Oakes: Alpine now has “clear leadership” with Briatore and me
New Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes reckons that the Enstone squad was in need of someone to “take a bullet for the team” and fully commit to its management – and believes he has brought that quality.The Briton was installed as the team principal when former incumbent Bruno Famin steppedContinue Reading
Alpine now has a leader who will “take a bullet for the team” – Oakes
New Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes reckons that the Enstone squad was in need of someone to “take a bullet for the team” and fully commit to its management – and believes he has brought that quality.The Briton was installed as the team principal when former incumbent Bruno Famin steppedContinue Reading
Ben Hunt: Newey grounded by Red Bull after Aston Martin unveiling
The grandeur of Adrian Newey’s unveiling at Aston Martin was baffling – especially while he remains an employee of Red Bull.It was reminiscent of when footballer Paul Ince posed for photographs in a Manchester United shirt while he was still a West Ham United player in 1989.The photograph was exposedContinue Reading
Colapinto crashes out of Azerbaijan GP FP1
Franco Colapinto brought out the red flag as he crashed in the first free practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with the Argentinian’s second Formula 1 race weekend for Williams beginning in inauspicious circumstances.Having replaced Logan Sargeant ahead of the Italian Grand Prix a fortnight ago, Colapinto impressed onContinue Reading
F1 Azerbaijan GP: Verstappen tops opening practice as Leclerc, Colapinto crash
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen headed an incident-packed first practice session for Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which was red flagged for crashes by Charles Leclerc and Franco Colapinto.Baku’s high-speed layout offers low grip at the best of times as a one-off street circuit, but a light rain shower inContinue Reading
Red Bull explains “subtle” floor upgrade for Azerbaijan GP
Red Bull has introduced a revised floor for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as it seeks to arrest its current slide and defend its Formula 1 championships.The team has managed just two podium finishes in the last six races, as its form nosedived in recent races. This has put the team’sContinue Reading
Why McLaren’s team orders solution has invited more confusion
Oscar Piastri is willing to give up Formula 1 race victories to Lando Norris. Except, it won’t come to that.Norris is thankful McLaren is now showing “bias” towards him in the 2024 world championship but doesn’t want to be “given” the title.The intra-McLaren Monza battle can happen again, but notContinue Reading
Why McLaren’s half-baked team orders solution will invite more confusion
Oscar Piastri is willing to give up Formula 1 race victories to Lando Norris. Except, it won’t come to that.Norris is thankful McLaren is now showing “bias” towards him in the 2024 world championship but doesn’t want to be “given” the title.The intra-McLaren Monza battle can happen again, but notContinue Reading
Friday favourite: When a BTCC legend taught Tordoff the ropes
Contesting your first full British Touring Car Championship season with a factory-backed team when that manufacturer has recently returned to the series after a decade away can be quite a daunting scenario.It’s one in which Sam Tordoff found himself back in 2013 when he joined the Triple Eight-run MG squad.Continue Reading
WEC Fuji: BMW leads Porsche and Cadillac in tight FP2
BMW, Porsche and Cadillac ended up within two hundredths of each other at the top of the times in second free practice for Sunday’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.Dries Vanthoor led the way for the WRT BMW team from Porsche driver Matt Campbell and Cadillac’s Alex Lynn in theContinue Reading