Speculation about Antonelli being fast tracked into an F1 seat this year has ramped up in the wake of the Mercedes junior being given extra days in testing a 2021 car to get him up to speed in grand prix machinery.Furthermore, it has emerged over the Miami GP weekend thatContinue Reading
The Brackley team has struggled for consistency with its often ill-handling W15, finding it hard to produce a car that works across all corner types and speeds, with its limitations seemingly shifting from circuit to circuit.Further updates to make the car more benign to handle for Lewis Hamilton and GeorgeContinue Reading
The championship leader went to the top of the order early on in the session prior to a red flag period but struggled upon the resumption of the session as his RB20 appeared to lack balance in the majority of the session.A lock-up at Turn 17 had nixed one lapContinue Reading
Earlier this week Red Bull confirmed its long-time design guru Newey would be leaving the team after a 19-year stint, which yielded seven drivers’ and six constructors’ championships so far.Newey was understood to be dissatisfied with the political power plays going on behind the scenes at Red Bull, which areContinue Reading
Newey announced earlier this week that he will be leaving his current Red Bull outfit at the start of next year, having grown unhappy about many aspects of working there over the past few months.The arrangement that Newey has reached with Red Bull means he will be a free agentContinue Reading
The Enstone-based team has endured a torrid start to the new campaign as the A524 was initially off the pace and lacking downforce amid its major off-season concept change, running extra bodywork weight to pass a specific crash test and down on engine power compared to the Honda, Mercedes andContinue Reading
The Woking-based outfit has spent recent weeks working on addressing weaknesses that it feels its MCL38 car has.However, despite the raft of changes that it has revealed ahead of first practice in Miami, Lando Norris has explained that the tweaks brought this time out are more aimed at purely liftingContinue Reading
As a consequence of production delays over the winter, the team had come into the 2024 campaign without a third chassis ready for its drivers Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant.It was a situation that proved costly at the Australian GP when a practice crash for Albon meant his car couldContinue Reading
Ahead of F1’s second sprint event of the year in Miami, Mercedes has taken on board a better understanding of what it did wrong in Shanghai two weeks ago.There, thanks to new parc ferme rules that opened up after the Saturday race, it elected to make massive set up changesContinue Reading
Following Nico Hulkenberg’s impending departure at the end of 2024 to join Sauber next season, in preparation for its Audi rebrand in 2026, Haas now has an empty seat for 2025.Bearman, who is currently reserve driver for both Haas and Ferrari, is considered as the favourite to take over Hulkenberg’sContinue Reading