Day 2 of testing concluded with Carlos Sainz setting the fastest time of testing thus far, with a time of 1:29.921. His teammate, Charles Leclerc, led the first session of the day with a time of 1:31.750   Image: motorsport.com Session 1:   Session, one started with an additional 10 minutes added to the clock with the intentions of a FIA safety system test at the end of the session. Leclerc ending the session with the benchmark time of 1:31.750.   Red Bull had a delayed start

Testing ahead of the 2024 season has officially kicked off, 18 out of 20 drivers taking to the tracks to test and tweak their challenger for the upcoming season. Mercedes and Red Bull opted to have one driver run both sessions, Russell and Verstappen getting behind the wheel for today’s sessions. Hamilton and Perez will follow by completing both sessions in day 2 Image: motorsport.com   Session 1:   Verstappen completed the morning session on top with a time of 1:32.548, and

All the cars have been unveiled for the 2024 season, with quick drops on social media to glamorous unveilings in Las Vegas. With the challengers for 2024 revealed, it’s time to get our first glimpse of how the cars actually perform.   How it works: Testing will take place in Bahrain a week ahead of the season debut the following week at the Bahrain International circuit in Sakhir. Testing will run from Wednesday 21st February to 23rd February 2024. Testing previously took pla

For the second time in the last 3 seasons, Haas completed the season last in the constructors’ championship. After recovering from a dismaying 2021 campaign, finishing in last, Haas climbed up to finish the 2022 season in P8. Haas would fall back down in 2023, completing the season with just 12 points and an underperforming VF-23.   Image: Motorsport.com Hulkenberg made a return to Formula One for 2023, replacing Mick Schumacher, the team believing the young German driver was

Alfa Romeo took a fall from a P6 finish in the constructers in 2022, their best in a decade, to a drop down to P9 in 2023. The C43 only managing to bring in 16 points for the team, 10 scored by Valtteri Bottas, with the remaining 6 coming from Guanyu Zhou.   Image: motorsport.com Like many teams across the grid, Alfa Romeo brought upgrades to their car at the British Grand Prix. Updates were brought to the floor, diffuser, and rear suspension. While other teams, such as McLar

With the first 2024 car launch to take place tomorrow, news about a potential move to Ferrari from Lewis Hamilton in 2025 has circulated around social media. This comes after an announcement made by the Italian press this morning. Image: Motorsport.com As of 18:59, Mercedes F1 team took to social media to announce the departure of Lewis Hamilton at the end of the season. The team posted on their social media “Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and Lewis Hamilton will part ways at

Alphatauri faced an eventful final season under the AlphaTauri name. earlier this week it was announced that AlphaTauri would be changing the name to Visa Cash app RB racing. The ATO4 made a trivial debut, with an underwhelming performance in testing in Bahrain, followed by a poor start to the season, starting the season at the back of the grid with one of the worst cars on the grid.   With a new driver line up, following the departure of Pierre Gasly, Nyk De Vries stepped up

Williams completed the 2023 campaign with their highest finish in 6 seasons. From finishing last in 2022, Williams completed 2023 with a jump to seventh, holding off AlphaTauri by 3 points. The success of the Grove based team being largely driven by the consistency of Albon.   Image: motorsport.com Williams began the 2023 season with a fresh start, a new car, team principal and driver line-up. James Vowels took a step up in his career, making a move from Mercedes strategy to

2023 saw a brand-new pairing for Alpine, Pierre Gasly made a move from AlphaTauri to Alpine, joining Esteban Ocon for a full French line-up for the French team. Alpine debuted the A523 running the pink livery for the opening 3 races of the season, the colours of their partner BWT and promoting their work to ‘Change the World’ and reducing plastic. Image: motorsport.com Alpine struggled in 2023, finishing sixth in 2023, a drop of 2 places from 2022 where they finished fourth i

Aston Martin had everyone’s attention at the start of the season, the AMR23 debuted presenting the possibility of being the second fastest car on the grid.   Image: motorsport.com Fernando Alonso completed his race with Aston Martin on the final podium spot in Bahrain. Alonso replacing another former world champion, as Sebastian Vettel retires from the sport leaving the seat open for 2023. His teammate Lance Stroll, on his third season with the team, was praised for his solid

McLaren by far have the best story of 2023 with an unlikely turnaround, which saw the Woking team start at the back of the championship to finishing the season in fourth, as well as securing the DHL fastest pit stop in Qatar with a time of 1.80 seconds.   image: motorsport.com It was a troubling start to the season for McLaren in Bahrain, with only one driver being able to finish the race. Lando Norris crossed the line for the season opener in P17, while his teammate and rook

Ferrari and the Tifosi can walk away from the 2023 F1 season knowing they were the only driver to beat the dominant RB19 in a race, Carlos Sainz taking the only non-Red Bull win of 2023 in Singapore. The SF-23 showed promising pace at times but all that was quickly undone by a lack of consistency and their unpredictability in corners, which saw them lose pace to the Bull’s. image: motorsport.com Ferrari’s fight was with Mercedes for P2 in the constructor’s championship, ultim

Mercedes continue to move forward after a difficult 2022 season with the W13, the team opting to continue with the doomed ‘zero-sidepod’ concept that failed them last season, despite Hamilton’s hopes to ditch the concept. 2023 saw the first winless season for the team since 2011 and their least podiums since 2012. Hamilton continues his winless streak, having not won a race since Saudi Arabia in 2021. Image: motorsport.com Mercedes’ W14 debuted in Bahrain with the zero-sidepo

Red Bull put on a flawless performance in 2023, breaking record after record in the most dominate season for any team in F1 history. The collective effort of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez saw the team take home the Constructors’ championship in Japan, while Verstappen in a dominant RB19 claimed a third consecutive World Champion title in Qatar 2 weeks later. Image: motorsport.com The RB19, designed by Adrian Newey, was in a league of its own, no over team on the grid able t

With the summer break over and the championship heating up, and Red Bull looking to continue with their dominance, the 2023 resumed in the Netherlands. Netherlands 25/08-27/08 Coming back from the Sumer break, Red Bull's dominance looks stronger than over as Max Verstappen claims victory and equalises Sebastian Vettel's record of 9 consecutive race wins. Sudden weather changes caught some drivers out, the red flag coming out for Zhou as he went off at turn 1. The race resumed

The 2023 season was definitely not a disappointing one for Red Bull as they clenched both the constructors championship and Drivers championship for Max Verstappen. Red Bull dominating the season with 21 out of 22 race wins in 2023, the only other driver to finish in P1 being Carlos Sainz in Singapore, the only race to not feature a Red Bull on the podium. Bahrain 03/03-05/03 Red Bull put on a show for the first race of the season, opening the season with a bang for the team.

It’s Verstappen all over, as he takes his 7th consecutive win and 19th of the season, a perfect finish for a season full of new records set by the 3-time reigning world champion. Mercedes also took a victory if their own, as they battelled to the line with Ferrari for P2 for the constructors world championship.   image: motorsport.com Verstappen lined up on pole for the twelfth and final time this season, Leclerc lining up alongside the world champion on the front row. Piastr

Viva Las Vegas! Vegas has officially joined the F1 calander and did not disappoint after a hectic debut from Friday practice to Sunday’s race. Ultimately at the end it was Verstappen to take yet another victory this season, Red Bull beating Mercedes record with 19 wins for the team in a single season. image: motorsport.com It was a hectic debut for Vegas in F1, a race that’s been 40 years in the making. FP1 and FP2 was derailed after Sainz got damage to his car after driving

Brawn GP entered F1 on the 6th of March 2009, making its debut at the Australian Grand Prix. The 2009 F1 campaign, is regarded as one of the most unforgettable stories in F1’s history, Brawn taking both the constructors’ and driver championship on their first time asking. image: motorsport.com Honda announced its departure from the sport in December 2008 with immediate effect, due to the global financial crisis. With a team with no certainty of tomorrow, around 300 workers b

Verstappen dominated this weekend in Brazil, winning both the sprint and Sunday’s race. Lando crossed the line to finish on the podium once again this season. Saturdays Sprint: SQ1 was cut short after Esteban Ocon went into the barriers after making contact with Fernando Alonso, sending his Alpine into the barrier with 33seconds left of the first session. Alonso returned to the pits with a puncture but was still able to move into the next session. As the flag was waved at the