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 […]
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 […]
Audi admits to youth versus experience dilemma over F1 driver choice
The Audi-owned Sauber Formula 1 team has admitted to facing a youth versus experience dilemma over its driver choice for next year, as it ponders what is best for the long term. The German manufacturer had hoped to lure Carlos Sainz for 2025 to become team-mate to Nico Hulkenberg, as it transitions to become a […]
McLaren, Antonelli and more after the Italian GP
In this edition of the show, the trio discuss McLaren, which has arguably become the best team in Formula 1, and with a genuine chance to capture both drivers’ and constructors’ world titles. But with Charles Leclerc beating both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on the day, is McLaren tripping over its mechanical feet? […]
Autosport Podcast: Italian GP analysis
The Italian Grand Prix is never short of emotion or drama and 2024’s version certainly didn’t disappoint! After McLaren locked out the front row in qualifying, it was the surprise of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc running a one-stop strategy that earned him his second win of the season, and home glory for the Tifosi. Jake Boxall-Legge […]
Newey’s move to Aston Martin set to be made official
Adrian Newey’s move to the Aston Martin Formula 1 team looks set to be announced in the build-up to next week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Following months of speculation about the future of the legendary F1 designer, who announced earlier this year that he would be leaving Red Bull, final confirmation of his plans is likely […]
“Nobody’s perfect” — but Leclerc came close with final Monza stint
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc produced a stunning 33-lap run of lap time consistency to win Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix, which has evoked memories of other such famous moments from motorsport history. In the 2022 Mexican GP, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen managed 38 straight laps in the same lap time bracket (1m38s), while the 1983 […]
Two Mercedes collisions behind Verstappen’s Hamilton penalty call in Italian GP
Max Verstappen and the two Mercedes drivers were involved in separate collisions as Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix commenced, which explained the Red Bull driver’s call for a Lewis Hamilton penalty. Verstappen had started seventh and behind the Mercedes pair on Sunday, with George Russell in the lead W15 actually lining up third and […]
Eight things we learned from the 2024 Italian Grand Prix
The Temple of Speed has just concluded its latest sermon, a cautionary tale of not hedging one’s bets and expecting to control a race that sat on a strategic knife-edge. It all came to pass at this year’s edition of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza — Formula 1’s 74th visit to the circuit north-west […]