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I truly believe Christian Eckes made a miscalculation during Friday night’s Martinsville cutoff race, and I’m not talking about the morality of the bump-and-run for the win, but the logic in it.He may have just chosen a race win over a championship when we end up looking back on this season:”My kingdom for a ‘clock’,” to use the words of doomed king Richard III. Eckes went home with a Martinsville …Keep reading

Lando Norris was waved through by team-mate Oscar Piastri to win Formula 1’s 2024 Brazil sprint race, with the second McLaren saved from a Max Verstappen attack by a late virtual safety car.However, the Red Bull driver faces a post-race investigation for his actions as the VSC was ending on the final lap.At the start, polesitter Piastri moved across to cut off Norris’s run to the inside at …Keep reading

Max Verstappen is under investigation for a potential virtual safety car infringement during the Formula 1 sprint race at the Brazilian Grand Prix.The championship leader had seemingly minimised the damage to nearest challenger Lando Norris, who was waved past by McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to take the win.However, with Verstappen coming home third, the Red Bull driver had only dropped two …Keep reading

Lando Norris says he cannot be proud of his win in the Brazilian GP sprint race after he was handed it on a plate by his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.Piastri, who had taken pole, looked in command and nailed-on to take a routine win in Sao Paulo. However, in a reversal of the team instructions earlier in the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, McLaren asked Piastri to swap positions with Norris …Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel has tipped Max Verstappen to beat Lando Norris to the Formula 1 title this year, despite his car not being the fastest.Verstappen is facing tremendous pressure to hold on to his world championship advantage, with Red Bull having been out developed over the 2024 season by main rivals McLaren and Ferrari.Although the Dutchman holds a 47-points advantage in the drivers’ standings …Keep reading

Jorge Martin says the sprint race at Sepang on Saturday could have had an entirely different outcome had he not toughed it out with polesitter Francesco Bagnaia to take the lead midway through the first corner.As it happened, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia fell out of second place on the third lap of the race, leaving Martin (Pramac Ducati) to stretch his points advantage from 17 to 29 with a …Keep reading

Formula 1 teams have been left facing some difficult strategy choices for the Brazilian Grand Prix as a host of elements have come together to make things extremely complicated.A combination of the new track surface, the timing of the sprint race, Pirelli’s selections for this weekend and uncertainty over the weather have created a perfect storm where the best route forward is not clear right …Keep reading

Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will start Brazil’s sprint race from the pitlane after making sweeping changes to their Aston Martin F1 cars.Alonso and Stroll both struggled for speed in Friday’s sprint qualifying, only managing 16th and 19th respectively.In response to the result and in a desire to further hone in on their car set-up for the remainder of the weekend, both Aston Martins have …Keep reading

McLaren insists no final decision has been made about Gabriel Bortoleto’s Formula 1 future, amid growing indications that the Brazilian could be poised to secure a deal with Sauber.Bortoleto, who is part of McLaren’s young driver programme, has impressed in F2 this season — and currently leads the championship with only the Qatar and Abu Dhabi rounds remaining.His strong form, off the back of …Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia has admitted he will need help from other riders to have any chance of winning the MotoGP world championship following his sprint crash on Saturday.Falling out of the race on lap three while his title rival Jorge Martin went on to win meant Bagnaia’s points deficit grew from 17 to 29 points ahead of Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix.This in turn puts Pramac Ducati rider Martin in …Keep reading