Lots to talk through after a challenging weekend in Australia. James Allison explains George’s red flag radio message, why we started Lewis on the Soft tyre and much more in our Akkodis Race Debrief SourceContinue Reading
An overheating right-rear brake for Max Verstappen, an issue that hobbled him from the start, forced his early retirement as Carlos Sainz led team-mate Charles Leclerc for a Ferrari 1-2.McLaren split the strategies of its drivers. Lando Norris was faster late on so allowed to pass Oscar Piastri in aContinue Reading
Red Bull chose to retain Ricciardo at the Faenza outfit for 2024 rather than opt for Liam Lawson, who showed well when he deputised for the injured Australian at five grands prix last season.However, in the early races of this year, Ricciardo has been overshadowed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, who has twice made Q3Continue Reading
When news broke of Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes to join Ferrari for 2025, Verstappen seemed on course to see out his Red Bull contract, which expires at the end of 2028.However, the ongoing controversy surrounding Christian Horner led Verstappen’s father Jos to claim Red Bull would be “torn apart”Continue Reading
After officially withdrawing from F1 at the end of 2021, having propelled Max Verstappen to his first drivers’ title, Honda has continued to supply engines until the end of 2025 to Red Bulland RB (previously known as AlphaTauri) under its Honda Racing Corporation subsidiary – before Red Bull enters itsContinue Reading
Alonso was handed a post-race drive-through, which was converted into a 20-second penalty, for erratic and potentially dangerous driving in the closing stages of the race at Melbourne’s Albert Park.While duelling with Mercedes driver George Russell, Alonso lifted much earlier in the run up to Turn 6 to get a better exitContinue Reading
Steiner served as Haas team chief from its inception in 2016 until last winter, when his contract wasn’t renewed after the struggling outfit finished last in the 2023 constructors’ championship.Exclusive: Steiner opens up on what really happened at the Haas F1 teamBut the 58-year-old Italian went straight back into theContinue Reading
The Mercedes 2022 challenger was plagued by porpoising and bouncing while its W14 successor drew complaints from drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell over rear-end handling instability.That prompted Mercedes to change concept for 2024, fully abandoning a size-zero sidepod architecture in the hope of developing a platform that was moreContinue Reading
The Melbourne race turned out to a huge chance for F1’s bottom five teams, who would normally be finishing 11th at best on pace.Between the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia only Haas had managed to score a single point in Jeddah.But after the retirements for Red Bull’s Max VerstappenContinue Reading
Komatsu admitted that the team had called Magnussen into the pits at the wrong time, losing the Dane two places in the process.Like in Saudi Arabia, Haas split the strategies of the two drivers, with Nico Hulkenberg running a long opening stint on the hard tyre before pitting for mediums underContinue Reading