Bottas F1 race engineer switch down to Audi «anticipating» changes
Former Ferrari performance engineer Steven Petrik was installed as a replacement for Bottas’ engineer Alex Chan, whom the Finn had worked with since joining the team in 2022. Bottas noted that the decision was «not in my hands», suggesting that this was part of Audi’s «reconstruction» of the Sauber team ahead of the German brand’s […]
F1 drivers with the most grand prix starts before victory
Lando Norris finally became an F1 race winner after taking a long-awaited victory at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The win came during Norris’ sixth year in the series after being one of F1’s highest-rated drivers for several seasons and coming close to victory numerous times. So when Norris finally made that trip to the […]
Leclerc set for new Ferrari F1 race engineer as Xavi Marcos moves role
Marcos has been Leclerc’s race engineer since he joined from Sauber at the start of 2019, getting the role after his working as a factory-based engineer when Carlo Santi had been race engineer for Leclerc’s predecessor Kimi Raikkonen in 2018. This followed long-time Ferrari driver coach and esteemed race engineer Jock Clear working to implement […]
Ricciardo performance in F1 Miami sprint «had been coming»
Ricciardo endured a tough start to the 2024 season, being outperformed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in the opening race while struggling to get comfortable aboard the VCARB01. The Australian’s difficulties dashed the momentum of him being considered for a 2025 Red Bull seat, but in recent races, he has been working his way back to […]
How the mutual faith between Norris and McLaren F1 is finally paying off
Norris’ journey with McLaren goes back way further than that, with CEO Zak Brown taking a personal interest in the Briton’s career even before he joined the Woking squad’s young driver programme in 2017, aged 16. «I regard Lando as a fabulous prospect,» Brown said at the time. «He blew the doors off his rivals […]
Who is Lando Norris, F1’s newest grand prix winner?
The McLaren driver crossed the line 7.6 seconds clear of the all-conquering Max Verstappen, converting a strategy in which he went long on the medium-compound tyres and pouncing on a safety car to cycle out ahead of the three-time world champion. Dispelling the disappointment of his 2021 near-miss at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, […]
Miami F1 win a weight off McLaren’s shoulders, not just Norris
Norris finally broke his duck in F1 on his 110th start, taking a convincing win at the Miami International Autodrome albeit with help from a well-timed safety car. It was Norris’ first win in a motor race in over 2200 days, having previously claimed 15 podiums in F1 before climbing the top step. Norris admitted […]
Sainz penalised for Piastri contact in F1 Miami GP, drops to fifth
The Ferrari driver had finished the race around the Hard Rock Stadium in fourth position, trailing team-mate Charles Leclerc, but falls one place behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the revised classification after being hit with a five-second penalty. Sainz had reached fourth place after a lengthy battle with McLaren driver Piastri, who had passed […]
Lando Norris wins for McLaren
Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari after the McLaren ace took full advantage to make his pitstop under the safety car, unlike all his rivals. 2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix results 2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix report Polesitter Verstappen led the charge to Turn 1, as his team-mate Sergio Perez […]