Month: August 2024

“It’s been a challenging year for us,” the Finn explained. “We still haven’t scored a single point which wasn’t the target going into the season. We wanted to see an upwards trajectory from last year, and it hasn’t happened. “We started the season with not that easy a car to set up, and even on

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Before McLaren’s 1000-strong staff flicked on their ‘out of office’ messages and set their batteries to recharge mode for Formula 1’s mandatory two-week summer shutdown, they congregated en masse on the boulevard that overlooks a serene lake and the Surrey countryside at their Woking HQ to share a champagne toast. Their haul of 14 trophies

Eleven years ago the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix should have been a celebration of a timely one-two for Red Bull. It catapulted the team from Milton Keynes to the top of both the drivers’ and constructors’ World Championships – ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari – and brought the victorious Sebastian Vettel level with Sir

Twenty months into the biggest job in Formula 1 and Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur is methodically chipping away at reshaping the world’s most famous racing team, as he bids to turn them back into world beaters and champions of the sport. It hasn’t been easy, obviously. Every decision he makes, every move on track, every

Grill the Grid is back for the third round of 2024 as we check out the drivers’ observation skills in our spot the mistake challenge. Presented with circuit maps, trophies and pit stop snaps, not everything is as it seems, as the F1 grid are tasked with identifying what has been changed in each image.

The Mercedes W15 that began this season did not look so outwardly different to the car which won three of the last four races before the summer break. Yet the gap in performance between those two versions of the car could hardly be more stark. Mercedes, three years in, finally seem to have unlocked the

The 2024 season has been nothing if not a giver. A red-hot slice of driver market news here, some cloak-in-dagger team personnel changes there – to say nothing of the seven different winners in 14 races, the most in a season since 2012. An F1 website editor’s dream, in short. So with half the year

Williams enjoyed a mini resurgence in 2023 as James Vowles took the Grove operation from the bottom of the F1 standings to seventh position during his first season as team boss. It’s fair to say 2024 has been more challenging so far, including a chassis shortage that dramatically forced one of their cars to miss

Global superstars Ludacris, Alesso and OneRepublic are set to headline the T-Mobile Zone at Sphere Stage during the Las Vegas Grand Prix from November 21-23, while a host of other acts will take to the stage for thrilling performances throughout the weekend. Chromeo, DRAMA, Kaleena Zanders, MEUTE, The Beaches, TOO MANY ZOOZ and more are

Best moment The Chinese Grand Prix weekend brought some positive moments for Kick Sauber both on and off the circuit, even if this ultimately was not reflected in the final results. After a close intra-team battle in Saturday’s Sprint, Zhou only just missed out on taking a point by ending the event in P9, while

With four teams consistently fighting for race wins, and Max Verstappen facing some tough competition, the latest episode of F1 Nation looks ahead to what should be an electric second half of the season. Host Tom Clarkson is joined by 1996 World Champion Damon Hill to discuss the battles developing at the top of the

Aston Martin boss Mike Krack has acknowledged that the squad had “expected more” from their 2024 season, with the British outfit finding themselves some distance from the leading four teams, though he also remains confident that they are on the “right path”. The 2023 campaign kicked off in memorable style for Aston Martin, as Fernando

“So, yeah, it’s hard to… I’ll see what’s available out there and make my mind when I get there. Right now, I’m in Formula 1 and there’s still a couple of seats open for next year that I’d like to see where all that ends up, and then look at things afterwards.” Haas Team Principal

Karun Chandhok sacrificed plenty to achieve his dream of making it as a racing driver, moving more than 8,000 kilometres from home in India to the UK and embarking on a motorsport journey that led all the way to F1. In the latest instalment of Lights to Flag, he remembers the challenges of living abroad

The 2024 season has served up some titanic tussles and epic races so far – and we’ve still got 10 Grands Prix to go in what should be an exhilarating climax to the year. With F1 now in its traditional mid-season break, and plenty of drama behind us, last week we asked you what had

Great Britain F1 welcomed 16 of its Engineering Scholars from the UK and Italy to Silverstone, where they received a full day of unique experiences including paddock and garage tours and a networking event with F1 supported charity Mission 44. Additionally, supported by charities Make-A-Wish, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Race Against Dementia, Formula 1

Valtteri Bottas entered the 2019 campaign looking to right the wrongs of a challenging second term at Mercedes that saw him place a win-less fifth in the standings while team mate Lewis Hamilton charged to another world title. But anyone who doubted the Finn would soon be in for a surprise, with a new-and-improved ‘Bottas

“He’ll bring a good mentality to the team, a winning mentality, but of course his talent is undeniable. He’s one of the best to have ever done it. “It’s great that in some way he can share his experience with me slightly. I hope that I will learn a lot from him and I hope

When Lando Norris said after the Hungarian Grand Prix that he had always intended to hand back the lead to team mate Oscar Piastri, I believed him. I still do. I think he’s a decent and honourable man and, as he demonstrated while fighting against his buddy Max Verstappen in Austria, he drives within his

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes that the increasingly competitive field that has developed during the 2024 season will continue into next year, while the Italian has also given his take on the importance of the new 2026 regulations. Max Verstappen and Red Bull looked to be a powerful force during the opening races of the