Marko: Red Bull likely to lose Gasly if it can’t offer senior F1 team return

Gasly has been backed by Red Bull through the majority of his racing career, and graduated to F1 with its sister team, Toro Rosso, at the end of 2017.
The Frenchman was promoted to the senior Red Bull Racing operation for 2019, only to be demoted back to Toro Rosso just 12 races into the season after struggling to match team-mate Max Verstappen for pace.
But Gasly has flourished since …Keep reading

Perez: Saudi F1 safety car block on Sainz “done in all fairness”

Perez was leading the Jeddah race comfortably when he became the first of the frontrunners to make a pitstop.
However, shortly after he emerged, a safety car period enabled other drivers to pit with a minimal loss of time.
Charles Leclerc and eventual winner Max Verstappen easily jumped him, and as Perez entered the first corner he could see Sainz emerging from the pits.
Perez stuck to …Keep reading

Saturday 10pm start for Las Vegas GP is ‘perfect time’, says F1

F1 announced on Wednesday night that it would be returning to Las Vegas in 2023 with a new street event that will see the cars race along the iconic Strip next November.
It will mark a return to Las Vegas for F1, which last staged the infamous Caesars Palace Grand Prix in 1982 on a temporary track in the car park of the casino.
The race will take place on a Saturday night, making it the …Keep reading

Aston Martin confirms Vettel return for Australian GP

Four-time F1 world champion Vettel tested positive in the days leading up to the Bahrain season-opener, ruling him out of the race weekend and prompting Aston Martin to draft in Nico Hulkenberg as his replacement.
Vettel failed to return a negative test in time for him to take part in the second race of the year in Saudi Arabia, with Hulkenberg deputising once again.
But Aston Martin has now …Keep reading