Who has won the most consecutive F1 world drivers’ championships?
Max Verstappen is currently enjoying a period of F1 world championship dominance, winning the last three drivers’ titles. The Dutchman is also leading the 2024 standings and could claim a fourth straight crown which would make Verstappen just the fifth driver in F1 history to achieve said feat. So, who are those drivers? Michael Schumacher, […]
How Piastri is already showing signs of being a true F1 great
“The future is his.” McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, again, saying exactly how it is. In this case, regarding the coming years of Oscar Piastri in Formula 1. Specifically, Stella was answering a question regarding how Piastri might react to the expected team orders push from McLaren to support Lando Norris’s 2024 title bid. “I […]
Mercedes duo puzzled as W15 got “almost slower” over Italian GP
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are struggling to understand why optimal performance eluded Mercedes over the Italian Grand Prix, as Formula 1’s pecking order looks unpredictable. Hamilton topped both the second and third free practice sessions at Monza, as well as Q2, but he and Russell ended up qualifying sixth and third respectively, before finishing […]
Ferrari needs more evidence for its high-speed bouncing fix
Ferrari is still seeking answers on whether its latest floor upgrades have turned its 2024 Formula 1 season around until heading to higher-downforce circuits. The Italian squad brought a new floor to June’s Barcelona round that induced bouncing problems in high-speed corners, which meant it had to revert to an older specification before applying some […]
Williams loaded Colapinto with «more information than a human can take»
Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles says he was impressed with how the team’s rookie driver Franco Colapinto managed a mid-season debut in Italy. Williams academy driver Colapinto was promoted to a race seat at the expense of Logan Sargeant in between a busy double-header of Zandvoort and Monza, making his debut at the […]
Mercedes car more “on edge” since summer break
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that its Formula 1 results since the summer break have been impacted by its car being more “on the edge”. The German manufacturer had gone into the shutdown period buoyed by three victories in four races – with George Russell having triumphed in Austria and Lewis Hamilton adding wins in […]
The V10 beast that still holds the Bahrain track record
1m31.447s. The fastest lap of the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, set by Pedro de la Rosa, remains the official lap record at the Sakhir circuit — something the Spaniard will boast about whenever the opportunity arises. And it doesn’t take him even a second to name the McLaren MP4-20 his favourite car of all time. […]
Autosport Podcast: Italian GP analysis
Bryn Lucas is joined again by Jake Boxall-Legge and Filip Cleeren as they continue their analysis of the Italian Grand Prix. On this episode, they discuss Kimi Antonelli’s exciting F1 debut, with the 18-year-old showing scintillating pace until a crash at the Parabolica on his second hot lap put him in the wall. A promising […]
The blessing and curse in Bearman’s second 2024 substitute appearance
One-time Formula 1 team-mates Ollie Bearman and Charles Leclerc share much common ground – beyond their shared experience racing Ferrari’s SF-24 around Jeddah’s high-speed city track blast. While racing full-time in the lower formulas, they both made several practice appearances for the Haas squad where Bearman is now set to make an unscheduled early debut […]