Having sat out the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to undergo appendicitis surgery, Sainz had a successful return to racing in Melbourne, taking the win with little competition after race leader Max Verstappen was forced to retire due to a brake issue.Leclerc followed the Spaniard home in second place after qualifyingContinue Reading
The Woking outfit ended the 2023 season with momentum on its side, but thus far Ferrari has led the pursuit of pacesetters Red Bull.However Norris, who logged McLaren’s first podium of the season with third place in Australia, is encouraged by the fact that there is still more to comeContinue Reading
The team faced no disruptions or setbacks over the course of the Melbourne event, which saw Carlos Sainz lead team-mate Charles Leclerc home in a one-two finish.Sainz was helped by a brake issue that caused the early retirement of Max Verstappen. However, many observers believed that Ferrari would have been inContinue Reading
It was previously revealed that the turbocharged, 1.6-litre V6 internal combustion engine element of the power unit is being reduced from 550-560kW down to 400kW (535bhp), and that the battery element will jump from 150kW to 350kW (470bhp) to replace that power loss – despite the eradication of the MGU-H.The latestContinue Reading
Following problems with wheelnuts for Bottas in Bahrain and team-mate Zhou Guanyu in Saudi Arabia, the former endured another lengthy stop in the Australian GP at a stage when he had a chance of scoring points.Bottas eventually crossed the line in 14th place, and Alunni Bravi immediately got on the radioContinue Reading
Newey has been the subject of plenty of interest from rival teams since joining Red Bull in 2005, being integral to its championship-winning success with Sebastian Vettel between 2010 and 2013 and now with Max Verstappen.Autosport understands Aston Martin chief Lawrence Stroll has upped the ante with a big-money contractContinue Reading
Ricciardo started the Melbourne event in 18th after losing his final Q1 lap to track limits.After qualifying, he pronounced himself “puzzled” that the cancelled lap felt good and yet was off the pace of team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, who made Q3 for the second time in 2024.In the race, Ricciardo moved upContinue Reading
Having qualified second in Melbourne, Carlos Sainz – back from surgery for appendicitis that ruled him out of the Saudi Arabian GP – executed a lap-two pass on polesitter Max Verstappen.With the Red Bull forced to retire with a right-rear brake failure, Charles Leclerc followed Sainz home for a FerrariContinue Reading
Last year Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc often had to focus on tyre management, which was made more difficult by inconsistent and unpredictable behaviour even between sets of the same compound.This year’s SF-24 has proved to be much more benign and predictable on long runs, and that was a keyContinue Reading
Piastri, entering his second season in the top flight, bagged fourth place in his home race in Australia last weekend following a team-orders switch to fall behind stablemate Lando Norris.Norris was faster running on fresher tyres, so the call was designed to minimise the risk of the pair clashing asContinue Reading