Vowles defends sacrificing Sargeant’s Williams F1 car for Albon in Australian GP
With Albon’s original car being damaged beyond repair following a crash in opening practice at Albert Park, and Williams having no spare chassis on hand, the team had to withdraw one of its entries.But rather than it leaving Albon on the sidelines, it took the controversial choice to give himContinue Reading
Vowles defends Sargeant sacrificing Williams F1 car for Albon in Australian GP
With Albon’s original car being damaged beyond repair following a crash in opening practice at Albert Park, and Williams having no spare chassis on hand, the team had to withdraw one of its entries.But rather than it leaving Albon on the sidelines, it took the controversial choice to give himContinue Reading
Marko blasts Tsunoda and Ricciardo as “too slow” in F1 races
With RB having been relaunched this year under new management, owner Red Bull had hoped the team would deliver progress on track to fight nearer the front of the field.But a difficult start to the campaign, with RB fighting in the second half of the pack, has left both TsunodaContinue Reading
MotoGP Portuguese GP: Marquez tops opening practice in dusty conditions
Heavy overnight rain left the Portuguese circuit covered in sand and dust for the start of Friday’s track action, with the first Moto3 practiced red-flagged and then canned due to the conditions.Things improved enough for the first Moto2 session to run to schedule, with the opening 45-minute practice for theContinue Reading
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel to test Porsche’s Le Mans hypercar
Vettel will take the wheel of the 963, which Porsche runs in collaboration with American powerhouse Penske, at a 36-hour test at MotorLand Aragon in Spain.The 36-year-old German has already turned his first laps of the prototype at Porsche’s Weissach base following extensive simulator running.“I’m looking forward to testing theContinue Reading
Albon takes over Sargeant’s F1 chassis for remainder of Australian GP
Albon suffered a big accident during Friday morning’s first free practice session, which prompted a chassis change for the Anglo-Thai driver.Because Williams didn’t have a spare chassis at its disposal, the Grove team has decided to let Albon use team-mate Sargeant’s car, meaning the American will sit out the restContinue Reading
What we learned from Friday F1 practice at the 2024 Australian GP
A brief excursion at Turn 1 mattered little to Charles Leclerc. He was already on top of the Formula 1 pile in FP2, prior to his brief off towards the end of the session, having beaten Max Verstappen by almost four-tenths of a second.F1’s trip Down Under left many battingContinue Reading
Mercedes’ F1 set-up changes “massively backfired” – Wolff
The Silver Arrows camp arrived in Melbourne optimistic about taking a “huge step forward”, with Lewis Hamilton defending the W15 as an “amazing car” and not being an “evil sister”.This followed driver complaints that the team was falling back in the opening races of the new year, with Mercedes startingContinue Reading
Brown signs new deal to remain as McLaren F1 CEO until 2030
The American joined the Woking outfit in 2016, initially as the executive director of the McLaren Technology Group before moving into his current position as the CEO in the middle of 2018.Under his leadership, McLaren has massively expanded its racing activities to add an IndyCar programme plus a Formula EContinue Reading
Red Bull left chasing gains after Ferrari’s “very impressive” race runs
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was quickest overall in second free practice at Albert Park, finishing the session 0.381 seconds clear of world championship leader Max Verstappen.But while Red Bull thinks the single-lap form is clouded by teams running different engine modes, the squad thinks the Ferrari challenge is real based onContinue Reading