After several side-by-side battles, Tsunoda attempted to finally pass the McLaren rookie for seventh place on lap 49 of 71 with the aid of DRS into Turn 1.But as he moved around the outside, his right-rear wheel tagged Piastri’s front left to trigger a spin. He re-joined the track in 16th and finished 12th.Although Tsunoda defended his attempted overtake on Piastri, he has now revealed that his …Keep reading
Ricciardo’s progress was halted by the hand injury that he received at his third appearance in Zandvoort, which cost him five races.However, in Mexico he stunned the F1 paddock by qualifying fourth and hanging on to a valuable seventh place in the race.Tost, who steps back into an advisory role at the end of the season, says he knew that Ricciardo – who drove for the team in its Toro Rosso guise …Keep reading
The Mexico City promoters were alarmed by antisocial behaviour at sporting events around the world, fueled by the toxic polarisation of social media and society as a whole.They launched an awareness-raising campaign called “Racepect”, encouraging fans to leave the fighting to the 20 F1 drivers on the track rather than let it spill over into the grandstands or on online platforms.The race’s efforts …Keep reading
At 2285m above sea-level, the rarified air creates a significant challenge in respect of the car’s aerodynamics, cooling requirements and the performance envelope of the power unit.Even Red Bull, which has rarely had to sacrifice aerodynamic performance by opening up its bodywork as much as rivals, erred on the side of caution in Mexico. It fitted an additional louvred panel atop the right-hand …Keep reading
Zak O’Sullivan will drive an FW45 in FP1, while Franco Colapinto will join his fellow F3 graduate in sharing driving duties in the following week’s young driver test.Sir Frank Williams always had a soft spot for rookies. Just consider that the list of those who made their F1 race debuts with the team includes David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve, Jenson Button, Juan Pablo Montoya, Nico Rosberg …Keep reading
Amid the frenzy of Perez’s home race, and constant speculation about his contract, the 33-year-old knew that a good performance at Mexico City would help silent doubts about his future and prove that hints of a turnaround in form from Austin were real. But a win-or-bust attitude at Turn 1 backfired as he clashed with Charles Leclerc, was launched down the escape road, and suffered too much damage …Keep reading
Lawson bowed out of Super Formula after narrowly missing out on the title to Ritomo Miyata in last week’s Suzuka finale, as he made his return to the Japanese series following his five grand prix starts for AlphaTauri in place of an injured Daniel Ricciardo.Although he made a big impression on the F1 paddock during his time replacing Ricciardo, the New Zealander was passed over for a full-time …Keep reading
Elliott, who originally joined the squad in 2012 as head of aerodynamics after spells with McLaren and Renault/Lotus, has played an instrumental part in the success that Mercedes has enjoyed in F1 during the turbo hybrid era.But with his current contract coming to an end later this year, and him having stepped away from the technical director role earlier this year in a job swap with James …Keep reading
McLaren was braced for a difficult triple-header with races in Texas, Mexico and Brazil on three circuits that it feared would expose its slow-speed weakness and not cater to its high-downforce prowess.But the team’s genuine pessimism proved unfounded as it scored another podium with Lando Norris at the US Grand Prix, and the Briton produced a stellar drive to move up from 17th to fifth in Mexico …Keep reading
In two consecutive races at least one car has started from the pitlane as the team has attempted to learn more about its current problems. And in two consecutive races, Fernando Alonso has retired due to floor damage that was outside his control.Meanwhile, at almost every venue Lance Stroll has lost priceless track time in practice to gremlins of one sort or another.His ongoing bad luck was …Keep reading