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“Still a lot of work for us to do” — Leclerc keeping his feet on the ground after going fastest in FP1 and FP2 at F1 Imola GP

James O'Connor11 months ago11 months ago06 mins

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…

F1 | Imola GP | FP2 | Leclerc on top again ahead of Piastri; Tsunoda impresses with P3 as Red Bull struggles

Nicolas Lopes11 months ago11 months ago09 mins

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…

F1 | Imola GP | FP1 | Leclerc leads Russell and Sainz in first practice; Verstappen struggles to P5

Nicolas Lopes11 months ago11 months ago07 mins

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….

Leclerc expects Ferrari’s F1 Imola GP upgrade to be “a step in the right direction”

Magdalena Put11 months ago010 mins

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…

“We’ll be at our 100% already from this weekend” — Leclerc speaks about sudden F1 race enginner change at Scuderia Ferrari

Harshpreet Kaur11 months ago11 months ago04 mins

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 He has been replaced by Bryan Bozzi, who prior to this, was Leclerc’s performance engineer ever since…

“I’ll probably go again” — Adrian Newey expects to continue in F1 after leaving Red Bull early next year

Harshpreet Kaur11 months ago04 mins

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…

Low speed performance “will be hopefully improved” — Leclerc and Vasseur discuss Ferrari’s F1 Imola GP updates

Anumitha Murugapandian11 months ago07 mins

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…

Charles Leclerc to have a new F1 Race Engineer from Imola as Xavi Marcos moves into a new role

James O'Connor11 months ago11 months ago02 mins

There’s been a big change made by Scuderia Ferrari ahead of next weekend’s race trip to Imola for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Xavier Marcos Padros has left his role as Charles Leclerc’s race engineer. In a statement on Twitter, the Italian team confirmed that “Xavi Marcos will bring his valuable experience gained as…

Vasseur “quite happy” for Norris and McLaren after their victory at the F1 Miami GP: “They deserve their success”

Nicolas Lopes11 months ago11 months ago011 mins

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur didn’t hold back in his praise for his rivals McLaren and Lando Norris after the team snatched the win at last weekend’s Miami GP. Vasseur was even seen taking part in some of McLaren’s post-race celebrations, in a true showing of sportsmanship from the French. Speaking after the race, Vasseur…

“Lando has been deserving a win for many years now, he’s driving at an excellent level” — Rivals pay tribute to Norris after historic F1 Miami GP victory

David Coath11 months ago11 months ago015 mins

Lando Norris became the 114th different winner of an F1 Grand Prix after his Miami GP win this past Sunday. In his 110th race in the pinnacle of motorsport, McLaren’s popular driver was able to fully maximise a Safety Car period before powering on to victory with his impressive pace. Norris, McLaren and all the…