Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton’s 2025 successor at Mercedes, has set the bar high for his first season in Formula 1, saying he is aiming for a debut with “some” wins – as dazzling as Hamilton’s at McLaren in 2007. Kimi Antonelli moved from the European single-seater championships directly to Formula 2 this year, where … Read more
One of the 10 Formula 1 teams, currently unknown which one, is gathering suspicion from other teams for illegally interfering with its car between qualifying tests and the race – by changing the ground clearance setting. The FIA was forced to intervene by changing the mode of policing to park-and-ride for the time being. Interference … Read more
In a “hit below the belt” for this year’s Formula 1 title battle, Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko said McLaren’s Lando Norris is not mentally strong enough to beat Max Verstappen in this year’s battle Formula 1 championship. With six races and three Sprints to go in this year’s Formula 1 championship, Lando Norris has … Read more
It is likely that the two contenders for this year’s Formula 1 title will receive at least one of the remaining 6 GPs a grid penalty for exceeding the permitted number of components on their power units. The respective choices of Red Bull and McLaren will therefore play their part in the battle for this … Read more
The FIA has announced that from the 2025 Formula 1 season the extra point awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap in the Sunday race will be abolished. What other changes has the World Council of Motorsport decided on? At the meeting of the members of the Council the main change decided to … Read more
Formula 1 champion Red Bull Racing has admitted it uses its controversial ground clearance mechanism, which is illegal to do in park-and-hold – but clarified that the mechanism can only be used when the car is untied. In the previous days, the English magazine Autosport publicized the existence of a mechanism that allows the height … Read more
CAR RACING KONSTANTINOS BOIDANIS 18.10.2024 | 12:39 p.m Cupra Leon VZ TCR CUPRA The Cupra Leon VZ TCR is set to make its racing debut in the US in 2025, as its run in the respective European races gives the company the “confidence” it needs for a good run. The Cupra Leon VZ TCR, launched … Read more
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri did not name Red Bull but said it was “clearly breaking the regulations” for any mechanism to change the height of a single-seater off the ground between qualifying tests and the race. As the topic of Red Bull’s mechanism to change the ground clearance of the RB20 in park-and-hold mode is growing … Read more
The first of the two back-to-back GP trios that will bring us to the curtain of this year’s Formula 1 championship will be held on the American continent, starting this three-day period with the US GP at the “Circuit of the Americas”, in Austin, Texas. Read everything you need to know about the competition, strategy … Read more
Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc put the two Ferrari SF-24s on top of the only free practice session of the US GP in Austin, two and a half tenths of a second clear of title contenders Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Lando Norris (McLaren ). The 19th racing three days of this year’s Formula 1 … Read more