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Yamaha rolled out the first 2024 prototype engine at the Misano test in September, though it was met with a lack of enthusiasm from 2021 world champion Quartararo. He said at the time he expected much more than was offered, especially in terms of power, while the team contradicted this and noted that the test […]
Team boss Toto Wolff reckoned the weekend in Sao Paulo was the worst of his 13 years in F1, as Lewis Hamilton finished the GP in eighth while George Russell retired with 14 of the 71 laps remaining. This was to protect the power unit after rising oil temperature and “worrying” pressures were detected. Following […]
If you were to describe Formula 1 as a film genre, action, thriller and, sadly, tragedy would be among the first three options that come to mind. But for the 2009 campaign, ‘fairytale’ is the only word that fits the bill. In the winter of 2008, the Honda team was seemingly dead and buried. But […]
The Spaniard lined up sixth on the grid following Charles Leclerc’s formation lap retirement but lost out at the getaway to Sergio Perez and George Russell to slip to eighth by the time the race was red-flagged for a hefty Turn 1 shunt involving Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen. Sainz then radioed to say his team […]
The Australian was set to retire from the 71-lap race at Interlagos after a tyre, which was jettisoned in the hefty first-corner shunt between Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen, landed on the rear wing. But due to subsequent barrier repairs, the race was soon red-flagged to allow the team to carry out repairs and re-enter Ricciardo into […]
Piastri was hit by a spinning Kevin Magnussen at the start and came into the pits to retire at the end of the first lap, but a red flag shown one tour later allowed McLaren the opportunity to repair his car and get him back out. However, like fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo, this meant he […]
Although Perez missed out on a podium finish to Fernando Alonso in last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix by just 0.053 seconds, it was still his most competitive weekend since he finished second at the Italian Grand Prix back in September. Perez felt he was on course to join race winner Max Verstappen on the front […]
McLaren’s Norris took pole for the Brazilian Grand Prix’s sprint and finished second behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, and that result repeated itself in Sunday’s Grand Prix after Norris jumped from sixth on the grid to second in Turn 1. But as rival teams faded and finished over 30 seconds behind the dominant Verstappen, who […]
Haas studied onboard videos, including shots from following cars, and the team believes that Sergio Perez, Lance Stroll, Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant all committed multiple offences at Turn 6 that went unpunished. The review request will be considered by the original FIA stewards of the event in an online gathering on Wednesday. Their first […]
Aston Martin driver Alonso put on a masterclass in Sao Paulo by fending off Perez’s quicker Red Bull, and while the Mexican was able to pass him on the penultimate lap, Alonso struck back on the final tour by setting up an overtake into Turn 4. In a drag race to the finish, Perez ran […]