Haas Formula 1 boss Ayao Komatsu says that the new collaboration with Toyota is a “perfect combination” that will help the team to move up the grid in the coming years. Haas has signed a technical partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing that starts immediately, with TGR...
Haas Formula 1 boss Ayao Komatsu stresses that it’s important for the team to make progress with its latest update package from early in the US GP weekend. All teams are expected to bring upgrades of varying degrees to Austin, and they face the challenge of having...
Alpine Formula 1 team principal Oliver Oakes admits that the team’s form is unlikely to improve dramatically before the end of this season and that 2025 will be the “real barometer” of progress. Alpine has had a difficult time of late, and after Baku it slipped behind...
Haas Formula 1 boss Ayao Komatsu stresses that the team’s “primary objective” in the remaining six race weekends is to outscore championship rivals RB and Williams and claim sixth place in the World Championship. An example of that focus was seen in Singapore, where...
Aston Martin boss Mike Krack admits that Formula 1 is no longer mainly about chasing downforce but also about finding a stable platform that teams can build upon. McLaren has made a point this year of bringing relatively few major upgrades and instead focussing on...
Christian Horner is adamant that Red Bull is “still fighting” for both 2024 Formula 1 World Championships despite falling behind McLaren in the constructors’ version. Max Verstappen remains in a strong position in the drivers’ championship, with a handy 52-point lead...
McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella has downplayed the damage caused to Lando Norris’s title campaign by poor starts. Norris has lost ground on the first lap several times this season when starting from pole position. That streak finally ended in Singapore, when he...
Aston Martin Formula 1 boss Mike Krack says that Fernando Alonso beat the team’s own pre-race simulations by finishing in eighth place in the Singapore GP. He also stressed that the team shouldn’t get too excited by Alonso’s recent results given that the main...
Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles says that the team is yet to determine the cause of the PU cooling issue that led to a rare mechanical retirement for Alex Albon in the Singapore GP. Albon was fighting back from a bad first lap when he was called into the pits to...
Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles has defended Franco Colapinto for the spectacular start in the Singapore GP that drew criticism from other drivers. The Argentine rookie made a move down the inside that led to several cars running wide and losing places in the...
The RB/VCARB team has finally confirmed that Liam Lawson will drive in place of Daniel Ricciardo for the remainder of the 2024 Formula 1 season, starting in Austin. Ricciardo's departure had been rumoured for some time, and it was evident in Singapore that he knew it...
Mercedes Formula 1 team technical director James Allison admits that the strategy deployed on Lewis Hamilton’s car in the Singapore GP was “a clear mistake.” Hamilton was the only frontrunner to start on the soft rather than medium tyres, with the general idea that...
Pierre Gasly was left frustrated at the Singapore GP after being “sacrificed” to help the race of Alpine Formula 1 team mate Esteban Ocon. Ocon started 15th with Gasly three places behind him on the grid. After Ocon pitted on lap 29 Gasly stayed out on track in an...
Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes that the Singapore GP indicated signs of “real progress” with the tricky RB20 – despite Max Verstappen finishing 20 seconds behind dominant race winner Lando Norris. Red Bull had a floor revision in Baku that worked well on...
Nico Hulkenberg says his ninth place in Singapore for the Haas Formula 1 team was “redemption” after his mistake late in the previous race in Azerbaijan. In Baku Hulkenberg got up to ninth when he passed the Carlos Sainz/Sergio Perez accident scene. He was expecting...
McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella says that his team can’t back off on its development plans for the MCL38 despite its current advantage. The team has made a point of not bringing many updates recently, and has instead focussed on optimising what it has. The car...
