Mercedes taking action to cure F1 car’s “underlying balance” problem
The German manufacturer has endured a challenging start to the 2024 campaign, with its W15 showing flashes of speed but struggling to deliver consistency through race weekends. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have battled a ‘knife-edge’ feeling at times, as Mercedes has failed to nail a set-up that exploits the potential that it believes is […]
Ayrton Senna’s famous Honda NSX up for sale
The car is one of three examples of the Honda NSX owned by Senna, with his red NSX one of the cars the Brazilian kept at his Portuguese home. The car was first registered in 1991 and has since accumulated 39,100 miles / 62,925 kilometres. Senna’s red Honda was made famous by several photoshoots in […]
Ricciardo felt «rapid» before Stroll F1 clash in China
Under a mid-race safety car, Aston Martin driver Stroll clattered into the back of Ricciardo at the hairpin, which forced the Australian to retire with car damage. Ricciardo was furious with Stroll’s refusal to take blame for the incident, while the Canadian labelled his penalty a «joke». But amid a tough a thus far point-less […]
Ferrari «made too many mistakes» for podium fight at F1 Chinese GP
Ferrari has been the 2024 season’s second-best team so far, but didn’t live up to those expectations at last weekend’s Shanghai event. Having had at least one driver on the podium across the first four races, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz only qualified sixth and seventh respectively, six-tenths off Max Verstappen. The pair managed to […]
McLaren «surprised» by China F1 race pace after sprint struggles
McLaren’s Lando Norris started on pole for Saturday morning’s 19-lap sprint race but after going off at the start he fell down to seventh. That became sixth at the chequered flag due to Fernando Alonso’s retirement, finishing in front of team-mate Oscar Piastri but behind both Ferraris. Its race pace relative to the Scuderia seemed […]
Ferrari announces Miami F1 livery change to mark US anniversary
The Scuderia is set to unveil a one-off look for the Miami Grand Prix which will make reference to the heritage of the manufacturer in a contemporary manner, with two shades of blue being brought back from the pages of history — Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino. The change will be made to honour […]
Sargeant baffled about not being told of illegal F1 safety car overtake
During the caution period to remove Valtteri Bottas’s stricken Sauber, Sargeant was running down the start-finish straight towards Turn 1 as his Haas rival emerged from the pits following a change of tyres. But while Hulkenberg reached the critical safety car line that determines the running order a split second in front, Sargeant’s speed offset […]
Leclerc start battle cost Ferrari in F1 China GP
Leclerc and Sainz lined up sixth and seventh respectively, but both lost positions to Mercedes driver George Russell and Haas man Nico Hulkenberg as they crossed paths in Shanghai’s first corner complex. Sainz was pushed wide in Turn 2 by an understeering Leclerc, who visibly struggled to get his tyres up to temperature, further illustrated […]
F1’s new points system looks on course to get support it needs
As exclusively revealed by Autosport ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, F1’s teams are due to discuss with the FIA and FOM the idea of revising the points system for 2025 to offer rewards down to 12th place. Amid concerns that the effective current lock-out of the top ten positions by the leading five teams […]