August 25, 2024

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has refused to rule out McLaren winning both Formula 1 titles after Max Verstappen’s 23-second defeat to Lando Norris at the Dutch Grand Prix.Verstappen had returned from F1’s mid-season summer break with a 78-point lead over Norris, while Red Bull was 42 in front of McLaren in the constructors’ standings.The latter gap had already been closing steadily …Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has officially confirmed youngster Andrea Kimi Antonelli will make his F1 practice debut with the team at next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix but has ruled out any short-term loan to Williams.As first reported by Motorsport.com’s Italian edition, Mercedes junior driver Antonelli has been lined up for a Friday FP1 session with the W15 at his home race.The Italian …Keep reading

Lando Norris secured his second Formula 1 victory with a dominant performance at the Dutch Grand Prix to beat Max Verstappen at his home race.Despite losing the lead into the first corner, Norris recovered from that to pass Verstappen and immediately started to build a break over the Red Bull to ensure he had a considerable cushion in hand over the Dutchman – crossing the line with a 22.9-second …Keep reading

Jack Doohan says he discovered he was being offered an F1 seat with Alpine while he was driving home from an average dinner in Spa.The Aussie, who joined Alpine’s driver development programme in 2022, says he cannot remember who he even spoke to at Alpine, such was his excitement.”I was coming back from a quite mediocre dinner in a small little restaurant in Spa on the Monday night, before my …Keep reading

Haas could face delays in getting to the Italian GP as it is still at odds with Uralkali over whether a payment believed to total around $9 million has been paid to the Russian firm.Cars and equipment were evaluated with bailiffs and police in the pitlane at Zandvoort on Thursday evening after Uralkali claimed last month that Haas had missed a July deadline for the refund of a cancelled …Keep reading

Following the move to ground-effect cars in the major aerodynamic rules reset the championship implemented for 2022, the FIA introduced a new scrutineering process to aid with checking the designs the teams run each weekend with the information they have supplied ahead of each race event.Alex Albon was disqualified from qualifying for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix after his floor, which Williams’ own …Keep reading