New Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes reckons that the Enstone squad was in need of someone to “take a bullet for the team” and fully commit to its management – and believes he has brought that quality.The Briton was installed as the team principal when former incumbent Bruno Famin steppedContinue Reading
New Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes reckons that the Enstone squad was in need of someone to “take a bullet for the team” and fully commit to its management – and believes he has brought that quality.The Briton was installed as the team principal when former incumbent Bruno Famin steppedContinue Reading
The grandeur of Adrian Newey’s unveiling at Aston Martin was baffling – especially while he remains an employee of Red Bull.It was reminiscent of when footballer Paul Ince posed for photographs in a Manchester United shirt while he was still a West Ham United player in 1989.The photograph was exposedContinue Reading
Franco Colapinto brought out the red flag as he crashed in the first free practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with the Argentinian’s second Formula 1 race weekend for Williams beginning in inauspicious circumstances.Having replaced Logan Sargeant ahead of the Italian Grand Prix a fortnight ago, Colapinto impressed onContinue Reading
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen headed an incident-packed first practice session for Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which was red flagged for crashes by Charles Leclerc and Franco Colapinto.Baku’s high-speed layout offers low grip at the best of times as a one-off street circuit, but a light rain shower inContinue Reading
Red Bull has introduced a revised floor for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as it seeks to arrest its current slide and defend its Formula 1 championships.The team has managed just two podium finishes in the last six races, as its form nosedived in recent races. This has put the team’sContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri is willing to give up Formula 1 race victories to Lando Norris. Except, it won’t come to that.Norris is thankful McLaren is now showing “bias” towards him in the 2024 world championship but doesn’t want to be “given” the title.The intra-McLaren Monza battle can happen again, but notContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri is willing to give up Formula 1 race victories to Lando Norris. Except, it won’t come to that.Norris is thankful McLaren is now showing “bias” towards him in the 2024 world championship but doesn’t want to be “given” the title.The intra-McLaren Monza battle can happen again, but notContinue Reading
Formula 1’s penalty point system “need to be reviewed” in the wake of the incident that triggered Kevin Magnussen’s one-race ban for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – which other drivers described as “harsh”.Magnussen made contact with Pierre Gasly at the Variante della Roggia during the Italian Grand Prix in aContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has refused to rule out an Adrian Newey reunion at Aston Martin in the future.Design guru Newey was behind the Red Bull cars that delivered Verstappen’s three drivers’ championships, but his departure was confirmed earlier in the year and he has now signed for Aston.He will take onContinue Reading