日: 2024年11月4日

Fernando Alonso has opened up on the back pain, emotions and mystery brake problems that he battled to drag his Aston Martin to the finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix.The Spaniard had been struggling throughout last weekend with the new bumpy Interlagos surface, but matters reached a peak in the race as the repeated impacts were felt in his spine.But despite the pain, a far from competitive car …Keep reading

We were due a mad one, weren’t we? There’s usually at least one Formula 1 race per year which goes off-script, usually thanks to a few lashings of rain, and Brazil gave us this year’s instalment of a break with the usual competitive order.Despite the trials and tribulations of qualifying – held on Sunday morning thanks to the Saturday downpour – Max Verstappen transcended the conditions to eclipse …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton revealed he cannot wait for Christmas in what is a telling summary of his final season with Mercedes.At the start of the year, Hamilton informed boss Toto Wolff of his decision to terminate his deal with the Silver Arrows to join Ferrari for 2025.However, the Briton made it clear he wanted to end his tenure at Mercedes, who he joined in 2013 from McLaren, with a bang.He achieved …Keep reading

McLaren has suggested that brake lock-up problems, rather than driving errors under pressure, were the main factor that derailed Lando Norris’s hopes in Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix.Norris had a golden opportunity to cut into Max Verstappen’s championship lead at Interlagos after securing pole position in the race, with his title rival down in 17th on the grid.But it all went wrong when …Keep reading

After his dominating display in winning the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, Max Verstappen could claim his fourth Formula 1 world championship in Las Vegas.The Dutchman mastered the rain to storm from 17th on the grid to take the chequered flag and set the fastest lap in Sao Paulo, extending his lead in the drivers’ standings to 62 points.Nearest challenger Lando Norris had an afternoon to forget …Keep reading

The sensational double podium for Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly In Brazil has been a big boost for Alpine for a variety of reasons, with its three-place jump in the constructors’ standings potentially making a $30m difference at year’s end.Ocon and Gasly appeared at the front after deciding to delay their only pitstops in a rain-affected Interlagos race, which gave them track position over the …Keep reading

The faces of Red Bull team boss Christian Horner and McLaren driver Lando Norris said it all in the deafening aftermath of the Brazilian Grand Prix.The relief was breaking across those respectively long furrowed brows. A sudden pressure release squirting uplifting and cooling air as if it were illicit water on inner tyre tread.The 2024 Formula 1 title is now essentially done, the relentless …Keep reading