Alonso secured sixth on the grid for last week’s Bahrain Grand Prix, but slipped back to a distant ninth place in the race.He has again qualified well in Jeddah, earning fourth on a day that regular Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz was absent, and Mercedes struggled with bouncing.“We are surprised, weContinue Reading
The ex-grand prix racer is a former team principal at the Venturi Formula E team, until he joined Mercedes at the start of 2023 as its driver development director.Since then, the Belgian has been tasked with looking after Mercedes’ young driver programme alongside Gwen Lagrue.However, beyond those responsibilities, it wasContinue Reading
On Friday it emerged that Marko was under investigation by Red Bull’s parent company for alleged leaks to the media relating to the investigation into team boss Christian Horner’s behaviour.Marko and Red Bull director Oliver Mintzlaff are set for key talks on the matter on Saturday ahead of the SaudiContinue Reading
But beyond the impact of what could be a significant change at the top, the development has shone a spotlight on what now appears to be a war for control of the squad.What originally started as the story of an isolated complaint by a female employee against the behaviour ofContinue Reading
Bearman impressed the whole F1 paddock by jumping into Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari in Jeddah on Friday and qualifying 11th, having come close to bumping Hamilton out of Q3.At age 18 Hamilton won the 2003 Formula Renault UK title, before making his F3 debut in the Macau and Korea events atContinue Reading
That’s the view of Red Bull driver Sergio Perez, but it’s echoed by his F1 peers.It all centres on the 3.84-mile street track having an average speed of 155mph, with the close-proximity walls requiring additional levels of concentration and precision.The circuit is also an anti-clockwise configuration, one of eight onContinue Reading
Marko’s future as Red Bull’s motorsport advisor has been thrown into doubt after it emerged in Saudi Arabia that he could face imminent suspension.It comes amid an investigation by the Red Bull energy drinks company into suspicions that Marko may have been involved in the leaking of confidential information toContinue Reading
Bearman made his full F1 debut in place of the appendicitis-addled Carlos Sainz at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday, jumping into an SF-24 with only FP3 to prepare ahead of qualifying on the high-speed, walled layout in the Red Sea coastal city.He finished 11th in qualifying –Continue Reading
Hamilton wasn’t happy on Thursday and switched to a bigger wing for Friday that gave the car more stability, but cost time on the straights.He progressed through the first two qualifying sessions in 11th and 10th positions, and then took eighth when it mattered in Q3, a place behind team-mateContinue Reading
In a new feature on Autosport.com for 2024, following every F1 qualifying session we will update each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results, so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time dueContinue Reading