Audi brand will not be part of new Sauber F1 identity from 2024

The Hinwil-based squad announced last year that it would become the Audi works team in 2026 when new engine regulations come into play.With its current title sponsorship with Alfa Romeo coming to an end this year, it will have a new naming partner and is expected to change to the Sauber brand for 2024 as it continues its long-term project.But while the blank sheet for next year could give it an …Keep reading
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O’Ward added to McLaren’s F1 reserve driver pool

O’Ward will contest FP1 at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale in place of Lando Norris, with McLaren complying with FIA regulations by running a rookie driver in both of its cars.But that will be the only change McLaren has to field for a practice session this year since Oscar Piastri, completing his maiden F1 season, qualified as a rookie for the opening Bahrain and Saudi …Keep reading
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Norris doesn’t blame F1 Las Vegas track for accident

The McLaren driver crashed heavily on the third lap of the race when his car snapped out of control at the Turn 11 left-hander.After the race his team boss Andrea Stella highlighted a bump at that point of the track, suggesting that needed to be flattened out next year.However, speaking for the first time since the accident, Norris suggested his off was caused by a perfect storm of factors, with …Keep reading
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Sargeant: I still don’t know if I’ve done enough to secure 2024 Williams F1 seat

The American driver has endured a tough rookie season that has included a spate of crashes, while his team-mate Alex Albon has scored a series of points finishes.The Williams seat alongside Albon for 2024 is the only remaining theoretically open slot, with the team opting to wait until the current campaign has concluded before making its call on Sargeant’s future.The 22-year-old was promoted to …Keep reading
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Hamilton claims Horner texted first over possible 2024 Red Bull F1 seat

Speaking to the Daily Mail ahead of the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale, Red Bull team principal Horner claimed the Hamilton camp had sought out a potential seat at the reigning constructors’ champion.He said that out of several approaches over the years, “most recently, earlier in the year, there was an inquiry about whether there would be any interest”.But Hamilton has rebuffed …Keep reading
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Wolff, Vasseur handed warning by F1 stewards for bad language at Las Vegas GP

Wolff and Vasseur took part in the Vegas event’s team principals’ press conference just after FP1 had had to be cancelled, due to a water valve cover being worked loose by Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and struck by Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari and Ocon’s Alpine on subsequent laps.This was due to the high underfloor forces the current ground-effect era of F1 cars assert on street tracks, with the …Keep reading
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FIA to use AI to improve policing of F1 track limits

As part of a bid to improve the speed by which track limit checks are processed, the FIA is to introduce what is known as ‘Computer Vision’, a programme that uses shape analysis.The idea is that this will be used to judge pixels on a video feed to better judge when cars have breached track limits.The FIA believes that the technology will allow it to be far more effective in narrowing down the …Keep reading
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