Grand Prix
From Thursday’s media day to Sunday night: practice, qualifying, strategy, pit stops, team radio, the safety car and the stewards’ decisions, as seen by four columnists without a single paddock pass. The facts are real, the reactions are theirs.
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Red flag in Mexico for a piece of bodywork, the heated room takes note
In second free practice in Mexico, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) made contact. Bodywork debris brought out a red flag; the incident has been noted by the stewards…
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Verstappen and Lawson penalised, nobody at fault: a team principal sees a model
The stewards at the Mexican Grand Prix ruled that nobody was to blame for the clash between Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson in Free Practice 2, but gave each driver a one-place…
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Reprimand for a steering wheel not put back: the camping chair folds up too
In Q1 of the Mexico Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso stopped his Aston Martin on track with an engine problem, eleven minutes from the end, which brought out a red flag. The stewards…
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Antonelli says he felt the pressure in Mexico: Nathan looks for the variable in his sim
Kimi Antonelli became Formula 1 world champion in Mexico with four Grands Prix left in the season. He admitted to feeling a little pressure while closing out the title, then parked his…
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Pérez does donuts “endlessly” in a film F2: Nathan looks for where it stops
Sergio Pérez gave a demonstration in Mexico City on Wednesday, in front of about 50,000 fans, in a 2018 Dallara F2 from the film “F1”, lent by Apple and repainted as a…
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Stroll wants to finish and have fun in Mexico: Philippeville signs with both hands
Before the Mexican Grand Prix, Lance Stroll said aiming for points is difficult with Aston Martin’s engine and that he is going for a good race, some fun and the finish. Fernando…
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Red Bull loses the radio both ways: the marshal files “copy” under no further action
At Austin, Max Verstappen struggled to hear stand-in engineer Tom Hart, after a Singapore weekend when the team could not hear him. Isack Hadjar left the pit lane with the wrong engine…
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Red Bull radio failures: a flag, unlike a radio, has never needed a signal
Red Bull Racing has still not fixed its radio failures, which again hampered Max Verstappen at the United States Grand Prix. Team principal Laurent Mekies admits the team does not fully understand…
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Wolff can’t explain Antonelli’s pole: Fabienne Racing offers its expertise
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) took pole for the United States Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar. Toto Wolff had predicted a place between third and fifth and says he cannot…
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Bottas, one infraction in Austin: Philippeville recognises its own philosophy
In Friday’s free practice for the United States Grand Prix in Austin, 207 lap times were deleted for track limits, across 23 drivers. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) committed just one offence; he and…
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Bortoleto starts from the back at Austin: Nathan looks for the lap that matters
Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) will start from the back of the United States Grand Prix grid after twenty places of penalty for two power unit components over quota. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) and…
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Hadjar puts Verstappen in a Ferrari, and Josiane files it under no further action
Isack Hadjar, Max Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate, said in Austin on Thursday that Ferrari had the fastest car in Singapore and that Verstappen would have won by a bigger margin in a…