Ricciardo started the Melbourne event in 18th after losing his final Q1 lap to track limits.After qualifying, he pronounced himself “puzzled” that the cancelled lap felt good and yet was off the pace of team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, who made Q3 for the second time in 2024.In the race, Ricciardo moved upContinue Reading
Having qualified second in Melbourne, Carlos Sainz – back from surgery for appendicitis that ruled him out of the Saudi Arabian GP – executed a lap-two pass on polesitter Max Verstappen.With the Red Bull forced to retire with a right-rear brake failure, Charles Leclerc followed Sainz home for a FerrariContinue Reading
Last year Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc often had to focus on tyre management, which was made more difficult by inconsistent and unpredictable behaviour even between sets of the same compound.This year’s SF-24 has proved to be much more benign and predictable on long runs, and that was a keyContinue Reading
Piastri, entering his second season in the top flight, bagged fourth place in his home race in Australia last weekend following a team-orders switch to fall behind stablemate Lando Norris.Norris was faster running on fresher tyres, so the call was designed to minimise the risk of the pair clashing asContinue Reading
Williams faced a spate of production delays over the past winter, which led to it gambling on prioritising other items over producing a spare car in time for the start of the season.That decision came back to haunt the squad in Australia, with Albon damaging his chassis in a practiceContinue Reading
While the Mercedes W15 has been easier to handle for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, it hasn’t delivered the expected performance step.Mercedes has yet to score higher than fifth, and after a double retirement in Australia, it has fallen 29 points behind third-placed McLaren.Even putting aside the two DNFs, theContinue Reading
Sainz’s Ferrari contract won’t be renewed after this season, with the Scuderia making a spectacular move for long-time Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton instead.The news initially left Sainz in a tricky position, with perhaps the vacant and hotly-contested seat at Mercedes his only realistic avenue of remaining in a top team.PLUS:Continue Reading
Fernando Alonso has broken his clean record by being awarded three points on his superlicence following the Australian Grand Prix. After a lengthy discussion with the FIA, it was deemed the Spaniard had made a dangerous manoeuvre at Turn 6, which caused George Russell behind him to crash out ofContinue Reading
While Formula 1’s launch season tends to be awash with commentary about car concepts, masked innovations and garish liveries, some of us pore over the thing that fuels our sport. Money, and more precisely who has secured which sponsor and for how much.Japanese industrial giant Komatsu turning up on the side of theContinue Reading
Upon taking over from Steiner in January, new chief Ayao Komatsu cautioned that Haas would start the season near the last row on the grid after the development of its new car got held up during the course of 2023.But Haas performed well above those expectations so far, scoring pointsContinue Reading