McLaren hit by ‘small issues’ on second day of testing
McLaren was able to keep up the pace in the second day of pre-season testing at Bahrain International…
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Horner offers staunch defense of Red Bull dual ownership in F1
Red Bull Racing team prinicpal Christian Horner has opposed a staunch defense against McLaren boss Zak Brown’s criticism…
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Leclerc and Sainz overcome damage to set Thursday pace
On the evidence of the timesheets, the second day of pre-season testing at Bahrain couldn’t have gone any…
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F1’s unwanted records that could be broken or extended in 2024
F1 is officially underway for 2024 with pre-season testing this week at the Bahrain International Circuit.It follows a dominant championship-winning campaign for Max Verstappen, who broke several records in 2023 including most wins in a season (19), most points in a year (575) and biggest title winning margin to second (290 points) in the standings.There are more records that look likely to get …Keep reading
Hamilton agrees with Russell: Mercedes ‘improvements’ promising
Lewis Hamilton strapped into the Mercedes W15 for the first time on Thursday in Bahrain and experienced firsthand…
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Ricciardo urges caution over RB F1 team expectations
The Australian ended Thursday’s track running fifth overall, 1.4s down on Ferrari pacesetter Carlos Sainz after both had used the C4 soft tyre.It followed Ricciardo setting the fourth-fastest time on Wednesday, 1.2s off pacesetter Max Verstappen in the Red Bull RB20, but on a par with the McLaren of Lando Norris and Sainz.The team formerly called AlphaTauri has undergone a revamp over the …Keep reading
Stella: First sight of Red Bull RB20 F1 car made me go “wow”
Red Bull’s substantial step for this season has caught rivals by surprise after most of them focussed on trying to work out what made last year’s RB19 so competitive, and inevitably ended up with cars that owe much to the title winner.Red Bull itself has now gone in a different direction, adopting a ‘zeropod’ concept similar to what Mercedes ultimately abandoned partway through 2023.Stella …Keep reading
Perez benefits from unexpected full-day stint in Bahrain
Sergio Perez had been expecting to get his first proper taste of the Red Bull RB20 on Thursday…
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Audi faces “huge” F1 engine challenge for 2026, says Ferrari
Audi and Ford/Red Bull Powertrains are both currently developing new power units for the first year of the new rules in 2026, while Cadillac intends to enter as a manufacturer in 2028 with the mooted Andretti team.The change to the new rules is a tricky one, even for the established manufacturers who already have a decade of experience with F1 hybrids, but Gualtieri says it will be harder for …Keep reading
Leclerc: Ferrari has banished “worries” that spoiled 2023 testing
The new SF-24 has looked good from the start of testing in Bahrain, and crucially its on-track behaviour has mirrored that seen in the Maranello simulator.Team-mate Carlos Sainz led the second day of testing outright, while Leclerc was fastest in the truncated morning running.Leclerc says that the team is in a much better position than it was 12 months ago, and it has a good base on which to build …Keep reading