Masi was given the race director job after Charlie Whiting passed away on the eve of the 2019 Australian GP, and he held it for three full seasons until last year’s Abu Dhabi GP controversy proved to be the trigger for his departure from the job in February. He returned to Australia in April, but […]
Since arriving at McLaren last year Ricciardo has struggled to adapt to the Woking team’s machinery. Apart from a rare highlight winning the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, the Australian has generally struggled to match established team-mate Lando Norris in either qualifying or races, which has prompted speculations about the 33-year-old’s future. PLUS: The key considerations Ricciardo […]
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell both had heavy accidents in Friday’s Q3 session in qualifying, and the former was forced to switch to the spare chassis, which was built up for him on Saturday morning. Both drivers lost their rear wings in the accidents, and the only spare example of the low-drag spec prepared for […]
The package, which represents a significant change of concept, was first introduced on Albon’s FW44 at Silverstone. However a wet FP1 and qualifying and then Albon’s first-lap retirement in the race meant that the team only gathered a limited amount of data. After a clean weekend in Austria that saw Albon finish the race in […]
The Monegasque driver took his first win since April’s Australian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday, with better tyre management on his F1-75 allowing him to overtake and beat pole position man Max Verstappen. The triumph was especially significant because it came off the back of what Leclerc has labelled a ‘disaster’ […]
It was announced on Tuesday that Ganassi had taken up his option on its 2021 IndyCar champion to retain him through the end of the 2023 season. The release included a quote from Ganassi, who has seen his drivers score 14 championships since 1996, and also supposedly from Palou – a fact that the Spaniard […]
Masi had been in limbo since it was announced shortly before the start of the season and in the wake of the Abu Dhabi controversy that he would not have the race director role in 2022, and would be replaced by Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas. However he remained in the employ of the FIA […]
Herta, who has racked up seven wins and eight pole positions since joining the IndyCar Series full-time in 2019, tested last year’s McLaren MCL35M under the TPC [testing previous car] rules, running 162 laps of the 2.891-mile Autodromo Internacional do Algarve across two days. Although running the car on a track at which McLaren had […]
The form has come as the result of a pretty intensive development push this season that has helped Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon keep bringing home the points – and even the occasional real stand out performance. Ocon’s top five finish in Austria, and Alonso’s charge from the back of the grid that could have […]
After winning eight constructors’ championships in a row, Mercedes’ streak looks set to end this year after struggling to get to grips with the overhauled technical regulations for the 2022 season. A recurring bouncing issue with the Mercedes W13 car has left drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell struggling to compete at the very front of the pack […]