Following Lewis Hamilton’s shock decision to join Ferrari, Mercedes is on the lookout for a replacement to line up alongside George Russell from 2025.There is no shortage of candidates available, with a range of initial options going from Mercedes junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli, to more experienced drivers like Carlos Sainz,Continue Reading
Max Verstappen produced a dominant performance to win the season-opening race last Saturday, finishing 22.4 seconds ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez and 25.1 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.The scale of Red Bull’s race-pace advantage has served as a blow to the opposition who hoped that the closeness of qualifyingContinue Reading
The team had a difficult race in Bahrain, with unexpected power unit temperature issues afflicting both cars from the early stages.George Russell slipped back from an early second to finish fifth, while Hamilton moved up to seventh from ninth on the grid, having gained places from Fernando Alonso and OscarContinue Reading
In an extremely tight qualifying battle, Alonso’s final Q3 lap was good for sixth, 0.363s off polesitter Max Verstappen and only half a tenth behind George Russell in third.But Alonso slid down the order to finish ninth in the race, being unable to keep up with the Mercedes of Lewis HamiltonContinue Reading
One thing is sure though: this saga is far from over, and the ultimate end game may not become clear for quite some time yet.Ever since the controversy first blew up last month, there had been speculation that this stretched far beyond being an internal matter involving Horner and aContinue Reading
Formula 1 racing returned with the new season finally kicking off for real with the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. But there was so much similar from the overall story of 2023 it rather deflated the whole affair from early on in the 57-lap main event. Max Verstappen appeared to beContinue Reading
Having been in the mix in qualifying in the chasing pack behind the dominant Red Bull of Max Verstappen, Norris finished sixth and team-mate Oscar Piastri eighth following a race-long fight with Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.It was a largely expected result for the Woking squad, which isContinue Reading
Horner is at the centre of a mounting controversy in F1 in the wake of an investigation into his behaviour that was launched by the Red Bull energy drinks company.However, despite an independent probe dismissing allegations made against him by a female employee, the matter has not gone away.Over theContinue Reading
The Italian outfit went into the race knowing that Ricciardo would probably be on a more favourable set of new soft tyres in the closing stages, and that there could be a scenario where he found himself behind Tsunoda on hards.That’s exactly what transpired, and Tsunoda expressed his displeasure whenContinue Reading
Carlos Sainz finished fourth in the 2023 season-opener, 48.0 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, while this year the Spaniard was 25.1 seconds adrift of the Dutchman in third.Vasseur points to that smaller gap as evidence of the team being in a better position than it was 12 months ago.He alsoContinue Reading