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Since the first stage of an intense programme of upgrades appeared in Austria Lando Norris has secured four second places, while his team-mate Oscar Piastri earned his first podium with third place in Japan last weekend.  While the surge in form has been eye-catching Vasseur believes that McLaren underperformed in races earlier in the season while already showing flashes of good pace over one …Keep reading Source

“Jessica Hawkins said it has taken \”every bit of blood, sweat and tears to get here\” after becoming the first woman since 2018 to test drive a Formula 1 car. Hawkins drove 26 laps of the Hungaroring circuit in Hungary in Aston Martin\u0027s 2021 model. Hawkins has been an Aston Martin driver ambassador since 2021 and team principal Mike Krack said it was a \”special moment\”.”Source

Sargeant suffered a couple of costly shunts since the summer break, starting with an off in Zandvoort.The American rookie also had a huge crash on his first lap of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, running out of track to catch oversteer out of the final corner, and then losing control on the grass as he thumped the wall with both ends of his car.Williams faced a full rebuild around a spare …Keep reading Source

The Williams driver’s comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish.In Japan last weekend Albon had another close call with Perez, and was then a witness to the Mexican punting Kevin Magnussen off the road in what the Haas driver called a “shitty” move.The Red Bull driver received five-second …Keep reading Source

The Williams driver’s comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish.In Japan last weekend Albon had another close call with Perez, and was then a witness to the Mexican punting Kevin Magnussen off the road in what the Haas driver called a “shitty” move.The Red Bull driver received five-second penalties …Keep reading Source

When McLaren launched its MCL60 before Formula 1’s pre-season test, it painted a very downbeat assessment of what it had created.Team boss Andrea Stella was open that the squad was “not entirely happy for what is the launch car” because it knew it had missed some core design ideas as it brought the package together.”There’s some areas in which we kind of realised a little late in development, some …Keep reading Source

The Mercedes drivers were running together on track as Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz closed in.With Hamilton on fresher tyres and potentially faster than one-stopper Russell, the team agreed to a request from the seven-time world champion to get him in front, leaving Russell to fend off Sainz for as long as he could.Russell initially queried the decision, suggesting that the team wait until the last lap …Keep reading Source

Hawkins thus became the first woman to test a current or near-current grand prix car since Tatiana Calderon had a brief outing in a Sauber C37 on a filming day in Mexico in 2018, although the Colombian also drove a 2013-spec C32 for the Swiss outfit later that year and then in 2019.Former W Series driver Hawkins has previously driven older F1 cars in demonstration runs, and has been awaiting her …Keep reading Source