The return of the Chinese Grand Prix to the Formula 1 calendar after 5 years happened in style with a sprint race weekend that felt like pure uncertainty. The current championship leader and champion, Max Verstappen, started from the second row while his teammate would start from sixth place with a set of used Pirelli…
After the first movement in the driver market during the season itself became official now that Fernando Alonso re-signed with Aston Martin, Sergio Perez, who probably owns what is the most coveted seat in the category, was questioned about his future in Formula 1, now that one of the alleged candidates to replace him was…
The Haas of Kevin Magnussen posted the first time of the session as he logged a 1:41.422 on mediums. Home hero Zhou Guanyu was tentative on his first attempt, posting a 1:42.487. On his first lap, Max Verstappen clocked a 1:39.497, going fastest by over a second from Pierre Gasly. Unsurprisingly with surface changes and…
Co-author: Chiara Martin 2024 was a year that started with Lewis Hamilton taking everyone by surprise announcing he will be joining Ferrari next season, raising even bigger speculation around more than one seat. If Mercedes is left with one place to fill and Carlos Sainz is in talks to find a new team, things at…
Fernando Alonso recently signed a multi-year contract extension with Aston Martin, which will see him racing through 2025 and, notably, 2026, when the new technical regulations come into effect. Having initially retired from the sport at the end of the 2018 season, Alonso made waves by announcing his return to the sport just a few…
F1’s return to China already has momentous moments ahead as it is Zhou Guanyu’s first time racing in front of his home crowd in F1 and also a 20-year celebration of the circuit. Whether it also needed to be an F1 Sprint format will be long debated but as far as the top three finishers…
Red Bull could well head into the 2025 Formula One season with an unchanged driver line-up for a fifth consecutive season. Mexico’s Sergio Perez has made a very strong start to the 2024 season following his best ever result in the Drivers’ Championship last year with P2. At Suzuka last weekend, he got within 0.066s…
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was full of praise for Verstappen following a dominant weekend for the team around the Suzuka circuit at the 2024 Japanese GP, in which they secured a 1-2 in both qualifying and the race, bouncing back “emphatically” after a disappointing weekend in Melbourne last time out. At the front,…
The Red Bull driver bagged his third P2 in 2024 on Sunday, securing the position with a strong restart after the first lap red flag and great tyre management. The Mexican driver was a key part of Red Bull’s dominant display at Honda’s home round was pretty satisfied with his weekend, as he mentioned in…
Saturday’s qualifying resulted 27th front row for Red Bull Racing, so beforehand another walk in the park for Max Verstappen was anticipated. But with a 40°C track temperature, a lot warmer than during practice, tyre wear would be the big question mark for today’s race.
