The Silverstone-based squad has been in the chasing pack behind Red Bull this season, but its prospects of putting up a better fight against Ferrari and McLaren have been hurt by its car not being as competitive in races as it is in qualifying thanks to tyre management struggles.It isContinue Reading
On his local circuit, Hill put in a late run at the end of the day to snatch the top position away by 0.065 seconds from BTCC returnee Rob Huff, the 2012 World Touring Car champion gearing up for his first domestic season in 20 years with the Speedworks Motorsport-runContinue Reading
In the two months since news broke that Hamilton will leave Mercedes after 12 seasons to join Ferrari next year, the instability engulfing Red Bull F1 management has placed Max Verstappen and Silver Arrows protégé Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the top of the shortlist to replace the Briton.The other leadingContinue Reading
Broadbent, who took the 2022 Praga title alongside Gordie Mutch, gave his 700bhp MX-5 Mk1 its racing debut in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club’s Classic Thunder series last weekend at Donington Park – the same venue where he first competed in a standard MX-5 three years ago.“I bought thisContinue Reading
The FIA is currently undertaking a review into the first incident, which occurred after Russell was caught out by Fernando Alonso deliberately braking earlier for Albert Park’s Turn 6 as part of an attempt by the Aston Martin driver to disrupt the chasing Mercedes racer.Alonso was penalised for his actionsContinue Reading
Russell was left screaming for the race to be stopped after his wrecked W15 had bounced back onto the track and come to rest on its side following a crash while chasing Fernando Alonso.The aftermath of the crash caused considerable concern amongst F1 fans and observers given the danger.Although theContinue Reading
The Australian was dropped by McLaren at the end of 2022 after struggling to come to terms with the car across two difficult seasons in which he lagged behind Lando Norris.Thus far in 2024 he has been overshadowed by Tsunoda, who has twice made Q3 and finished seventh in Australia.HoweverContinue Reading
With the team not having built up a spare chassis, Albon’s FP1 shunt last time out at Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit meant Williams was forced to enter only one car from Saturday onwards while the damaged FW46 was flown back to the UK for initial investigation and repairs.To maximise itsContinue Reading
Before all you realists out there reach for your pen/keyboard/smartphone (delete where applicable!), we’re not getting carried away.We don’t think Red Bull and Max Verstappen are about to be toppled off the back of one victory for Carlos Sainz. But there are reasons to believe that Ferrari is heading inContinue Reading
The Aston Martin driver was handed a drive-through penalty in Melbourne, converted to a 20-second time addition, for the way in which he aggressively defended against George Russell on the final lap around Albert Park.His early deceleration, aimed at ensuring he got a clean exit from Turn 6, caught RussellContinue Reading