Those events saw three out of four starts made from the pitlane as the team tried to learn more about the update package it debuted at Circuit of the Americas. And just to make life even tougher, Fernando Alonso was forced to retire from both races with floor damage. And yet, just days after the […]
The German manufacturer announced last year that it had agreed to become a “strategic partner” of the Sauber outfit for its official entry as a manufacturer squad in 2026, while Sauber earlier this year confirmed an undisclosed stake had been bought by Audi. Since then however, Audi has stayed out of the public spotlight and […]
With a storm blowing across the Interlagos circuit for the Q3 segment of qualifying, teams knew that getting out on track early enough before the rain started was critical to secure a good grid slot. But although Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were third and fourth in the queue at the end of the pitlane […]
Exiting the pitlane in Q1, ahead of the first flying laps of the session, Russell slowly rolled down the pit exit on the inside of the Senna Esses to create a gap to the cars in front. Due to the narrow nature of the pit exit Russell impeded Alpine driver Gasly, who complained over the team […]
Verstappen posted a 1min10.727s flying lap to beat Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc to pole position at Interlagos in a shootout that was red-flagged owing to a thunderstorm hitting the track. While Q3 was almost entirely dry until the stoppage with four minutes to run, Verstappen reckoned changing wind conditions created “terrible” laps as grip levels […]
The anticlockwise Interlagos circuit has provided some spectacular races in the past and all F1 fans will be hoping for another drama-filled event this weekend, with two slices of action in the Sprint on Saturday and the main race on Sunday. This will be the 41st F1 event at the track – which replaced Rio […]
The Desmosedici is a prototype that has already broken most of the Bolognese constructor’s records and is sure to break some of the most important ones of all time. In fact, Jorge Martin’s win in Thailand last weekend was the 14th for an Italian bike so far this season, a figure that leaves it just […]
F1 has gone to great lengths to revive the Las Vegas race, acquiring permission to race on the gambling haven’s iconic Strip and taking on the promotion of the race itself, which takes place on 18 November. It has spent $240 million on a plot of land, where it has erected a permanent pit and […]
The German manufacturer is undergoing an encouraging spell of form thanks to a floor upgrade that has helped Lewis Hamilton finish runner-up at the last two races, although he was subsequently disqualified from the United States GP. That form bears some similarities to last year, though, when Mercedes enjoyed some strong promise in these same […]
The sixth and final sprint race of the 2023 season will take place over the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend, as Interlagos becomes the only circuit to have hosted sprints in all three seasons since F1 began to experiment with introducing shortened races. Sprint races were used as a method of setting the grid during […]