Yuki Tsunoda (23 years old) has completed his third F1 season. He finished 14th in the drivers’ standings, the same as in 2021, but Scuderia AlphaTauri’s Peter Beyer praised his performance. Franz Tost, the long-time Toro Rosso and AlphaTauri team principal, always said, “It takes a driver three years in F1 to learn all the … Read more
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Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Perez has admitted he is looking to Max Verstappen’s record-breaking performance this season as a guide to the 2024 Formula 1 championship challenge. Perez got off to a strong start, winning two of the first four races and closing in on one point behind leader Verstappen. However, Perez, who started from … Read more
Verstappen knows that the special moments he experienced this year are rare (Photo: AFP) Max Verstappen he piled up record after record in the 2023 Formula 1 season, since in addition to winning his third consecutive world championship title, he crossed the finish line first in nineteen of the twenty-two grand prix, and as part … Read more
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Pirelli said F1’s decision to scrap the ban on tire blankets will move forward in its efforts to deliver better tires for the 2025 race. Pirelli is evaluating tire changes to eradicate sa-marudegura, which has leveled up this year. The overheating properties of tires have been labeled as the ‘enemy of racing’ by those in … Read more
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Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner praised Hiroki Tsunoda’s F1 Abu Dhabi GP performance. He said it was the best race of the season for Tsunoda in 2023. Hiroki Tsunoda adopts a one-stop strategy at Yas Marina and leads a Grand Prix for the first time during the pit stop cycle from lap 18 … Read more
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Williams Racing has signed Logan Sargent for a second season alongside Alex Albon. Formula1.com correspondent Lawrence Barrett examines why the British team chose to hire an American driver. Sargent was under pressure after the 2023 Italian Grand Prix, having not scored a single point. His teammate Albon scored 21 points at that stage and single-handedly … Read more
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Alex Albon spent a year and a half at Red Bull Racing but struggled to match up with Max Verstappen. Now Williams star Albon looks back on his time at Red Bull. Before becoming the current mainstay at Williams Racing, Alex Albon endured a difficult year and a half at Red Bull. The Thai-born British … Read more
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Williams Racing has announced that Logan Sargent will remain with the team in 2024. The American racer earned a contract extension following his rookie season. Logan Sargent stepped up to F1 as a race winner in F4, F3 and F2. In the 2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship, he finished fourth behind Felipe Dlugovic (Aston Martin), … Read more
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Scuderia AlphaTauri’s sudden surge in performance late in the season has attracted the attention of rival F1 teams. Red Bull’s second F1 team, which is undergoing full branding ahead of 2024 with new team principals Peter Beyer and Laurent Mequise, suddenly started to pick up speed a few races ago. Long-time team principal Franz Tost … Read more
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Alex Albon has admitted that the outcome of Williams Racing’s battle for seventh place in the 2023 constructors’ championship was outside the team’s fortunes and rested in the hands of Yuki Tsunoda. Both teams entered the season finale in seventh place in the standings, but AlphaTauri had a chance to overtake their rivals by just … Read more