Outspoken and popular founding Haas team principal Guenther Steiner left the squad over the winter as his contract came to an end.Steiner also had a disagreement with owner Gene Haas that related to the technical structure and level of investment required to climb the constructors’ standings, after the American squadContinue Reading
The older brother of double F1 world champion Emerson and father of Indycar race-winner Christian had been ill for some time.He had been hospitalised since Christmas Day, which was also his birthday, after he choked on a piece of meat. His family was unable to clear his airway, which triggeredContinue Reading
Although there have been similar instances over the years at various tracks, the current generation of high downforce ground effect cars appear to be more likely to trigger problems when they run over covers due to the forces involved.Testing in Bahrain was stopped on both Thursday and Friday due toContinue Reading
Hamilton drove for the Frenchman’s ASM F3 team in 2005, winning the European title. The following year he graduated to GP2 with Vasseur’s rebranded ART GP outfit, again winning the championship, before moving into F1 with McLaren.Inevitably when Vasseur joined Ferrari at the start of 2023 there was speculation thatContinue Reading
Its logos will be seen on the Swiss team’s C44 and on the overalls of drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu at the Miami and Las Vegas GPs, while its parent company Energy Transfer will be featured in Austin.Sunoco has a long history of involvement in US motorsport and isContinue Reading
Alonso reckons the new AMR24 marks an improvement over last year’s car, but he is reluctant to say that the team will repeat its flying start from 2023 – due to the winter progress made by rival teams.However, the two-time champion believes that reigning constructors’ champion Red Bull will beContinue Reading
Sainz’s 1m31.247s set on the C3 tyres headed the times by 0.236s from Sergio Perez in the Red Bull, who also set his best time on the C3 compound, on another stalled morning of testing.The final day of testing was halted after only 27 minutes when a drain cover cameContinue Reading
The three-day test at the Sakhir International Circuit has been stopped twice due to the drain cover on the approach to the track’s Turn 11 coming loose.This is due to the powerful underfloor aerodynamics of the new ground-effect machines straining drains and their concrete surrounds as the cars pass overContinue Reading
The three-day test at the Sakhir International Circuit has been stopped twice due to the drain cover on the approach to the track’s Turn 11 coming loose.This is due to the powerful underfloor aerodynamics of the new ground-effect machines straining drains and their concrete surrounds as the cars pass overContinue Reading
The Italian said that, thus far, the car has performed as it was expected to and stressed that adding more overall grip remains the priority as the team embarks on a busy development programme.McLaren has enjoyed an encouraging two days of testing in Bahrain so far, although it lost someContinue Reading