Alpine brought a substantial upgrade package with a new floor to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but its plan backfired spectacularly at F1’s first sprint weekend of the 2023 season. With just a single 60-minute practice to get the tweaked car set up, both Alpines hit trouble as Pierre Gasly’s car caught fire due to a hydraulic leak […]
Espargaro was thrown from his GASGAS-branded KTM in the latter stages of FP2 at the season-opener in Portugal last month and hit an unprotected tyre barrier. The Spaniard was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with multiple fractures, including to his jaw and his back. Espargaro underwent surgery on his injuries and for the […]
The Spaniard was outperformed all weekend by Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, who took pole for both the sprint and the Grand Prix, and finished second in the shorter race and third in the main event. Sainz in contrast had to settle for fifth place in both after experiencing a difficult weekend that was exacerbated by […]
Both the sprint and the main event in Baku were notable for a lack of passing compared to previous events at the track. The FIA has the right to adjust the activation point of DRS zones, usually based on data gathered at the last event at the venue and at previous races during the current […]
F1 team principals had varying opinions on how the Baku weekend played out, in some cases perhaps influenced by how their own teams had fared. Any such discussion has to be undertaken in the right context. Firstly the principle of sprint weekends has been established over the last two seasons, and it’s obvious that they […]
In Sunday’s Baku race Russell had to take avoiding action on the lap 13 restart not to hit Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso into Turn 1. Russell had to veer right, which made him miss the apex of the 90-degree left-hander and left him wide onto the dirt on exit. That gave the chasing Lance Stroll […]
Straight from the first sprint race weekend at the Azerbaijan GP, where Sergio Perez won both the sprint and main race for Red Bull, F1 travels almost 7000 miles to Miami for the second-ever race at around the Hard Rock Stadium. Red Bull remains the team to beat after recording its third 1-2 from the […]
The Spaniard qualified on pole for the sprint and grand prix at Jerez last weekend, but could only manage a best of fifth on Sunday having crashed in the Saturday contest. Due to red flags, both races were started twice, but Espargaro failed to convert pole to the holeshot, dropping to fourth each time as […]
The Austrian will teach a course for first and second year MBA students course under the title Mercedes F1: Leading a High-Performance Team. The course will take place in January 2024, taking advantage of a rare relatively quiet period in Wolff’s usually hectic schedule as boss of the Brackley organisation. Wolff will teach the course […]
Morbidelli was involved in a red flag incident on the first lap of the sprint race at Jerez at Turn 2 when he made contact with Alex Marquez, with Marco Bezzecchi also involved. Then on the first lap of the grand prix on Sunday, Fabio Quartararo on the other Yamaha collided with Miguel Oliveira after […]