A raised ride height for the bumpy Marina Bay street circuit put the RB19 out of its comfort zone last weekend. Max Verstappen recovered from 11th to fifth as Sergio Perez scrapped to eighth. That left the door open for Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz to lead Lando Norris to score an expertly controlled victory. In […]
The Woking-based squad produced another strong podium finish in last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, as Lando Norris came home in second place behind race winner Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari. The result was especially encouraging because it came at the high-downforce Marina Bay circuit that had not been expected to play to the strengths of […]
Sainz ended Red Bull and Max Verstappen’s record winning streak in Singapore to back up his consecutive pole positions, while a delayed pitstop last weekend left Leclerc to finish fourth. While the bumpy Marina Bay street circuit and its aggressive kerbs that forced a ride height rise means the Red Bull dip is thought to […]
The 28-year-old, who was reserve driver for Toyota in 2022, is poised to take the race seat originally earmarked for him this season, according to Autosport sources. De Vries had signed to race the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar in 2023, but had a get-out clause that enabled him to take up an […]
Gasly accused Magnussen of pushing him off the track and compared the Haas driver’s escape from any sanction with the reprimands that Max Verstappen received for two impeding incidents in qualifying. Those verdicts came as a surprise to drivers and teams who are used to seeing grid penalties for such offences and led to questions […]
Magnussen had a strong qualifying, earning fifth, fourth and sixth places across the three sessions, but he acknowledged that the race was likely to be tough, thanks to the tyre temperature issue that have stymied Haas all season. The Dane lost a couple of places on the first lap but hung on in the points […]
As the RB19s rolled out for FP1 on Friday, it swiftly became apparent that the cars had fallen out of their hitherto very wide operating window. Max Verstappen called his ride “undrivable” as he lacked confidence when hitting the brakes only to then turn in and find wayward cornering balance. With Red Bull finally looking […]
A pitstop for medium Pirellis gave Russell and team-mate Lewis Hamilton the tyre advantage in the closing stages at Marina Bay as they piled the pressure on leader Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris for victory. While it became increasingly clear that Ferrari driver Sainz would seal his second F1 win, Russell continued after the McLaren […]
Massa has begun a challenge against the FIA and FOM over their handling of the investigation into the ‘Crashgate’ controversy from the 2008 Singapore GP, which ultimately cost him the world title to Lewis Hamilton that year. The Brazilian believes that there was a conspiracy that prevented the Crashgate affair from being probed until after […]
Alpine driver Esteban Ocon breaking down at the pit exit triggered a virtual safety car on lap 44 of 62 at Marina Bay. This created a window for both Mercedes drivers to pit for medium tyres. This gave them a late-race pace advantage in a bid to close and overtake eventual winner Carlos Sainz and […]