The Brazilian has been prompted into action by recent comments from former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who offered fresh insight into the critical 2008 Singapore Grand Prix that proved hugely costly to Massa’s title ambitions that year.That Singapore race is most famously known for the deliberate crash triggered by Nelson Read more
Albon was running in sixth place when he had a high-speed spin into a barrier and his damaged car rolled back towards the edge of the track.The first drivers on the scene, Pierre Gasly and Hulkenberg, had virtually no warning – and only just missed the stricken Williams as they Read more
An incident-packed Australian Grand Prix was, for those encumbered by a European time zone, certainly worth getting up for. Although another Max Verstappen victory was unsurprising given his and Red Bull’s advantage in the early part of the 2023 Formula 1 season, late chaos threatened to derail the otherwise settled Read more
The Dutchman had a comfortable lead when Kevin Magnussen crashed and the debris trail he left led race director Niels Wittich to call for a red flag with three laps to go.Verstappen was thus left on pole for a potential two-lap sprint to the flag but with a strong risk Read more
Following the second red flag period initiated by the right-rear tyre breaking free from the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, Sainz clipped Alonso during the race restart on the exit of the Turn 1 right-hander.Two-time F1 world champion Alonso had lined up third for the third standing start of the heavily Read more
While there is a separate debate raging about whether or not standing restarts are a good idea at all after the late-race chaos in Melbourne, another problem emerged earlier in the event.With the first red flag having been triggered by Alex Albon’s crash on lap seven, the go-ahead for a Read more
In an unusual step, The Australian Grand Prix Corporation was formally summoned to the stewards after the conclusion of a chaotic third round of the 2023 world championship at Albert Park that was red-flagged on three occasions.A fourth red flag was shown after Max Verstappen’s Red Bull took the checkered Read more
While polesitter Verstappen largely dominated at Albert Park, the race will be remembered for three red flags, the last of which resulted in the 58 lap affair finishing under the safety car.Verstappen initially lost the lead at the start to Mercedes’ George Russell, while Lewis Hamilton also nipped by into Read more
Following a second red flag, caused by Kevin Magnussen clipped the wall to rip off the right-rear tyre from his Haas, Gasly lined up fifth for the race restart but locked up into Turn 1 to miss the rear of Fernando Alonso.He careered across the runoff but rejoined alongside team-mate Read more