Williams driver Alex Albon was unimpressed with the performance of Pirelli’s tyres in China, calling the experience “painful.” Albon pinned the extreme tyre degradation on Pirelli’s decision to raise the minimum front tyre pressures to 27psi for the Chinese Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton made similar remarks after the race. “The undercut here was huge,” Albon…
The McLaren team had a somewhat disappointing start to the 2024 season following their impressive performance at the end of last year, thanks to the major upgrades that were brought in Austria, Hungary and Singapore. After finishing P6 and P8 in Bahrain, McLaren has generally been the third fastest team. Japan was disappointing as higher…
Following the Chinese Grand Prix, where Alpine once again struggled to make an impact on the points, Pierre Gasly expressed both frustration and optimism regarding the team’s performance. Alpine’s lacklustre start to the season sees them currently sitting at the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship, with zero points. Gasly himself is in 19th position in…
Esteban Ocon started last weekend’ s F1 Chinese Grand Prix from P13 and would cross the finish line P11 and just 2.3 seconds from his first points of the season. A stark difference to how Alpine were performing at the start of the season with many pundits predicting the French manufacturer to be propping up…
As the sport develops, Formula 1 has been trying out some tactics to keep racing alive, most recently with the introduction of the Sprint weekend. Trying to balance the traditional race weekend alongside innovative racing formats, the F1 Sprint is back this year with some interesting changes for its fourth season in the sport. Featuring…
Aston Martin, with an ‘encyclopedic’ knowledge of the rules, protested Carlos Sainz being permitted to rejoin Q2 in China due to the fact that his car was stationary for 77 seconds. In their eyes, this was a clear breach of article 39.6 of the F1 sporting regulations but their protest was dismissed. Following this, they…
Esteban Ocon has emerged as a serious contender for the second Sauber/Audi seat, sources have confirmed to Pit Debrief. On Friday morning European time, it was confirmed by Haas that Nico Hülkenberg would be leaving team at the end of 2024. Minutes later, Sauber/Audi announced the German driver would be joining them for 2025 on…
Kevin Magnussen started the Chinese Grand Prix from P17 and finished in P16 thanks to his penalty. He had crossed the line in 15th. The race was going according to the American team’s plan until Lap 27 when Magnussen got into a collision with the RB of Yuki Tsunoda at the race restart. This came…
This past weekend, at the Shanghai International Circuit, Zhou Guanyu felt a lot of love. The Shanghai native had the opportunity to race on his home circuit for the first time ever in Formula One as the Chinese Grand Prix returned to the circuit for the first time in five years. It was a very…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has praised Lando Norris’s upturn in performance and consistency in both qualifying and race trim in the 2024 F1 season compared to 2023, pointing out how the young Briton is now capitalising on the areas where he needed to improve last season, especially during those critical qualifying laps. The Italian…
