For the round at the Hungaroring, F1 changed the rules governing tyre allocation and restricted each car to just 11 sets of slick Pirelli rubber over the weekend. This also locked the teams into running hard tyres in Q1, medium tyres in Q2, and softs in Q3. The side-effect of the reduced allocation was hindered […]
The MotoGP silly season has kicked into overdrive over the summer break amidst Honda’s woes, with much of the speculation centring on the Japanese marque’s riders. Marc Marquez’s future with the brand has been thrown into the air following a bruising start to the 2023 season, in which he has scored just five points, despite […]
Norris headed the Q2 times on medium tyres, as F1 rolled out a new ‘alternative tyre allocation’ trial that stipulated which compounds teams must run in each qualifying segment, but came up just short in Q3 following the switch to the soft rubber. The Briton was denied a second career F1 pole as he clocked […]
Unfortunately, the first track running of the prototype wheel arches or ‘spray guards’, as some are informally calling them, was not an instant success. However, as a first step and in terms of data gathering and correlation, it was a useful exercise, and at least provided the FIA with a starting point as it tackles […]
The seven-time world champion ended the dry second practice session at the Hungaroring down in 16th on the timesheets, with team-mate George Russell in last, as the pair each used just a single set of mediums throughout. But while aware that the squad was on a different programme to everyone else, Hamilton had a pretty […]
Devised ostensibly to improve F1’s sustainability credentials by reducing the freight required per event, the tyre allocation for each driver has dropped from 13 sets to 11 for Budapest. In addition, compounds have been mandated for qualifying. The hard Pirelli will be enforced for Q1, mediums for Q2 and then the softest rubber for the […]
In a mixed up opening day at the Hungaroring, first practice was disrupted by two red flags, the first for a heavy crash for Sergio Perez, and rain which limited the running. As a result, FP2 saw a variety of run plans that ended with Leclerc on top for Ferrari from McLaren’s Lando Norris, while […]
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc closed out a frantic FP2 session in preparation for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, as neither Red Bull nor Mercedes set the Formula 1 timing screens alight. The Monegasque beat Silverstone podium-finisher Lando Norris to the uppermost echelon of the timing board amid a session that was influenced by both earlier rainfall and […]
De Vries was axed by AlphaTauri in favour of Daniel Ricciardo ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix after failing to score a point in the opening 10 races of the year. And although AlphaTauri accepts that de Vries faced difficult circumstances, being a rookie in a uncompetitive car beginning with a run of tracks […]
Rather than drivers having free tyre choice, the hard compound will be mandated in Q1, mediums for Q2 and then the red-walled soft rubber for the Q3 shootout for pole position. This Alternative Tyre Allocation has been ostensibly devised to improve the championship’s sustainability credentials. By lowering the number of tyre sets each driver may […]