A double podium by Alpine in Brazil was the biggest surprise of the 2024 F1 season to date. This led to a change in the championship standings, where Haas, who has had a phenomenal season, fell behind the Enstone-based squad in the standings. It had garnered enough points to earn them sixth position compared to…
The shock announcement of Niels Wittich leaving his role as F1 race director — that seems to have been a firing — comes following a weekend at the Brazil GP where questions around safety came to the fore once again. Rui Marques is replacing Wittich as race director for the rest of the 2024 F1…
During the F1 Brazil GP, Nico Hülkenberg became the first driver to be handed a black flag since Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix. He was running in P10 before he pitted on lap 26 for new intermediate tyres. After the stop, he re-joined in P17. The following lap, the…
The F1 Brazil GP was one of the most eventful races we have had in a while. The wet Interlagos race consisted of an aborted start, one red flag, and even the first black flag in 17 years. Max Verstappen won from P17. For Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, his day was nothing short of disappointment. Following…
Every weekend, Lance Stroll has to state a case for why he still belongs in F1. He’s in his eighth year in the sport, and as each race continues, the unshakable claim that he’s only in the sport because of his team-owner billionaire father becomes more and more prevalent. While this season has been shaky…
Mercedes’ George Russell was off to a good start during the Brazil GP when he took the lead from McLaren’s Lando Norris into the first corner. Russell maintained the lead, in tricky conditions, closely followed by Norris until he was called to the pits on lap 29 of the GP. The McLaren driver followed Russell…
Following his finest weekend in Formula One at the Mexico City GP, Scuderia Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz had a much tougher outing at Interlagos on Sunday. In Q2 on Sunday morning, the rear got away from him as he applied power in the Senna esses, crashing into the barrier on the outside of turn 2, forcing…
The start of today’s São Paulo Grand Prix was marred with several incidents before the lights even went out. Because Lance Stroll spun and beached his car in the turn 4 gravel during the formation lap, the initial start was aborted. However, several drivers including Lando Norris, George Russell and both RB drivers did set…
Alpine’s finishing in the podium positions, with both cars, was one of the biggest surprises this season. After a difficult and disrupted qialifying earlier today, Pierre Gasly started the race from P13 on the grid and managed to make up 10 positions to finish the race in third behind teammate Estaban Ocon. He gained 4…
Following a tremendous achievement during qualifying, McLaren’s race was a little less fortunate. After Lando Norris narrowly escaped going out in Q1 in the morning he grabbed pole position in a dominant fashion, but was already at the start demoted to second by a better getaway from George Russell. Overtaking the Mercedes proved impossible due…
