Albon: “I never felt like I didn’t belong” in F1 ahead of “best year” in 2023

Williams struggled at the start of the year with an FW45 that was still lacking downforce compared to most of its rivals, while also being hard to balance across various circuit layouts and conditions.But led by Albon, the team scored big on those few tracks that suited its car well, including the Anglo-Thai driver’s seventh-place finishes in Canada and Monza, to get ahead of fellow strugglers …Keep reading
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Gene Haas right to be ‘embarrassed’ over F1 results, says Komatsu

In the wake of a challenging 2023 season, where Haas finished bottom of the constructors’ championship, it parted ways with its long-serving boss Guenther Steiner over the winter. His replacement Komatsu is currently undertaking a review of the Banbury-based team’s operations with the aim of turning things around to get it further up the grid. And while Gene Haas’s recent outspoken remarks …Keep reading
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How to be an ace engineer: McLaren Automotive motorsport director Ian Morgan

Given he’s now in his third stint at McLaren, it should come as little surprise that Ian Morgan has a deep passion for the Woking-based giant he first worked for over 25 years ago.“The fact that I’m here now says a lot about the company and why after my initial foray in 1998 I’ve been drawn back every time,” the director of motorsport at McLaren Automotive tells Autosport.Morgan ran Nick …Keep reading
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McLaren solution to eradicate F1 update quirks may take “a few months”

While a raft of in-season upgrades delivered an impressive ramping up of McLaren’s form throughout 2023, the team started pondering towards the end of the year whether the changes had also introduced nasty characteristics that made the car less settled on the edge. This was especially highlighted in the final races of the year when the car’s unpredictable nature prompted Lando Norris to make …Keep reading
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Hamilton’s “compulsive need to win” in F1 is intact, says Mercedes

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has not won a race since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Mercedes having been no regular match for Red Bull in F1’s ground effect era that started in 2022.However, there is a sense of growing confidence within Mercedes that the work it has done on its 2024 F1 car has helped eradicating key problems that has held it back.While some have questioned …Keep reading
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