Verstappen relieved by vital Brazilian GP win that puts F1 title in reach
Max Verstappen breathed a huge sigh of relief after his spectacular victory in the rain-hit Brazilian Grand Prix saw him close in on the 2024 Formula 1 world drivers’ title. While his nearest championship rival Lando Norris faltered, finishing sixth after starting from pole, Verstappen held his nerve with a flawless performance in the wet. The reigning […]
Verstappen takes engine penalty for Sunday’s Brazilian GP
Max Verstappen will take a five-place grid penalty for an engine change for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, as he moves onto his sixth internal combustion engine of the 2024 Formula 1 season. The championship leader had already taken a new ICE beyond the allowable limit of four at July’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, this […]
I have the wrong passport for the F1 paddock
Max Verstappen says he «has the wrong passport» for the Formula 1 paddock amid fierce criticism over his driving tactics in last week’s Mexico Grand Prix. In Mexico City, Verstappen was handed a double 10-second penalty for two incidents in which he forced McLaren title rival Lando Norris off the track, which caused unease from […]
Horner outlines Red Bull’s «biggest challenge» in Brazil after Mexico pain
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has insisted the «biggest challenge» for Formula 1’s reigning constructors’ champions at the upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix weekend will be to match McLaren’s end-of-stint pace. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have consistently outperformed rivals as tyre stints go on in races in recent months, often hanging back and preserving […]
Why Mexico GP believes it has bright future with or without Perez
Organisers of Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix are bullish that their sold-out event will remain successful regardless of Sergio Perez’s F1 future, and are working on a new deal. Perez signed a two-year contract extension earlier this year, but his continued difficulties in performing at a consistently high level have Red Bull constantly monitoring the […]
FIA stewards reject McLaren’s Right of Review petition over Norris’s Austin penalty
McLaren has had its request for a Right of Review into Lando Norris’ Austin penalty rejected by the FIA stewards for last weekend’s Formula 1 race in Austin. McLaren had argued that the stewards made an incorrect statement – and overall call – in handing Norris a penalty in Document 69 (from the FIA timing […]
McLaren instigates right of review over Norris’s US GP penalty racing Verstappen
McLaren has instigated a right of review request into Lando Norris’s penalty in Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix – the first step in trying to get the sanction overturned. Norris was hit with a five-second penalty for overtaking Red Bull’s Max Verstappen off the track as they duelled late in the race at Austin. […]
What we learned from Red Bull and McLaren’s Austin F1 upgrades
Red Bull’s renewed challenge at the front of the grid in Austin suggests the team has begun to better understand the issues that it faces in finding performance from the RB20 on a week-by-week basis. However, there are other factors to consider, with its handle on the tyres when compared with the opposition a glaring […]
«Slam dunk» Norris penalty was a «black-and-white» case
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has backed the United States Grand Prix stewards over the penalty given to McLaren’s Lando Norris after his battle with Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen, calling it a «black-and-white» case. Norris was fighting for the final podium position at the Circuit of the Americas when he made an […]