Pirelli says it has cleared up matters with Mercedes driver George Russell after his criticisms of “infuriating” performance fluctuations between its different tyres.Russell spoke out after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in saying that Pirelli’s current products were not “good enough” because of the wild swings in pace.Having endured a raceContinue Reading
First it was explaining “papaya rules” and team orders prioritising one driver over the other. Now it is the intense scrutiny and the legality of the team’s rear wing.With McLaren’s return to the top of the constructors’ championship, it has also unearthed new challenges for the Woking-based team.Maintaining team harmonyContinue Reading
McLaren’s decision to go ahead and modify its rear wing design to remove its ‘mini-DRS’ concept has been a huge talking point at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix.With F1’s title battle between the Woking-based squad, Red Bull and Ferrari hotting up and so little separating them, any small tweak inContinue Reading
If Friday practice is anything to go by, then the Singapore Grand Prix promises to develop into a closely fought weekend between Ferrari and McLaren. Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris were separated by little in each of the two sessions, chalking up one session each at the others’ expense byContinue Reading
Lando Norris topped the Friday practice times for McLaren ahead of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix. Here’s how and when to watch qualifying.The British driver led FP2 by just 0.058s over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, with the pair comfortably clear of the rest of the field during the qualifying simulationContinue Reading
Red Bull says that “nothing is working” with its Formula 1 car in Singapore after a disappointing opening day of practice.While Sergio Perez ended up eighth overall in the more representative second session, Max Verstappen was left languishing down in 15th – more than 1.2 seconds adrift of pacesetter andContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton reckons he and Mercedes feel “a little bit lost” with his W15’s set-up for the Singapore Grand Prix, after struggling throughout Friday practice.The Briton only managed to go 12th fastest in FP1 and, despite improving to 11th in the second practice session of the day, he was notablyContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc continued an unwanted record at the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix by failing to convert yet another pole position into victory around the streets of Baku.It meant the Ferrari driver has now started the event from pole on four occasions but is still to win the Azerbaijan GP inContinue Reading
Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says the legality of McLaren’s controversial ‘mini-DRS’ rear wing was a black-and-white matter, after the FIA intervened to request it be changed.Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, McLaren said it would be making modifications to its rear wing design in the wake of controversy aboutContinue Reading
Lando Norris was fastest in the second Formula 1 practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, maintaining a tight battle with Charles Leclerc at the top of the timing boards.Norris led the way with a 1m30.727s as the two were separated by just 0.058 seconds, and with over half-a-second’s gapContinue Reading