As its first of two mandatory rookie runs in Friday first practice sessions, Mercedes has handed the 21-year-old Dane a run in the team’s Mercedes W14 at the Mexico City race at the end of October.”I’m incredibly proud to be doing the FP1 session in Mexico City with the Team, Read more
Russell made a good getaway from eighth and coming down the hill from La Source he tried to pass the ailing Piastri, the Australian having damaged his car when squeezed between the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and the inside barrier.Russell headed to Piastri’s left, following Lando Norris, but finding the Read more
After 18 months in charge of the team, Szafnauer completed his final weekend with Alpine at Spa on Sunday evening, following Friday’s announcement of his departure.He will be replaced on an interim basis by Bruno Famin, who is also Alpine’s VP of motorsport.After Sunday’s race Szafnauer said an emotional farewell Read more
The world champion had irrepressibly risen from the sixth place on the grid, having dropped five places due to a gearbox change penalty, and by lap 17 of 44 Verstappen had passed Sergio Perez to pull out an 8.9s lead by the time the two Red Bulls made their final Read more
Alonso finished the Spa race in fifth place, beating the Mercedes of George Russell and the surviving McLaren of Lando Norris.The solid result followed huge frustration on Saturday, when the Spaniard qualified only 15th in the shootout after team-mate Lance Stroll brought out a red flag, and then spun off Read more
This year’s edition of the Belgian Grand Prix yielded yet another Max Verstappen masterclass as the Dutchman waltzes away with the Formula 1 title.Born in Belgium, Verstappen cruised to victory at his second home race to extend his advantage in the championship to a whopping 125 points over Red Bull Read more
Red Bull celebrated Max Verstappen’s and Sergio Perez’s 1-2 victory at Spa-Francorchamps with a standard team photo, followed by champagne celebrations in front of its garage in the pitlane.As team members, including Verstappen and team principal Christian Horner, cleared off to avoid a champagne shower, the team’s pitboard fell on Read more
Norris finished where he started in seventh but struggled on the medium Pirellis during his opening stint to lose three places before pitting on lap five of 44 for hard tyres.The Briton reckoned this part of the race was “terrible” as it left him trapped between defending through the first Read more
After their high-profile disagreement in qualifying at Spa, plus interest in Verstappen’s relationship with Lambiase growing in 2023 with an absence of a victory battle against Red Bull’s rivals, the pair again attracted attention with their discussions at various points of the Dutchman’s dominant win on Sunday.Once Verstappen had reached Read more