May 6 - Fernando Alonso met twice with the FIA president ahead of the Miami GP. A day earlier, the Spaniard said he would seek talks with Mohammed Ben Sulayem over concerns that "nationality" is influencing which drivers are penalised the hardest by stewards. Then, in Sunday's Miami GP, another Spaniard - Carlos Sainz -.....check out full post »
May 6 - Aston Martin boss Mike Krack now admits the team is evaluating the possibility of signing Adrian Newey. Earlier in Miami, Krack said when asked about rumours of Aston Martin's interest in the departing Red Bull technical guru: "We are quite happy with our technical team and we continue with them." However, 65-year-old.....check out full post »
May 6 - McLaren insists it is "non-political", as the Formula 1 team faces backlash for welcoming Donald Trump into its garage in Miami. Earlier, it emerged that race organisers had blocked a businessman close to the former US president from conducting a $250,000 a head fundraiser for Trump in the paddock club. But Trump,.....check out full post »
May 6 - Toto Wolff has lashed back at one of the top CEOs of the Red Bull drinks empire, slamming comments made in Miami by Oliver Mintzlaff. Wolff has made no secret about his attempt to woo Max Verstappen to Mercedes amid Red Bull's ongoing power struggle, earning him a rebuke from Mintzlaff as.....check out full post »
DRIVERS: 1. Lando Norris (McLaren), 2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) & 3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jenson Button) Q: Lando Norris, how does it feel to be an F1 Grand Prix winner? Lando Norris: Oh wow. About time, huh? F***, sorry. What a race, huh? Yeah, it's been a long time coming, but finally I've managed.....check out full post »
May 6 - Wearing a plaster on his nose after a wild party a weekend earlier, and freshly fined 25,000 euros for running across the track after a sprint race crash, Lando Norris on Sunday became Formula 1's newest race winner. There's no doubt the 24-year-old was fortunate with the timing of the safety car,.....check out full post »
Event: Miami Grand Prix Track: Miami International Autodrome Weather: Sunny & Dry 28.0°C Tarmac: Dry 40.6°C Humidity: 62.0% Wind:9.3 km/h South Lando Norris won his maiden F1 race at the 2024 Miami F1 GP today. The McLaren driver started from P5 and won on the Miami circuit. It was the 184th win for the McLaren.....check out full post »
May 5 - Carlos Sainz is the cork in the bottle holding up the next phase in the hectic and early 2025 driver 'silly season'. That's the belief of Valtteri Bottas, who looks certain to be exiting Audi-owned Sauber at the end of the year. The Swiss team, now under full ownership by the Volkswagen.....check out full post »
May 5 - Fernando Alonso says he will confront the president of F1's governing body over concerns he is being treated unfairly because of his nationality. In Miami, FIA stewards rejected an appeal lodged by Aston Martin against harsh penalties imposed on Spaniard Alonso for an on-track incident in China recently. The two-time world champion.....check out full post »
May 5 - Toto Wolff has moved to shut down rumours that his 17-year-old protege Kimi Antonelli is being immediately fast-tracked into Formula 1. The young Italian is clearly a contender to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes next year - and he will get a third test outing in an older F1 car next week,.....check out full post »
May 5 - Even Adrian Newey would struggle to swiftly end Mercedes' current troubles in Formula 1, according to team boss Toto Wolff. In Miami, following Newey's decision to leave Red Bull a year early amid the team's current power struggles, the renowned technical guru has been spotted in conversation with Aston Martin team owner.....check out full post »
May 5 - F1 legend Gerhard Berger played a role in reassuring the Red Bull camp that Daniel Ricciardo is still a top-line Formula 1 driver. Ricciardo, 34, is dating Berger's daughter Heidi - and the former Ferrari and McLaren driver recently received a call from the CEO of the junior Red Bull outfit, RB......check out full post »
May 5 - Max Verstappen has not "said a word" about wanting to leave Red Bull's dominant Formula 1 team, according to a top CEO of the famous energy drink company. Oliver Mintzlaff, one of the direct successors put in place in the wake of founder Dietrich Mateschitz's death, made a rare visit to the.....check out full post »
May 5 - Oliver Mintzlaff, one of the top new CEOs at Red Bull in the wake of founder Dietrich Mateschitz's death, has scolded Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Wolff is making no secret of his quest to snatch Max Verstappen away from Red Bull amid the energy drink company's current power struggle and the Christian.....check out full post »
