Q1 Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell were on mediums to start qualifying. The Brit did pit at the end of his push lap and did not post a time. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon logged a 1:16.645 to kick things off, leading Magnussen, Sargeant, Gasly and Hülkenberg. On the mediums, a 1:16.463 from…
The first European race of the 2024 F1 season kicked off at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola. Friday’s sessions saw Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc dominate, topping both practice sessions and presenting a challenging day for Red Bull. Saturday’s FP3 started with an unusually active early phase, as Lando Norris, Lance Stroll, and Oscar Piastri…
On February 1st, Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton announced that he would be leaving Mercedes after 11 years together and would be joining Scuderia Ferrari to drive alongside Charles Leclerc. This means current Ferrari driver, Carlos Sainz will be out of his seat by the end of the 2024 season. Team Principal Fred Vaaseur has…
Ferrari went fastest in FP1 and FP2 as the hugely popular Charles Leclerc pleased the Tifosi in both Friday sessions. The 26-year-old was 0.104s quicker than George Russell in opening practice, and he backed it up in FP2 by outpacing Oscar Piastri by 0.192s. The Scuderia has brought sizeable updates to Imola. Changes have been…
After a difficult opening session, Max Verstappen was straight on the pace in FP2 for the Emilia Romagna GP, setting a 1;16.930 on the medium tyres in his very first run, a time already better than Leclerc’s 1:16.990 in FP1, putting him 0.050s ahead of Norris and 0.089s ahead of Leclerc as the first run…
Formula 1 returned to its traditional weekend format for the Emilia Romagna GP for the first time in nearly two months, as FP1 began in Imola. New for this session is Oliver Bearman, who will drive in place of Kevin Magnussen in the first of six FP1 sessions he will participate for Haas in 2024….
McLaren made a noticeable step forward with their Miami upgrade package, and now Ferrari will be looking to do the same with their own upgrade package, debuting this weekend at Imola. Charles Leclerc believes the upgrade is a step in the right direction, but stated that he’s managing his expectations until the modified car hits…
In the week leading up to the 2024 F1 Imola GP race weekend, Scuderia Ferrari announced an organisational change in the operations of Charles Leclerc’s garage. Xavi Marcos, Leclerc’s race engineer, will no longer continue in the role. He has been replaced by Bryan Bozzi, who prior to this, was Leclerc’s performance engineer ever since…
After announcing his decision to depart from Red Bull Racing recently, Adrian Newey has admits that his future is still within the Formula One paddock. Newey discloses that he had been “seriously considering changing teams, going somewhere else and doing another four or five years or whatever.” The 65-year-old confesses that he does feel tired…
Scuderia Ferrari has not updated their car since Bahrain. Red Bull and Mclaren brought upgrades to the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix respectively. Both have shown that the upgrades are key this season, which can be seen from Miami as Norris took his maiden win after the MCL38 was significantly changed. Vasseur pointed out with…
