Daniel Ricciardo put an impressive performance in for RB F1 to lead the very first free practice session of the season, just ahead of the two McLaren cars of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, with Yuki Tsunoda completing a strong showing from the Faenza squad with P4. Max Verstappen struggled with the downshifts in his…
Formula 1 will more strictly monitor drivers going too slowly in qualifying this season. The FIA attempted to regulate this in 2023 by issuing a maximum time drivers needed to stay under between the pit lane exit and entry. From 2024, each car’s speed compared to that lap time will be monitored at each marshall…
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The final day of testing took place in Bahrain on Friday ahead of the 2024 season starting next week. However, the action was soon halted as a loose drain cover appeared at the exact same spot that caused an early end to yesterday morning’s running. This time it was Sergio Perez who ran over it…
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At 15:00 sharp the lights at the end of the pitlane turned green, but the action remained confined to the pitboxes for the first few minutes. Carlos Sainz had a little look, but quickly pitted again. Pierre Gasly followed as one of the afternoon drivers, while Lando Norris had to wait for his McLaren to…
Reigning three-time world champion Max Verstappen has started his 2024 campaign from where he left off in 2023, at the top of the timesheets for the first official session of pre-season testing in Bahrain. Williams was the only team to suffer from reliability issues, with Alex Albon’s running being cut short by over 20 minutes…
Red Bull is evaluating whether it can effectively implement a Mercedes-style sidepod design in Formula 1. Based in Milton Keynes, the team has taken a radical approach to transforming its car this year, incorporating features similar to those used by Mercedes in the past. This redesign includes high gulleys along the engine cover and t…
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…
