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Ferrari SF-24 with Charles Leclerc, Fred Vasseur & Carlos Sainz behind

Leclerc is “completely on board” with Vasseur’s long term vision for Ferrari in F1

Ryan McGahey7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

Charles Leclerc expresses his confidence in the leadership of Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur ahead of the Maranello based outfit’s 2024 Formula 1 campaign. Despite a far from ideal first season at the helm of Ferrari, team principal Fred Vasseur has garnered the support of the team’s star driver Charles Leclerc. The young Monegasque driver…

Ilott to replace Malukas for Arrow McLaren at Homestead testings ahead of the 2024 IndyCar season

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago7 months ago04 mins

The British driver who competed in the previous years with Juncos Hollinger Racing will be behind the wheel of Arrow McLaren’s car no. 6 during the upcoming hybrid tests at Homestead. Illott will be replacing the latest driver signed by the papayas, David Malukas. The young driver with two podiums in the two IndyCar seasons…

Alonso’s “power regeneration” will “probably” see him racing in F1 until he’s 50, says Perez

James O'Connor7 months ago7 months ago05 mins

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FIA, F1 release statements on investigation into Horner’s alleged inappropriate behaviour

Luciano Calamante7 months ago7 months ago02 mins

The Formula 1 Corporation and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) have noted Red Bull’s investigation into team principal Christian Horner. News broke early January that Horner was being investigated for “inappropriate behavior,” prompting a lot of speculation online about it. Red Bull decided to make no further comments until an independent investigation into the matter…

“Two or three victories is not my target” in 2024 F1 season, says Charles Leclerc

James O'Connor7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

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

Marika Petracca7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

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…

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

Nicolas Lopes7 months ago7 months ago09 mins

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…

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

Luciano Calamante7 months ago7 months ago03 mins

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…

Wolff admits Mercedes F1’s attempts to return to glory “won’t be a linear path” following W15 launch

Editorial Staff7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

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

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

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…