Alpine admits it needs to improve communication after F1 team orders row

Pierre Gasly was left angry after the Suzuka race, having been told on the final lap to slow down and let team-mate Esteban Ocon through to take ninth place.Alpine had put in the request because it had swapped its drivers around in a bid to see if Gasly could close down and chase Fernando Alonso, who was running ahead of them on the road.Gasly was upset at the late position switch because he felt …Keep reading

Flat Chat Podcast: McLaren’s missing pieces, Tsunoda’s drive and Viva Las Vegas

GP Racing editor Stuart Codling is joined by Matt Kew and Mark Gallagher, who has been to see how the Las Vegas street track is coming along.Whilst there’s still work to do, he was left feeling impressed.Also this month, Andrew Benson has written an excellent analysis for GP Racing looking at McLaren’s renaissance.Elsewhere, Alex Kalinauckas reports on how he was embedded in the Haas team over the …Keep reading

How Qatar is winning F1’s airline war

The company has already made an impact during its first year in the sport as F1’s official airline partner, and that will only become more apparent if Max Verstappen clinches the World Championship at Lusail this weekend, drawing further attention to the race title sponsor.For decades airlines studiously avoided F1, and it was always said that they didn’t want the public to see crashing racing …Keep reading

F1 will avoid sunshine tyre tricks if tyre blanket ban happens

F1 chiefs are eyeing a move to ban tyre warmers from 2025, even though previous attempts to push through on outlawing them have all fallen through late on.The belief is that removing the need for teams to transport the blankets, as well as run them on race weekends, will deliver significant sustainability benefits.Other international motor racing series do operate without tyre blankets, but this …Keep reading
F1 – 2023 Qatar GP SCHEDULE OF PRESS CONFERENCES

F1 – 2023 Qatar GP SCHEDULE OF PRESS CONFERENCES

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THURSDAY, 5 OCTOBER

Press Conference: 

1730hrs

Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

1805hrs

Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri)
Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
George Russell (Mercedes)
Alex Albon (Williams)

TV Pen: 

1730hrs

Valtteri Bottas (Alta Romeo)
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
Logan Sargeant (Williams)

1805hrs

Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Lando Norris (Mclaren)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

 

FRIDAY, 6 OCTOBER

1800hrs Press Conference

1840hrs TV Pen

Peter Bayer (Alphalauri)
Frederic Vasseur (Ferrari)
Andrea Stella (McLaren)
James Vowles (Williams)

 

Post-Qualifying

Top three fastest drivers

 

SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER

Post-Sprint

First three finishing drivers

 

SUNDAY, 8 OCTOBER

Post-Race

First three finishing drivers

FIA Formula One World Championship

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How the FIA went from seven F1 new team bids to Andretti

And while there remain some big challenges ahead, because Andretti still needs to agree a commercial deal with FOM to be allowed to race, it is the closest F1 has had to a new team entrant for a while.As Autosport’s sister site Motorsport-Total.com revealed over the Japanese Grand Prix weekend, Andretti was the last team standing after just four candidates had made it through to the second stage …Keep reading

How MotoGP inspired F1’s latest TV innovation

The folk who create the F1 world feed are always looking for new camera angles with which to entertain the fans, and the latest owes a debt to MotoGP.First tried in F1 on the nose of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari at Zandvoort last year, and seen again on Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes over the Japanese GP weekend, the gyro camera keeps the horizon steady and gives a clear impression of the angle of the car in …Keep reading