Ricciardo joined his old team on loan from Red Bull from Budapest onwards to replace the ousted Nyck de Vries. One area de Vries struggled with in the AT04 was its corner entry weakness, an issue that also hurt Ricciardo during his troubled time at McLaren. Ricciardo said he quickly felt at home in the […]
Formula 1 has always relied on junior categories to feed it with the next generation of drivers, and its teams are eager to snap up the brightest talents within them. The “old” Formula 2, a ruleset rather than its own separate entity, would sometimes share grids with F1, before a change in regulations made the […]
McLaren went three rounds into 2023 before scoring a point as it struggled to find competitive form out of its car. But a raft of upgrades brought for both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in recent races has allowed the former to score consecutive second-place finishes, while Piastri was in the top five for the […]
Aston reserve driver Vandoorne will share driving duties with team regular Lance Stroll, while Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will have a day apiece for McLaren. It will be the Belgian’s first on-track outing in a current F1 car since he drove for Mercedes in the Abu Dhabi test in December 2020. While the focus […]
However, the consensus in the paddock is that blankets will ultimately be kept for slicks next season, with only wets and possibly intermediates running without them. The matter will be discussed at the F1 Commission in Spa on Friday after Pirelli submitted a report on its testing programme to the FIA. The 2024 regulations currently […]
Alonso finished in that position in Hungary last weekend, a place ahead of team-mate Lance Stroll. The Spaniard was as high as seventh on the first lap, but he lost out to Sergio Perez and George Russell, both of whom were coming through the field after poor qualifying sessions. Alonso, who logged six podium finishes […]
For the first time since 2016 and not counting the pandemic-disrupted 2020 season, Budapest is not Formula 1’s last venue before the summer break, with the upcoming trip to Spa set to do that shortly this year. But there were familiar feelings elsewhere, as the narrow, lower-speed Hungarian track produced another dull race, with Max […]
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG signs an autograph for a fan Photo by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Images Lewis Hamilton’s current contract with Mercedes was announced at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix when the Briton was mid-way through the single-season deal he had signed in earlier in the same year. With the seven-time champion available for hire […]
F1 travels straight from the Hungarian GP to Spa-Francorchamps to conclude a frantic period of four races in five weeks. The Belgian GP will run the sprint race format, last used at the Austrian GP at the start of July, which means more points and prizes are on offer. However, it will require someone stopping […]
The Milton Keynes-based team made F1 history at the Hungarian Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen’s triumph meant the squad became the first to win 12 races in a row. It overhauled the impressive run that McLaren had in 1988 when Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost helped it pull off 11 consecutive victories before it was […]