Month: August 2023

27 Aug 2023

Horner insists Perez will be a Red Bull driver in F1 2024

Perez’s future has been the subject of endless speculation due to the large performance gap between him and team-mate Max Verstappen this year, with the Dutchman romping to his ninth consecutive victory at Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix. Recent comments by Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko further added fuel to the fire, the Austrian suggesting in […]

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27 Aug 2023

Tyre saving call behind Verstappen pace deficit in F1 Dutch GP

A rain shower hit Zandvoort on the opening lap of the race and seventh-starting Perez reacted fastest by pitting at the first opportunity to ditch soft Pirellis for intermediates. As the majority of the grid then stopped one tour later, the Mexican emerged with a 10.4 second advantage over George Russell as Verstappen fell to […]

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27 Aug 2023

Why Britain’s Triumph is committing its future to Moto2

By the end of that season, it will have been a decade since the Hinckley-based motorcycle manufacturer – which can trace its roots to the original Triumph Engineering Company founded in 1885 – became the sole engine supplier of the Moto2 class. Triumph’s arrival in Moto2 marked a big shift in performance for the class […]

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27 Aug 2023

Williams F1 straight-line reputation “not true” in Zandvoort

Albon was the star of Saturday qualifying by taking fourth on the grid on the high-downforce Zandvoort loop. Rookie team-mate Logan Sargeant also claimed his best qualifying result of the season in 10th, with a Q3 crash ruling out an even better grid position. Williams has traditionally had an efficient, slippery FW45 car which has proven […]

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27 Aug 2023

Stroll laughs off F1 to tennis switch rumours

The idea has been floating around on social media in recent days and has been mentioned by Sky F1 commentator David Croft. This year Stroll has struggled to match Aston Martin team-mate Fernando Alonso, which has led some to speculate that he might be reconsidering his future. However, the 24-year-old is adamant that he won’t […]

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27 Aug 2023

Impeding made no difference in “too slow” F1 Dutch GP qualifying

Hamilton only qualified 13th at Zandvoort after struggling to replicate his early Friday pace in his Mercedes W14. The seven-time world champion was caught out by several drivers blocking him on his flying laps, first by both Aston Martins in Q1 and then by AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda in Q2. But afterwards, Hamilton conceded that his […]

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26 Aug 2023

Massa’s 2008 F1 title legal challenge ‘for justice, not money’

Last week, Massa stepped up his legal battle over losing the 2008 title by sending a Letter Before Claim addressed to F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, setting out the details of his impending legal challenge over the result of the championship. Massa lost the title to McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton by […]

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26 Aug 2023

Vowles explains how Williams is designing an F1 car with no tech team

The team has been without a technical leader since the December exit of Francois-Xavier Demaison, although Williams announced earlier this month that it had signed Alpine veteran engineer Pat Fry as its chief technical officer, but he will not start until the winter. The team is also still yet to appoint a technical director – […]

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