Norris can beat Verstappen in straight fight but ‘many races ending in tears’
Norris led home Verstappen in F1’s most recent race in Miami – the Briton gaining from a mid-race safety car just as he appeared to be growing into a victory threat and with Verstappen having damaged his Red Bull. The result has raised hopes of further battles between the pair now McLaren has made a […]
Ferrari announces d’Ambrosio, Serra signings from Mercedes F1 team
Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will take on the head of chassis performance engineering role at Ferrari on 1 October and will report to technical chief Enrico Cardile. The news of Serra’s move was revealed by Autosport last year. The Frenchman entered F1 as an engineer for Michelin, before joining the BMW Sauber […]
Why Ford feels Red Bull has ace up its sleeve with F1 2026 engine project
The American car giant is teaming up with Red Bull Powertrains to help develop an engine for the new 2026 regulations. The ambitious plans, which will see Red Bull produce its own power unit for the first time in its history, have led to suggestions that it could be a step too far and risk […]
Tsunoda has made a «huge step» in F1 2024
Tsunoda scored seventh in last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, cementing RB’s sixth position in the constructors’ table after team-mate Daniel Ricciardo scored fourth in Saturday’s sprint. While Ricciardo had been struggling to get up to speed this year in the VCARB01, Tsunoda picked up the baton as the team’s lead driver over the first five […]
Komatsu «gave everything» to keep me at Haas in F1 2025
At the end of last month, Hulkenberg inked a new deal with Sauber to join the Swiss-based outfit next year ahead of its takeover by Audi, becoming the German manufacturer’s first factory signing for 2026. This means his term with Haas will come to a close at the end of the current season, leaving the […]
Verstappen not a fan of F1 superlicence points system blocking Antonelli
A driver aiming to compete in an F1 race has to accumulate a total of 40 points to be granted a superlicence, a system that was introduced for 2016. The FIA, Formula 1’s ruling body, decided to introduce the points system after Verstappen made his grand prix debut at the age of 17 years and 166 days […]
Piastri «more conscious of his strengths» after Miami F1 race
Piastri had the better start of the two McLaren drivers in Miami, muscling his way past Norris, Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez after the latter went straight on in the first corner. In a McLaren that didn’t receive all the upgrades that Norris’ MCL38 had equipped, Piastri nevertheless showed great pace early on and passed […]
Norris’ ‘haunting’ Russia 2021 F1 defeat can be «put behind us now»
The British driver had looked on course for his first F1 victory in Sochi in 2021 having secured his first pole position and led from the front, only to make a critical strategy error and stay out on slicks as a deluge of rain hit the circuit in the dying laps. That error of judgement […]
RB could catch F1’s top five teams
The Faenza-based team enjoyed its most competitive outing of the year in Miami last weekend, with Tsunoda scoring twice thanks to an eighth-place finish in Saturday’s sprint followed by a strong drive to seventh in Sunday’s race. Team-mate Daniel Ricciardo had a strong Saturday as well, qualifying and finishing fourth, before a rather anonymous grand prix in […]