The RB team is fielding an all-Japanese line-up in first free practice with Iwasa joining regular driver Yuki Tsunoda in the VCARB01 in their home round.RB has given Iwasa the first of two mandatory rookie FP1 slots for the year, with the 22-year-old among the roster of young driver prospectsContinue Reading
Oliver Bearman received a shock call-up to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz withdrew because of appendicitis.The 18-year-old therefore became the third-youngest driver to ever compete in an F1 grand prix after getting the opportunity due to being Ferrari’s reserve.But, there have been many other occasionsContinue Reading
Having missed the Jeddah race, Sainz spent two weeks focusing on his recovery before returning to the cockpit for Friday practice at Albert Park.Although he was fit to drive, his preparations were compromised by skipping training and not running in the Ferrari simulator.FEATURE: 10 things we learned at the 2024Continue Reading
Third-placed Norris believes that he could have deprived Leclerc of second in Melbourne if McLaren had have gone for an undercut strategy, as Ferrari and team-mate Oscar Piastri did.But when this was put to Stella, he implied Ferrari won out on merit because the SF-24 is a faster car thanContinue Reading
RB man Tsunoda broke through the apparent barrier between F1’s top and bottom five teams by beating both Aston Martins in Melbourne qualifying. He also outqualified Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by claiming eighth on the starting grid, just narrowly behind Mercedes’ George Russell.The Japanese driver couldn’t keep the faster Astons ofContinue Reading
Formula 1 got something of a pressure release moment with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz brilliantly winning the 2024 Australian Grand Prix and ending Max Verstappen’s latest dominant season start for Red Bull.The world champion was undone by a rare mechanical issue aboard one of Red Bull’s cars and Sainz picked upContinue Reading
Sainz took a remarkable victory for Ferrari on Sunday, just two weeks after undergoing surgery for appendicitis on the weekend of the Saudi Arabian GP, which he sat out.PLUS: Why Sainz could have won F1’s Australian GP even in a Verstappen head-to-headThat left the Spaniard with just a week to recoverContinue Reading
The Ferrari driver was forced to sit out the Saudi Arabian GP, where Oliver Bearman made a superb debut in his place, but Sainz was back at his best in Melbourne and won convincingly after poleman Max Verstappen retired with brake problems.Sainz did his job prospects for 2025, when heContinue Reading
Perez started the Melbourne race in sixth after picking up a three-place penalty for impeding, and having lost a place to George Russell at the start he recovered to finish fifth.Having reported that he felt the balance of his car was not right, after the chequered flag the team discoveredContinue Reading
The Silver Arrows camp endured a torrid outing in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The W15 suffered handling instability, Lewis Hamilton failed to progress into Q3 before retiring with an engine failure and George Russell crashed heavily two laps from the flag.While the car showed competitive pace on occasion inContinue Reading