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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Pérez cites leadership for a season without a point: Nathan checks the setup in his sim
Sergio Pérez, on course for a first season without a point with Cadillac according to Formule1.nl, ranks it among his best. He says success in F1 depends mostly on the car, modified…
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Verstappen lives between room, garage and pit lane: Nathan knows the floor plan
Max Verstappen told the Dutch daily De Telegraaf that the F1 paddock has become “like a zoo” and that he lives mostly between his room, the garage and the pit lane. He…
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Leclerc asks if Pérez still drives for Red Bull: Fabienne Racing keeps its files tidy
Second in the Singapore Grand Prix behind Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc was held up late in the race by Sergio Pérez, now a Cadillac driver. According to Formule1.nl, he wondered over the…
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Honda swaps Alonso’s turbo on his word alone: in Philippeville, that’s called a method
Honda replaced Fernando Alonso’s turbo in Singapore with no anomaly in the data, on the strength of the driver’s feedback, according to Shintaro Orihara. Alonso, 16th after a pit-lane start, says the…
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One-way radio at Verstappen’s Red Bull: post 14 knows “copy” with no reply
Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix, his first victory at the circuit and his second in a row, despite a faulty radio: he could hear his engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, but his…
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Alonso’s energy deployed in the wrong places: Nathan reruns the lap after the VSC
Sixteenth in Singapore, Fernando Alonso said the energy deployment on his Aston Martin was a problem after the virtual safety car, the car not knowing “exactly” where he was on the lap.…
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Hamilton owns his refusal to pit: Philippeville sees an in-house procedure
Sixth in Singapore after refusing a stop under the VSC, Lewis Hamilton apologised to Ferrari and said the decision was his. Fred Vasseur, irritated, defended a two-option strategy, one stop or two.
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Hamilton apologises by radio in Singapore: at the gazebo, we prefer the cardboard sign
Sixth in the Singapore Grand Prix after staying out under a virtual safety car, Lewis Hamilton apologised to Ferrari on the cool-down lap, saying the decision was his. Charles Leclerc, who pitted,…
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Hamilton started on mediums and finished sixth: Nathan redoes the strategy in Genk
At the Singapore Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton started on mediums, the only one in the top six, and pitted very early for softs. The virtual safety car caused by Lance Stroll let…
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Hülkenberg impeded Sainz but keeps 10th on the grid: the stopwatch has no number
The stewards at the Singapore Grand Prix ruled that Nico Hülkenberg had “unnecessarily impeded” Carlos Sainz in Q2, but did not penalise him, citing “extraordinary mitigating circumstances” linked to badly synchronised timing…
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Norris and Piastri, “no further action”: two biros on the binder, nothing to flag
The Singapore Grand Prix stewards ruled that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both contributed to their collision on the last lap of the sprint, with neither mainly responsible. No further action was…
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Seventy km/h slower under yellow for Verstappen: Nathan replays turn 7
According to the Singapore Grand Prix stewards, Max Verstappen had fully lifted about 40 metres after entering the yellow-flag zone, but still passed Lewis Hamilton, who was travelling below 60 km/h. No…