Sainz: McLaren F1 turnaround shows what Ferrari can achieve over winter

Ferrari finished third in the standings with fewer than half the points of champion Red Bull. But Sainz thinks Ferrari can use the off-season to erase that gap for 2024 based on the example set by McLaren, which overcame a torrid start to 2023 to become the second-fastest team.Asked about the prospects of challenging Red Bull from the off, Sainz replied: “I think it has to be our realistic aim …Keep reading

Ex-F1 racer van der Garde announces retirement

The 38-year-old made his announcement in a video posted to Instagram after concluding his P2 campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with TDS Racing.”Today I say goodbye to racing,” said van der Garde, who took a P2 class win in the World Endurance Championship’s Portimao round earlier this year for United Autosport.”A little sad? Maybe, but proud and happy all the same. It has been quite a …Keep reading

Alonso: Triple-headers, not driving, will drain my F1 battery

Alonso walked away from F1 for two years at the end of 2018 after growing tired of media and commercial commitments while his McLaren team fell into the bottom half of the standings.In his time away, he twice won the Le Mans 24 Hours, chalked the 2018-19 World Endurance title and contested the Indianapolis 500 before returning to F1 with Alpine in 2021.Despite turning 42, a 2023 season at Aston …Keep reading

Red Bull: 20kg weight purge for “cut and shut” RB19 was key to F1 2023 dominance

The Milton Keynes-based squad was in a class of its own throughout the 2023 season, winning 21 out of 22 races on its way to capturing both the constructors’ championship crown and the drivers’ title with Max Verstappen.While its rivals focused their efforts on trying to work out why Red Bull’s car was so good, the squad has suggested that central to it was weight.Red Bull team boss Christian …Keep reading