日: 2023年7月2日

Verstappen nailed the start to head off Leclerc’s run to the inside for the first corner and then dropped him again following an early safety car needed to clear debris from contact between cars back in the pack at Turn 1.
The early phase was Verstappen simply driving clear of Leclerc and Sainz, who was initially told he had to sit behind his team-mate and not attack – a call he got …Keep reading

The team has been branded as AlphaTauri – the clothing subsidiary of the Red Bull group – since the 2020 season.
However, as recently revealed by Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko, that deal is coming to end, creating the opportunity to rebrand the Faenza outfit next season.
It’s not yet clear whether the team will be named after a sponsor, or a generic chassis name will be …Keep reading

McLaren had hoped to get the stewards to look once again at the decision to penalise Norris for “unsportsmanlike behaviour” after he backed off to create a gap between himself and team-mate Oscar Piastri ahead of a double stack stop at Montreal.
For the right of review to go ahead under the FIA’s International Sporting Code, McLaren had needed to submit a “significant, new and …Keep reading

Russell’s admission came during an off-beat weekend in Austria, in which he was knocked out of Q2 of grand prix qualifying in 11th by Williams driver Alex Albon.
“Things just aren’t really clicking at the moment my end,” Russell admitted bluntly.
“At the start of the season I felt a lot more confident, and I was able to put the car on the limit. Now I’m struggling generally and …Keep reading

Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso qualified sixth and seventh for Sunday’s grand prix before repeating this achievement in sprint qualifying, but this time with Alonso in the more advanced position before a Leclerc penalty promoted both drivers one grid slot.
Stroll got ahead on the first lap of the sprint and, helped by staying out on intermediate tyres, he and Alonso eventually finished fourth …Keep reading

Unusually the latest move follows soon after a four-year extension from 2024 to 2027 that was announced as recently as March.
The extended contract, signed with Red Bull subsidiary and race promoter Projekt Spielberg, reflects the drinks company’s ongoing commitment to F1 after the death of founder and figurehead Dietrich Mateschitz last year.
It also takes the race deal well into the …Keep reading

Van ‘t Hoff, an 18-year-old talent racing for Dutch team MP Motorsport, was killed when he crashed on the Kemmel straight in heavy rain and was then hit laterally by a competitor, who was unable to see van ‘t Hoff’s car due to the enormous amount of spray on the straight following the fearsome Raidillon corner.
Four years on from Anthoine Hubert’s fatal accident at the 2019 F2 round at …Keep reading

Magnussen and De Vries were set to start 19th and 20th on the grid respectively, so both their teams elected to breach parc ferme rules and make changes to the cars with a minimal penalty.
In Magnussen’s case, Haas opted to tweak the set-up of his VF-23 car.
De Vries’ changes are much bigger in scope, with AlphaTauri changing the Dutchman’s rear wing and beam wing to a previous specification …Keep reading

The sun finally burst through the clouds overlooking the Red Bull Ring on Saturday evening – three hours after the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race had concluded. Rain and low-hanging, misty cloud had otherwise prevailed on a day of glory, reflected tragedy and controversy in the Styrian mountains. 
The glory belonged to Max Verstappen and Red Bull – the combination also having a …Keep reading

The McLaren driver had headed into Saturday’s sprint as Red Bull’s potential main challenger after qualifying third behind Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. But it all went wrong at Turn 3, as an opportunity to pounce on his Red Bull rivals nearly tripping over themselves evaporated when his car went into anti-stall and delayed him.
Norris did not know at the time of the incident …Keep reading