Alex Albon is adamant Williams are making progress – even if might seem the team is going backwards.An overweight car at the start of the season culminated in a slump in form that has seen it fall towards the back of the grid, an eventuality that came after team principal JamesContinue Reading
Porsche’s aspirations to return to Formula 1 are now “a closed chapter”, the marque’s motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach has revealed.Laudenbach’s assertion that Porsche has no plans for a comeback more than 30 years on from its last engagement as an engine supplier with Footwork in 1991 represent the marque’s firstContinue Reading
Formula 1’s modern era is littered with examples of front-running teams paying a big price for sticking with two equal drivers.As recently as 2007, when McLaren fielded then-reigning world champion Fernando Alonso and rookie Lewis Hamilton, infighting saw both drivers miss out on the title by a single point asContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari has made genuine progress with updates to its 2024 Formula 1 car, although the side-effect of bouncing has severely masked the improvements to the SF-24.When Ferrari introduced a new floor to the Spanish Grand Prix, the change in aerodynamic properties of the floor appeared to exacerbate an already-presentContinue Reading
Esteban Ocon has lamented the lack of communication at the Alpine Formula 1 team and says he will do his utmost “to not miss any single detail” at Haas.The Frenchman has spent the last four and a half seasons with the Enstone-based outfit, whose performance over that period of timeContinue Reading
Red Bull put an end to weeks of speculation by backing Sergio Perez after the Belgian Grand Prix, confirming Max Verstappen’s struggling team-mate will remain in his seat after the summer break.Perez has been struggling to perform in the RB20 since May, and while Verstappen has been able to limitContinue Reading
Following its first Hollywood tie-up with the blockbuster Twisters, Red Bull’s sister team RB hopes to go much further to mix sport and entertainment, with the lofty goal of democratising access to the series.Its name change from AlphaTauri to RB, Racing Bulls or VCARB was not without controversy, with itsContinue Reading
Ayao Komatsu says Haas is currently enacting a recruitment drive “never seen before” in its Formula 1 history, after convincing owner Gene Haas and his key lieutenant to make fresh investment.Komatsu was appointed team principal of the American squad at the start of 2024, after Gene Haas opted to axeContinue Reading
Pierre Gasly says he understands and supports Alpine’s decision to completely revamp its F1 car concept this year despite a disappointing campaign so far.Before undergoing a major technical reshuffle in recent months, Alpine chose not to develop the main ideas of the A523 any further in an attempt to openContinue Reading
Fans and journalists love to assess drivers, discover who is starring, who is underperforming and how team-mates with the same machinery compare. With Formula 1 in its summer break, now seems like a good time to look at the crop of 2024.There are, of course, plenty of ways to compareContinue Reading