November 1, 2024

Oscar Piastri says he would be willing to give up a potential victory in the sprint race of Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix to help McLaren team-mate Lando Norris in the championship, despite getting pole position in sprint qualifying on Friday.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Brazilian GP: Piastri grabs sprint pole from Norris; Verstappen fourthNorris trails title favourite Max …Keep reading

Formula 1 drivers have been caught up by the bumpiness of Interlagos’ new track surface, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri joking “seeing the end of the straight is the first objective” in Saturday’s sprint.The historic Brazilian Grand Prix venue in Sao Paulo has been completely resurfaced for 2024, and while drivers agreed the new asphalt delivered more grip, they also felt it made the 4.3km loop a …Keep reading

A new Red Bull chassis didn’t help Sergio Perez turn his fortunes around as he could only qualify in 13th place for the sprint race in Brazil.The under-fire Red Bull driver continues to struggle for form after a poor performance in the US GP in Austin followed by his shocking home race in Mexico last weekend, where he finished 17th.The pressure on Perez is ramping up, and again questions have …Keep reading

Kevin Magnussen will sit out the entire Brazilian Grand Prix weekend due to illness, with reserve driver Oliver Bearman remaining in the car until Sunday.On Friday morning Haas announced that Magnussen would have to sit out the Friday running after being taken ill, and that he would be replaced by Bearman for free practice and sprint qualifying. That also meant Bearman would stay in the car for …Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles has revealed he has spoken to more than one of the team’s rivals as he “actively works” to get Franco Colapinto a Formula 1 drive next season.Colapinto has impressed since he replaced Logan Sargeant from the Italian Grand Prix onwards and, in his five races so far, he has scored five points and never finished below 12th.Despite his eye-catching …Keep reading

The Round of 8 cutoff race has historically been the wildest in all of the playoffs — even more so than the title-decider. Drivers are willing to do just about anything to advance and we’ve seen it all over the past decade. Some prevailed, others did not, but each solidified their place in playoff history with their daring attempts to bend the odds to their will. For this piece, we’re focusing …Keep reading

When Red Bull’s second Formula 1 team rebranded to RB at the start of this year, it came after abandoning an original idea to become Racing Bulls.At the time it was felt that an official title of the ‘Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula 1 team’ was too much of a mouthful, so RB it would be.Fast forward to now and a change of plan is in the offing. The team is set to go back to what it was intended …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc has been summoned by the FIA stewards at the Brazilian Grand Prix for swearing in the post-race press conference in Mexico last weekend.The Monegasque swore when describing his late-race moment in the Mexico City race, where he ran wide at the final corner as he fought hard with Lando Norris.”I had one oversteer and then when I recovered from that oversteer, I had an oversteer from …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri pipped his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to top sprint qualifying at Formula 1’s 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.The McLaren drivers dominated qualifying and took very different approaches to SQ3 compared to their rivals.Elsewhere, there was a shock SQ2 exit for Lewis Hamilton, while Sergio Perez could only take …Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Brazilian GP …Keep reading