Box-office? Definitely. This year’s edition of the F1 race at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas threw up a thrilling battle between the two title protagonists over third – one that predictably ended with a stewards’ call that split the audience. Ferrari’s commanding 1-2 was almost secondary to the battle betweenContinue Reading
Mercedes has denied there is a “fundamental” problem with its Austin Formula 1 upgrade and plans to stick with it for this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix.The German manufacturer introduced a raft of aero changes for its W15 at the United States Grand Prix, but endured a tough weekend where bothContinue Reading
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has slammed Red Bull’s front bib adjustment device as “outrageous”, as he suggested the FIA may yet look further into the matter.Red Bull was at the centre of technical intrigue over the United States Grand Prix weekend after it emerged the FIA was ramping up monitoringContinue Reading
Lando Norris felt that the United States Grand Prix stewards were “rushing” to make a decision on his off-track pass on Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen, stating that the outcome was “guessing” without driver input.Norris was handed a five-second penalty for his pass on Verstappen at Turn 12, whichContinue Reading
If you want to understand how brilliant – genius, even – a Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen is, watch exactly how he attacked Lando Norris at the start of the 2024 United States Grand Prix. And then ‘defended’ against him at the contest’s controversial conclusion.This latest saga has frustratingly eclipsedContinue Reading
McLaren has explained why it didn’t ask Lando Norris to let Max Verstappen past after their Turn 12 off-track battle in Austin, which led to a penalty for the Briton.In the closing stages of Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix, Norris was hounding Verstappen for third when he finally swoopedContinue Reading
Ferrari completely took over the podium at the 2024 US Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz snatching up a 1-2 finish. But the real show-stealer was the incident between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, which lead to Norris gaining a +5s penalty, meaning Verstappen took 3rd place. CoupledContinue Reading
Lando Norris’s penalty for overtaking Max Verstappen off track in the United States Grand Prix has triggered another controversy about Formula 1’s policing of driving standards.Amid an intense fight between the McLaren driver and his Red Bull rival for third place, the incident between the pair at Turn 12 onContinue Reading
Organisers of Austin’s United States Grand Prix have been fined €500,000 by the FIA for an early track invasion by spectators, of which €350,000 is suspended.At the end of the race at the Circuit of the Americas won by Charles Leclerc, throngs of spectators entered the track on the start-finishContinue Reading
The human-shaped trophy was replaced late on as Charles Leclerc took victory in AustinPirelli was forced to pull its one-off trophies from the United States Grand Prix podium at the last minute after being made aware of the similarity in design to another product.Autosport understands Formula 1’s tyre manufacturer receivedContinue Reading