Month: December 2024

To say that the 2024 season has been action-packed would be something of an understatement; from huge news stories breaking off the track to some increasingly close battles on it, there were plenty of talking points throughout the year. With so much going on, it’s easy to forget some of the events that happened during

It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2024 and the extraordinary F1 season that came with it. While the battles on track kept us gripped throughout the year, as well as the various driver market moves, it’s time now to celebrate the lighter side of the sport. Here we have our 2024 ‘alternative awards’ –

“And that’s not an over-confident saying, that’s… I know I made my mistakes, I know what I’m capable of doing, and I know if I can improve on these things it’s definitely possible, so I’m excited. As much as I want this season now to end and I want to go have a holiday, I’m

Formula 1 served up a thrilling season in 2024, with a host of different winners, an incredible comeback for McLaren, a fourth drivers’ title for Max Verstappen and plenty of action in between. As ever, IndyCar star and F1 TV pundit was watching closely, and have picked out the five drivers who impressed him most

Oscar Piastri has given his assessment of his sophomore season in F1, with the Australian believing that he has shown “pretty clear progress” from his rookie campaign whilst also suggesting that he “made life too difficult” for himself in certain areas during 2024. While McLaren endured a tough start to 2023 when Piastri made his

— 16 — Number of positions gained by Verstappen and Charles Leclerc on their respective recovery drives in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. With it being heralded by many as one of the standout performances of the year – and of his career – Verstappen’s Sao Paulo masterclass perhaps needs little introduction, the Dutchman having climbed

“I’ve grown a lot as a driver and I think we’ve grown a lot also as a team, because when it’s been such a long time, obviously, the people in the team, most of them have changed, and so for many people, it was also the first time fighting again with Ferrari at the top.

‘It was a weight off my shoulders’ By the time the F2 paddock reconvened in Lusail, Bortoleto’s future was set as he’d inked his F1 deal to join the grid in 2025. He recalls the moment and feelings he had, joined by those closest to him who have supported and been a part of his

Christian Horner has given a further insight into Sergio Perez’s exit from Red Bull, with the team boss stating that the Mexican came to the decision to step away himself as he takes time to reflect on his next steps. Speculation had been building over Perez’s position at the Milton Keynes outfit for some time

The 2024 season may have culminated in Abu Dhabi with the “worst two hours” of McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown’s life, but boy was it worth it. The Papaya squad are well and truly back having secured their first constructors’ crown in 26 years, while Lando Norris put up an admirable challenge to Max Verstappen

Asked in the closing stages of the season if Tsunoda was impressing him as much as he did at the start, Mekies commented: “Of course he is. If you look at the drivers’ performance, it very much followed the team’s performance through the year. “We had a slow start, and a fantastic string of races,

In the last edition of Tech Weekly we discussed how McLaren dramatically overturned Red Bull’s dominance in 2024 from the Miami Grand Prix onwards and how it was done. The advantage of the Red Bull’s more sophisticated aerodynamics – the root of the team’s record-breaking form in the previous two seasons – was more than

Best moment Achieving a one-two is naturally a much-celebrated feat, and Ferrari managed to do this not once but twice in 2024 – meaning that they did so more than McLaren and Mercedes, who each scored this result on only one occasion. The first came in Australia for the Scuderia – where Sainz clinched the

It’s that special time of the year for Christmas gift giving, and our merry band of F1 drivers are no different… With another thriller of a season in the books, our 2024 grid didn’t disappoint as they set about their Secret Santa tasks and sorted out presents for their colleagues. THE BIG QUIZ OF 2024:

Best individual performance – Max Verstappen Max’s Brazil drive has to win here as well. With the championship on the line, this was undoubtedly the drive of the season. To be aggressive and yet clean, to be on the attack yet make no mistakes along the way – this was his champions drive, just as

Alpine’s Pierre Gasly was a superb seventh, two places higher than last year, after a brilliant end to the season that included four points finishes in the last five Grands Prix. The Frenchman edged out Nico Hulkenberg, who is a new entry in P8 after a super consistent season that yielded 10 Grand Prix points

On one side of the Red Bull garage, 2024 was another season of excellence – Max Verstappen sealed his fourth consecutive drivers’ title despite increased competition across the grid. But, on the other side, it was a season of struggle for Sergio Perez, with the Mexican’s results ultimately meaning Red Bull would slump to third

Ferrari may have missed out on a first constructors’ championship in 16 years in 2024, but for the first time in a long time, they looked like a squad that could genuinely win the title if they stay on this trajectory. And that’s why, while there was disappointment to just miss out to McLaren by a mere

What does all this mean for Tsunoda? Tsunoda will be hurt by the events of this week. The Japanese racer felt he had done enough to earn promotion but has been overlooked. His future with the programme is precarious. His backers Honda are leaving the team at the end of 2025 to make Aston Martin

McLaren’s championship runner up Lando Norris finished P2, one place up on last year, and 72 points adrift of Verstappen with Charles Leclerc completing the podium for Ferrari. Oscar Piastri, with whom Norris celebrated a first world title as McLaren won the constructors’ championship for the first time since 1998, was up three places to

Going forward Ending the season a distant fourth in the constructors’ championship – their weakest result since 2012 – will, needless to say, not have been the outcome that Mercedes were hoping for in 2024. Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin admitted at the campaign’s end that it had been a “long and, at times, tough

Max Verstappen was crowned the Formula 1 world champion last week at the FIA gala in Rwanda, after a season in which he beat Lando Norris to the title by an impressive 63 points. At the end of the season – and indeed after each race – the strategy departments within all the teams will

Who needs to do better in 2025? LB: Aston Martin admitted they simply didn’t do a good enough job with their 2024 car as they finished a lonely fifth in the constructors’ championship with a points tally that was just over a third of what they managed the previous year. Billionaire owner Lawrence Stroll has