Earlier this week Red Bull announced that Newey would step away from its F1 team after a two-decade spell at the Milton Keynes-based team which yielded seven drivers’ and six constructors’ world championships.The news was received as a huge blow to Red Bull in Miami’s F1 paddock, while the teamContinue Reading
Horner’s position at the Milton Keynes-based squad was thrown into doubt earlier this year in the wake of complaints about his behaviour made by a female employee.The probe triggered a lengthy investigation which eventually cleared Horner but triggered an internal power battle that risked tearing the team apart.There was talkContinue Reading
Mirroring his tactics from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Magnussen again held up midfield rivals to help Haas team-mate Nico Hulkenberg secure points in the sprint race.This time Magnussen went off as many as four times to avoid losing places, which ended up costing him 35 seconds worth of penalties,Continue Reading
Thanks to Formula 1 scheduling two successive sprint events early in the 2024 campaign, there’s now enough evidence to say the latest sprint tweaks have made things worse. No matter how hard TV commentators may screech otherwise…It’s a very long time since the initial sprint format meant F1 got that CopseContinue Reading
The Haas driver picked up three separate penalties in his battle with Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.Magnussen’s driving mirrored tactics he used in Saudi Arabia earlier this year where, once penalised, he was able to defend to such an extent that team-mate NicoContinue Reading
Alonso received a 10-second penalty in China’s sprint race after making glancing contact with Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, which Alonso couldn’t serve as he retired with a puncture.Alonso, who also received three penalty points, said he didn’t understand why he was penalised for what he felt was a racing incident.LastContinue Reading
Once again Verstappen did the double on Saturday, with sprint race victory followed by grand prix qualifying pole, just as he did during the Chinese GP and the first revised sprint event of the season.Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has a second shot at Verstappen as he also returns to the frontContinue Reading
The reigning world champion notched up his seventh consecutive F1 grand prix pole position, backing up his sprint race pole from Friday in the process, to continue his domination in Miami having converted that pole into a sprint race win earlier today.But in a similar pattern to sprint race qualifying,Continue Reading
After another difficult qualifying session in the Miami Grand Prix, as Russell and team-mate Lewis Hamilton could manage no better than seventh and eighth on the grid, the team is now clear about how far off the pace it is.While it has faith that its current W15 car has deliveredContinue Reading
For several races there has been unease at Aston Martin with how its drivers are getting the worst of some of the FIA race stewards’ decisions.Alonso was handed a penalty in Australia for potentially dangerous driving, as the excessive manner in which he slowed down for a corner led toContinue Reading