What we learned from Red Bull and McLaren’s Austin F1 upgrades
Red Bull’s renewed challenge at the front of the grid in Austin suggests the team has begun to better understand the issues that it faces in finding performance from the RB20 on a week-by-week basis. However, there are other factors to consider, with its handle on the tyres when compared with the opposition a glaring […]
Was secret front wing upgrade key to Ferrari’s US GP dominance?
Ferrari’s dominance of the United States Grand Prix came on a weekend when it stood out from its rivals in not bringing any upgrades. Or, to be more accurate, none that it officially declared. With closest challengers McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes all introducing developments at the Austin track, the FIA’s official submission sheet that […]
Red Bull hints at long-awaited Tsunoda F1 test
Red Bull has hinted that Yuki Tsunoda could get his first test for the team after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Autosport revealed over the Austin weekend that Japanese manufacturer Honda was pushing hard for Tsunoda to be given a run for Red Bull’s main squad. Read Also: Up until now, he has only tested […]
«Slam dunk» Norris penalty was a «black-and-white» case
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has backed the United States Grand Prix stewards over the penalty given to McLaren’s Lando Norris after his battle with Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen, calling it a «black-and-white» case. Norris was fighting for the final podium position at the Circuit of the Americas when he made an […]
Norris says Austin was “momentum killer” for F1 title hopes
Lando Norris labelled his United States Grand Prix weekend a «momentum killer» for his Formula 1 title hopes after losing ground to Max Verstappen. The McLaren driver had gone into the Austin event 52 points behind his Red Bull rival and well aware that, with time running out, he needed to start cutting the deficit […]
Why McLaren didn’t tell Norris to give place back to Verstappen
McLaren has explained why it didn’t ask Lando Norris to let Max Verstappen past after their Turn 12 off-track battle in Austin, which led to a penalty for the Briton. In the closing stages of Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix, Norris was hounding Verstappen for third when he finally swooped around the outside on […]
‘McLaren complains a lot’ after Norris battle issue at US GP
Max Verstappen has insisted he has no sympathy for McLaren arguing he pushed Lando Norris off at Turn 12 in Austin, saying Red Bull’s rival has been «complaining a lot recently». Norris had been chasing Verstappen for third place for most of the second stint of the COTA’s 56-lap race when he attacked his championship rival […]
Verstappen not interested in Horner/Brown rivalry
Max Verstappen insists he simply «doesn’t care» about the feud between Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner and McLaren boss Zak Brown. The latest spat between the two has overshadowed much of the track action at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Austin, where Verstappen qualified second behind title rival Lando Norris. […]
Lawson reveals Alonso threat after US GP sprint battle
Liam Lawson has claimed Fernando Alonso threatened to «screw» him after a scrap during the sprint race for Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix. Racing for the first time since replacing Daniel Ricciardo after the Singapore GP, Lawson managed to irk Alonso while trying to pass the Aston Martin driver during the 19-lap sprint on […]