FORMULA 1 DIAMOND BANNER 21.10.2024 | 00:37 Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz, from left, of Spain, who finished in second place by race winner and teammate Charles Leclerc, of Monaco, and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, who placed third in the US Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, Oct. … Read more
McLaren F1 principal Andrea Stella has accused the US GP stewards of “inappropriately” interfering in Lando Norris’ battle with Max Verstappen for third place, handing the Englishman the five-minute time penalty cost the place on the podium. The penalty received by Norris relates to the fact that he passed Verstappen coming off the track with … Read more
Hyundai’s Ott Tanak won the 12th round of this year’s WRC, Rally Central Europe, and kept his championship hopes alive at the season finale in Japan. With his accident in the penultimate Special, Sebastien Ozier of Toyota lost the victory and all hope for the title. Ott Tanak’s win in the 12th round of this … Read more
FORMULA 1 DIAMOND BANNER 21.10.2024 | 10:51 A general view of the crowd in Turn 1 before the Sprint Race of the Formula 1 US Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. AP PHOTO/TYLER TATE The stewards of the Texas GP fined the organizers of yesterday’s … Read more
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz’s 1-2 at the US GP, and especially the manner in which the Scuderia achieved it, leaves Monegasque and team principal Fred Wasser optimistic that Ferrari can become this year’s constructors’ world champion in Formula 1. Leclerc absolutely dominated from the first corner to the checkered flag in yesterday’s US GP … Read more
Lando Norris has blamed himself for his loss to Max Verstappen in the US GP, which – he said – affected him a lot in his battle for this year’s Formula 1 drivers’ title. McLaren’s momentum from May to September was cut short at the Texas GP, 19th out of 24 this season, as the … Read more
Lewis Hamilton’s untroubled exit and abandonment in the second round of the US GP was no fault of the seven-time champion’s own, George Russell and Toto Wolff have insisted, as the young Briton said it “shows what kind of monster we’re up against” on with the performance of the Mercedes W15. Lewis Hamilton hit the … Read more
Charles Leclerc admitted that strategy in Formula 1 races “was our weak point, but now it’s amazing” and he and Carlos Sainz praised the work of new strategy director Ravin Can – while the Spaniard explained how improving performance of the Italian car in the corresponding improvement of the strategy. Raivid Jahn, Inaki Rueda’s successor … Read more
Following the five-second penalties handed out to both George Russell and Lando Norris at the US GP, but not Max Verstappen, Mercedes F1 principal Toto Wolff said FIA stewards had made “some biased decision-making”. Mercedes F1’s George Russell was handed a five-minute penalty for pushing Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas off the track at Turn 12 early … Read more
The FIA’s director of single-seaters, Nicolas Tombazis, said the changes the Federation made after June to the design of Formula 1 cars for the big 2026 rule change will make them just as efficient as this year’s, even better at overtaking, and they will break the “Gordian bond” of the height from the ground. A … Read more