How latest twist to Red Bull F1 drama exposes dirty war at the top
But beyond the impact of what could be a significant change at the top, the development has shone a spotlight on what now appears to be a war for control of the squad.What originally started as the story of an isolated complaint by a female employee against the behaviour ofContinue Reading
Hamilton: F1 debut at 18 would have hurt my career
Bearman impressed the whole F1 paddock by jumping into Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari in Jeddah on Friday and qualifying 11th, having come close to bumping Hamilton out of Q3.At age 18 Hamilton won the 2003 Formula Renault UK title, before making his F3 debut in the Macau and Korea events atContinue Reading
Quartararo struggled too much on “really bad” Qatar MotoGP Friday
Quartararo was classified a distant 19th in the only dry practice on Friday afternoon, finishing 1.2 seconds off the pace set by Jorge Martin on the Pramac Ducati, as he struggled in low-grip conditions on the 2024-spec Yamaha M1.New team-mate Alex Rins was half a second quicker than him inContinue Reading
Why Saudi Arabian GP could deliver one of F1’s most “unpleasant” races
That’s the view of Red Bull driver Sergio Perez, but it’s echoed by his F1 peers.It all centres on the 3.84-mile street track having an average speed of 155mph, with the close-proximity walls requiring additional levels of concentration and precision.The circuit is also an anti-clockwise configuration, one of eight onContinue Reading
Wolff makes offer to Marko amid Red Bull F1 future doubts
Marko’s future as Red Bull’s motorsport advisor has been thrown into doubt after it emerged in Saudi Arabia that he could face imminent suspension.It comes amid an investigation by the Red Bull energy drinks company into suspicions that Marko may have been involved in the leaking of confidential information toContinue Reading
Denny Hamlin sees progress coming at his “by far weakest oval”
During much of last season, Toyotas struggled on shorter tracks, with Hamlin scoring the manufacturer’s only victory on an asphalt track a mile in length or less (fall Bristol).The group, and Hamlin in particular, have had issues finding speed at Phoenix Raceway, which is especially important considering it’s the site ofContinue Reading
Joey Logano leads Denny Hamlin in NASCAR Cup practice at Phoenix
Logano, in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford, topped the speed chart with an average lap speed of 131.166 mph with Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota just behind him at 131.080 mph.Fords have won the first three poles of the season with Logano claiming two of them –Continue Reading
Power: Rosenqvist “on another planet” in opening IndyCar practice
Rosenqvist lapped his Honda-powered MSR machine in 1m00.339s, almost half a second quicker than his rivals after his off-season switch from Arrow McLaren.The rest of the top 10 were covered by less than three tenths, which moved fourth-fastest driver Power to state that “Felix is on another planet out there”.“Kinda surprised,” reflectedContinue Reading
IndyCar St. Petersburg: Felix Rosenqvist paces opening practice
Running the softer alternate tyres, the Swede dropped a lap of 1m00.3390s around the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit to head the leaderboard in the final segment of the session.The lap from Rosenqvist, who joined MSR from Arrow McLaren over the off-season, put him 0.4722s ahead of former team-mate PatoContinue Reading
Verstappen hopes “impressive” F1 debutant Bearman doesn’t fixate on missing Q3
Bearman made his full F1 debut in place of the appendicitis-addled Carlos Sainz at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday, jumping into an SF-24 with only FP3 to prepare ahead of qualifying on the high-speed, walled layout in the Red Sea coastal city.He finished 11th in qualifying –Continue Reading