefore, with the team’s Technical Director Dan Fallows…

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Mike Krack in conversation with Fernando Alonso - Photo Credit: Aston Martin F1

Aston Martin confident Alonso will continue with the team in F1 beyond 2024 says Krack

Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack says the team would be delighted to continue with “integral” Alonso in 2025 beyond his current contract with the Silverstone based marque. With a hectic driver market expected following the shock announcement of Lewis Hamilton’s departure from Mercedes at the end of the upcoming season, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso…

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Leclerc says Hamilton’s Ferrari F1 deal didn’t change “anything in my discussions” as “I focus on myself”

Charles Leclerc has revealed that he was aware of Ferrari’s negotiations with Lewis Hamilton for a 2025 Formula 1 contract before he committed to his extended tenure with the team. Just a week before the unexpected announcement that Hamilton would be his teammate next year, Leclerc confirmed his continued allegiance to Ferrari with a new…

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