Sporting a bold, new design for its RB20, F1’s dominant force Red Bull impressed at Sakhir with its consistently-rapid long runs.Ferrari also caught the eye with a much more balanced and stable SF-24, which appears to have gone some way towards addressing its 2023 race pace struggles, while Charles LeclercContinue Reading
It is why Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc coming out on top of the overall timing sheets over the course of this week’s Bahrain test has barely registered in conversations.Sainz’s overall test-topping time of 1m29.921s, set on the second day, was around seven-tenths faster than the Red Bull benchmarkContinue Reading
He will attend seven races with German broadcaster RTL, as well as the Australian GP with Channel 10, and is in talks about other potential work that fits his schedule.His RTL commitment is weighted towards the second half of the season, with Bahrain followed by Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy,Continue Reading
Rather than opting for an evolutionary step on last year’s RB19, Red Bull opted for a bold concept shift that has included an eye-opening sidepod solution and Mercedes-style gulleys on its engine cover.The new car hit the ground running in this week’s test in Bahrain with its performance being widelyContinue Reading
Sainz set the quickest time on the second of the three days of testing, before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit on 2 March.However, he set his lap using the C4 Pirelli tyre, which is not available next weekend.His Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc was second quickest overall,Continue Reading
The German manufacturer has revamped its car for this year in a bid to dial out the obvious weakness that plagued Hamilton and team-mate George Russell throughout 2023.Although early running of the W15 appears to indicate that the Mercedes 2024 challenger has dialled out many of its vices – includingContinue Reading
The Enstone team has made a major concept change since last season and knew that it might take time to optimise.On overall times for the three days, Esteban Ocon and Gasly were 16th and 17th of the 20 drivers participating.While on balance the A524 is not actually the slowest carContinue Reading
Norris has committed his future to McLaren with what is being described only as a “multi-year” deal, which supersedes an existing contract that expired at the end of 2025.The announcement from McLaren arrived less than a week before the shock news broke of Hamilton having decided to depart Mercedes atContinue Reading
Leclerc set the pace at Bahrain International Circuit in the last of three days of testing, beating Russell and Zhou Guanyu of Sauber.Once again, testing was disrupted by a broken drain cover running for a second day in a row during the morning session.2024 Bahrain F1 test, Day 3 …KeepContinue Reading
Leclerc’s team-mate Carlos Sainz had led the final morning session from Red Bull’s Sergio Perez before running was interrupted by a broken drain cover for the second day in a row.Because repairs halted the test for 1h17m, the decision was taken to cancel the planned one-hour lunch break and carryContinue Reading