[ Leclerc and Sainz lined up sixth and seventh respectively, but both lost positions to Mercedes driver George Russell and Haas man Nico Hulkenberg as they crossed paths in Shanghai’s first corner complex. Sainz was pushed wide in Turn 2 by an understeering Leclerc, who visibly struggled to get his tyres up to temperature, further … Read more
[ The Spaniard arrived at Suzuka in a buoyant mood after leading team-mate Charles Leclerc to a 1-2 finish at the Australian GP, and hopes had been high of a strong showing in qualifying after some promising long-run form in practice. However, Ferrari endured a more challenging time in the fight for grid positions, as … Read more
[ The wheel still steers the car – not everything has changed! – but this simple function to direct the car has been added to time and again. In essence, F1 reinvented the wheel’s usage, and it has undergone incredible development across the last 35 years. F1 steering wheels now also provides the driver and their … Read more
[ Last year, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc often had to focus on tyre management, which was made more difficult by inconsistent and unpredictable behaviour even between sets of the same compound. This year’s SF-24 has proved to be much more benign and predictable on long runs, and that was a key to the spectacular 1-2 … Read more
[ Off the back of some impressive pace on the opening practice day for the Australian Grand Prix, Leclerc feels that his Ferrari squad is in pretty good shape with the performance of its SF-24. And while he is under no illusions that Red Bull still holds an advantage at the front of the field, … Read more
[ The teenager’s drive to seventh place when he deputised for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Jeddah has inevitably led many observers to assume that he will be promoted to a Haas race seat in 2025. Bearman drove for the US outfit in two FP1 sessions last season, and he has a programme of six … Read more
[ Sainz reported feeling unwell earlier in the week, which made him sit out his media commitments on Wednesday. He took part in Thursday’s two free practice sessions, setting the seventh-fastest time in the latter, but still reported he couldn’t push to the limit in the car after a “tough” 24 hours. It has now … Read more
[ Throughout his 12-year tenure at Mercedes, Hamilton increasingly ramped up his efforts to increase diversity and inclusion in motorsport, which gradually involved the Mercedes team itself. After highlighting the lack of diversity in the sector through the Hamilton Commission, the seven-time world champion and Mercedes launched the Ignite charity to give people from diverse … Read more
[ One of the main advantages that Red Bull exploited throughout last season was good aero efficiency, which made the car strong in a straightline. Its advantage increased when its DRS was opened, as the team had made the most of perfecting the drag ratio of its mainplane at the rear of the car and … Read more
[ But it would be a mistake to think that the RB19 was so good just because of downforce, as there have been plenty of indications that suspension’s impact on its vehicle dynamics was a critical element of its success too. This isn’t to say aero was not important, as it became clear just how … Read more
