Williams: Costly F1 crashes masking Sargeant’s “steady improvement”

Sargeant suffered a couple of costly shunts since the summer break, starting with an off in Zandvoort.The American rookie also had a huge crash on his first lap of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, running out of track to catch oversteer out of the final corner, and then losing control on the grass as he thumped the wall with both ends of his car.Williams faced a full rebuild around a spare …Keep reading
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The four key concept changes that transformed McLaren’s MCL60 F1 car

When McLaren launched its MCL60 before Formula 1’s pre-season test, it painted a very downbeat assessment of what it had created.Team boss Andrea Stella was open that the squad was “not entirely happy for what is the launch car” because it knew it had missed some core design ideas as it brought the package together.”There’s some areas in which we kind of realised a little late in development, some …Keep reading
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Vettel in talks with Jota Porsche team about 2024 WEC drive

Jota team principal Sam Hignett confirmed to Autosport that the British operation has approached Vettel about joining its expanded two-car Hypercar class assault on the WEC in 2024 with a pair of Porsche 963 LMDh prototypes.Hignett stressed that discussions with the German about a WEC drive and an attack on the Le Mans 24 Hours remain at an early stage and that no deal has been done.“We are …Keep reading
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Albon: Collision penalty “not teaching” F1 drivers after Perez shunts

The Williams driver’s comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish.In Japan last weekend Albon had another close call with Perez, and was then a witness to the Mexican punting Kevin Magnussen off the road in what the Haas driver called a “shitty” move.The Red Bull driver received five-second …Keep reading
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Russell has “zero hard feelings” about Mercedes F1 team orders

The Mercedes drivers were running together on track as Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz closed in.With Hamilton on fresher tyres and potentially faster than one-stopper Russell, the team agreed to a request from the seven-time world champion to get him in front, leaving Russell to fend off Sainz for as long as he could.Russell initially queried the decision, suggesting that the team wait until the last lap …Keep reading
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