September 12, 2024

Carlos Sainz reckons that Ferrari’s execution of races and strategy has kept it in the Formula 1 constructors’ title hunt, despite a “poor” middle part of the season.Amid expectations that McLaren will surpass Red Bull in the constructors’ championship standings owing to their respective performance shifts and current eight-point difference, Ferrari also remains involved in the title battle as it …Keep reading

Fernando Alonso says he played a role in trying to convince Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey to join Aston Martin, though he admits he might run out of time to benefit from his work.After months of speculation, Aston Martin announced on Tuesday it had signed Newey to work on its 2026 car project from March 2025 onwards, with Newey set to leave Red Bull after finishing off his RB17 hypercar …Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris says team-mate Oscar Piastri won’t have to give up Formula 1 race wins to support his title bid.McLaren has come out backing Norris as he aims to overturn Max Verstappen’s 62-point lead in the drivers’ championship, with Red Bull’s downturn in form offering the Briton a realistic chance of snatching the world title away from the Dutchman over the remaining eight …Keep reading

Aston Martin could be a future destination for Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen following the appointment of Adrian Newey as technical managing partner, according to team boss Mike Krack.Newey’s highly anticipated new role was confirmed on Tuesday and the 65-year-old design guru will take up his position at Aston Martin in March having stepped away from his job at Red Bull earlier this …Keep reading

Arvid Lindblad has joined F3 champion Leonardo Fornaroli in having his place on the 2025 F2 grid confirmed.The British driver will compete for Campos, the team that currently fields fellow Red Bull junior and championship leader Isack Hadjar.Lindblad enjoyed a largely successful maiden F3 campaign, winning the season-opening sprint race in Bahrain before following this up with a feature race win …Keep reading

Toyota driver Sebastien Buemi believes his late-race clash with Kevin Estre’s Porsche at the Austin World Endurance Championship round “looked worse than it was”.Buemi insisted that the camera angles of the incident on the Circuit of The America’s back straight when he moved over on the Frenchman to defend his position “made it look very different to how it felt in the car”, while admitting that …Keep reading

Ahead of the Italian Grand Prix Williams replaced struggling Logan Sargeant in its quest to score points with both cars. So how realistic is it to expect points from his replacement Franco Colapinto?While the decision to relieve Sargeant from his duties did not come as a surprise, the sudden timing of it and the choice for inexperienced rookie Colapinto, just when Williams needs someone who can …Keep reading

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella says Oscar Piastri has agreed to back Lando Norris’s bid to win the 2024 Formula 1 world championship, following the squad’s post-Monza team orders discussions.The situation will only apply in specific circumstances and is part of McLaren’s bid to avoid the intra-team fighting that was so costly early in the last race in Italy.Norris has been Max Verstappen’s …Keep reading

As the fight at the front of Formula 1 has got more intense, the key to success has been in bringing the best upgrades without hitting a snag.The missteps taken so far this year by Ferrari, Red Bull, Aston Martin and Mercedes are in contrast to a McLaren team that has so far nailed all the developments it has brought to the MCL38.As rivals ponder just why McLaren has managed to get things so …Keep reading