FP1 featured 10 drivers making way for rookies, as all the teams bar AlphaTauri, which had regulars Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo in the AT04s still sporting their Las Vegas livery, completed their rookie practice running requirement for the year. For Red Bull to do this, it needed both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez to […]
The American driver has endured a tough rookie season that has included a spate of crashes, while his team-mate Alex Albon has scored a series of points finishes. The Williams seat alongside Albon for 2024 is the only remaining theoretically open slot, with the team opting to wait until the current campaign has concluded before […]
The Gresini Ducati rider currently finds himself without a place on the 2024 grid when the team confirmed in October that it had signed Marc Marquez, after he elected to quit Honda at the end of the year. Just as this happened, Di Giannantonio burst into the best form of his two seasons in MotoGP, […]
The McLaren driver crashed heavily on the third lap of the race when his car snapped out of control at the Turn 11 left-hander. After the race his team boss Andrea Stella highlighted a bump at that point of the track, suggesting that needed to be flattened out next year. However, speaking for the first […]
Martin struggled to a season-worst 10th in the penultimate grand prix of the season due to an apparent tyre defect, which affected him from the off last Sunday. With Francesco Bagnaia finishing second, it meant the reigning champion has taken a 21-point lead over Martin coming into this weekend’s finale in Valencia. Martin was stinging […]
O’Ward will contest FP1 at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale in place of Lando Norris, with McLaren complying with FIA regulations by running a rookie driver in both of its cars. But that will be the only change McLaren has to field for a practice session this year since Oscar Piastri, completing […]
The six-time premier class champion departs the Japanese manufacturer at the end of this weekend, joining Gresini Ducati for 2024 alongside brother Alex. The move, confirmed in October, ends Marquez’s 11-year stay with the team, where he won all his titles with 59 race wins and 101 podiums. The Spanish rider has endured a difficult […]
Although Max Verstappen and Red Bull have already clinched both Formula 1 world championships for 2023 with the team winning 20 of 21 races, much is still up for grabs in the Abu Dhabi GP season finale. Eight of the remaining nine positions are still to be decided in the constructors’ standings, where a team […]
The Hinwil-based squad announced last year that it would become the Audi works team in 2026 when new engine regulations come into play. With its current title sponsorship with Alfa Romeo coming to an end this year, it will have a new naming partner and is expected to change to the Sauber brand for 2024 […]
AlphaTauri has taken large steps forward in the final third of the 2023 season, with gradual floor upgrades being compounded by taking Red Bull’s RB19 rear suspension from Singapore onwards rather than its own design, improving the AT04’s stability. Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda scored 16 of AlphaTauri’s 21 points in the Austin-Mexico-Brazil triple-header, which […]