The new SF-24 has looked good from the start of testing in Bahrain, and crucially its on-track behaviour has mirrored that seen in the Maranello simulator.Team-mate Carlos Sainz led the second day of testing outright, while Leclerc was fastest in the truncated morning running.Leclerc says that the team is inContinue Reading
Sainz set the pace at Bahrain International Circuit in the second of three days of testing, ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.The afternoon session was pulled forward by an hour, which meant ran for five hours rather than four, after two hours were lost inContinue Reading
Sainz’s team-mate Charles Leclerc topped a curtailed morning session, which was halted with 1h38m on the clock after he hit a loose drain cover and forced Ferrari to change the floor on its SF-24.The session wasn’t restarted but an extra hour was added to the afternoon session instead, meaning someContinue Reading
Ahead of a record-breaking 24 race calendar, which includes four double-headers and two triple-headers, Croft has taken the decision to stand down from the Emilia-Romagna, Austrian and Azerbaijan Grands Prix.Croft has also missed this year’s pre-season test in Bahrain, having previously been a part of the commentary team in recentContinue Reading
The wider Red Bull GmbH company has launched a probe into Horner and he has faced lengthy questioning by an independent barrister who was appointed to draw evidence of the unspecified allegations.Horner acknowledged at the launch of the RB20 that the matter had been a “distraction” when lightly addressing theContinue Reading
The FW45 from 2023 – which Albon guided to eight points finishes as the team climbed from last to seventh in the constructors’ championship – proved particularly weak through low-speed changes of direction, under braking and through longer-duration fast corners.But speaking on the second day of pre-season running in Bahrain,Continue Reading
The close alliance between the Red Bull squad and its sister RB operation has come under the spotlight recently, amid calls from McLaren boss Zak Brown for F1 to re-evaluate the regulations regarding co-operation between competitors.Brown believes that in the budget cap era, the time has come for F1 toContinue Reading
Russell had a full day in the car in Bahrain on Wednesday, before Hamilton took over on Thursday.While the team’s programme meant that Russell’s headline times were modest relative to those of rivals, he says that it was already clear that the car is an improvement.Russell and Hamilton both lackedContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton shocked the F1 world by announcing a switch from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season before the 2024 campaign had even begun. It means the seven-time world champion will add to the long list of F1 legends to have driven in the iconic Ferrari red as part ofContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc ended the Thursday morning session at the top of the pile with a 1m31.750s set on C3 tyres in the limited running.But as drivers were beginning to settle into their long runs, the red flags were shown as Leclerc’s Ferrari dislodged a drain cover on the run toContinue Reading