During the Miami GP Albon was heard to question the team’s requests to push harder, and on a different occasion, to manage his tyres. Although such responses appear uncharacteristic given Albon’s calm personality out of the car, Vowles says he’s happy to have such feedback from his driver. “I actually encourage it, I think it’s […]
Pirelli’s tyres have been on the cautious side in recent seasons, responding to the sport’s fastest generation of cars with more durable compounds that offer less grip but also don’t fall off a performance cliff like its early offerings did. But the Italian manufacturer’s safe approach has progressively hamstrung the teams’ ability to play with […]
A difficult start to the 2023 season for the Faenza outfit was followed by critical comments from team boss Franz Tost and the sudden departure of head of aerodynamics Dickon Balmforth. The team is pushing on with a substantial development programme as it tries to find more performance from its car. Last weekend’s Miami GP […]
Team boss Andrea Stella reckons despite the floor damage sustained by Lando Norris and a brake-by-wire failure for Oscar Piastri, a Miami result of 17th and 19th is a “reality check”. The ‘supertimes’ metric, which compares the fastest lap set by each team during a full race weekend, listed McLaren as the slowest of the […]
The first sector of the circuit, which includes eight turns, is largely comprised of a run of high-speed kinks. Horner says in that particular area of the track Verstappen had an edge that ultimately enabled him to outpace Perez and claim victory. The Dutchman started the race from ninth place after a red flag ended […]
For the second edition of the Miami round, the pre-race procedure was amended. All 20 drivers were revealed to the crowd through a temporary gantry on the main straight and were accompanied by an introduction from American rapper LL Cool J. PLUS: How Verstappen won the Miami GP As the championship leader, Red Bull driver […]
Red Bull has dominated the season so far, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez sharing in four one-two finishes, and only missing out on another in Australia, where problems for the Mexican in qualifying saw him recover to fifth at the flag. Horner says that Red Bull made the progress “that you would expect” from […]
In Miami, the American team introduced its first major upgrade of the season in the form of a revised floor. Helped by issues for others and a red flag in Q3, Kevin Magnussen qualified a surprise fourth. The Dane made a bad start and, after doing his best to make it hard for rivals to […]
Alonso clinched his fourth podium in five races in Miami after what he described as a lonely race to third behind Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, such was his advantage over fourth-placed George Russell’s Mercedes and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz in fifth. With the form of both Mercedes and Ferrari fluctuating wildly […]
However, while de Vries is facing some tough times in his rookie season, Ricciardo’s presence in Faenza does not mean a driver change is definitely on its way. Instead, Ricciardo’s visit was nothing out of the ordinary. As part of his arrangement with Red Bull for this year, where will be reserve driver at some […]