Red Bull has decided to change the power unit on Max Verstappen’s RB20 following issues throughout Friday’s practice running for the Mexico City Grand Prix. He is not required to take a grid penalty for the Grand Prix on Sunday. In the opening practice session, Verstappen encountered two issues. The first being damage to his…
For Alex Albon and Oliver Bearman, the FP1 session came to a quick end with a collision in Turn 9 on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. Albon was on the run-up to the high-speed sequence of Turns 7, 8 and 9, where Bearman was driving a Ferrari car at a considerably slower speed. The Williams…
During FP1 on friday, alongside 4 other rookies, Robert Shwartzman sat in for Zhou Guanyu at Sauber for the session. This would be the second time this year he has driven in FP1 for Sauber, following the session he did back in Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix. The young driver completed 18 laps during…
FP1 at the Mexico Grand Prix was filled with several rookies taking over drives to comply with the regulations that state that all Formula 1 drivers must sit out one FP1 per season for a rookie who has no more than two Grand Prix starts. Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin and Kick Sauber were the…
Friday of rookies in Mexico City for the very first free practice session of the weekend: from Pato O’Ward taking over the McLaren of Lando Norris on home soil, to Felipe Drugovich stepping in for Fernando Alonso at Aston and Robert Shwartzman taking Zhou Guanyu’s place beside Valtteri Bottas. For some only a chance to…
At Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico, local driver Pato O’Ward took over the McLaren of Lando Norris for FP1. This marks the third Free Practice appearance run for him since his first during the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. This was his first in front of his home crowd. The Mexican placed P13 during…
Round 20 of 24 takes place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. This track has always been strong for Red Bull, with Max Verstappen claiming five wins since his first one at the track in 2017. After the last round in Austin, Max Verstappen extended his lead in the Championship by 5 points,…
McLaren headed into Austin brimming with optimism. Armed with the most upgrades of any team on the grid, they were confident they’d pull away on the track and in the constructor’s standings. But by the race’s end, Ferrari and Max Verstappen had them beat, leaving McLaren to regroup as they prepared for Mexico. With limited…
Charles Leclerc heads into the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend as the winner of F1’s most recent race as he took out the US GP in Austin last Sunday. It was his third win of the season, equalling the total of Lando Norris in the McLaren. Ferrari is now 48 points behind the Woking-based team…
The United States Grand Prix was one of Carlos Sainz’s strongest weekends of the 2024 F1 season. A feisty, aggressive run to P2 in the Sprint was followed by 3rd in Grand Prix qualifying as he led the Ferrari charge in both. After losing out to teammate Charles Leclerc at the start as Verstappen and…
