Новости за 29.06.2023

The 2023 Formula 1 season continues with its ninth round, the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg. Is it hard to imagine Red Bull's winning streak ending at its home track? Yes, it is. Table of Contents 1. Will Red Bull be vulnerable now? 2. 2023 Austrian GP Facts & Figures 3. Red Bull Ring.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - James Allison has hit back at the notion that a cockpit position tweak could be the key to Lewis Hamilton's return to winning form. There is no doubt that the latest major upgrade to Mercedes' 2022 and 2023 'no sidepods' car concept has finally put the team on the right track to chasing.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - It's still too early to be thinking about Ferrari's driver lineup for 2025. That is the view of new team boss Frederic Vasseur, even though the contracts held by current stars Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz expire at the end of next year. "There are 18 months left before the deadline," the Frenchman.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - Max Verstappen's father has admitted they once flirted with the idea of signing up with Mercedes instead of Red Bull. When Max was just 16 and turning heads in Formula 3, the teenager and his co-managers - father Jos and Raymond Vermeulen - received an invitation to meet up with Toto Wolff. Wolff,.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - Dr Helmut Marko has confirmed that AlphaTauri will have a new name for 2024. It has already been announced that Red Bull's second Formula 1 team will undergo a full leadership shakeup at the end of the year, with Laurent Mekies (Ferrari) and Peter Bayer (FIA) drafted in to replace Franz Tost. "There.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - Gerhard Berger admits he had "talks" with Ferrari about helping his former team Ferrari out of its current slump. The former F1 driver spent two stints at the Maranello marque in the 80s and 90s, and subsequently went on to lead BMW in Formula 1 and co-own the Toro Rosso team. Most recently.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - Dr Helmut Marko says his latest comments about Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez were "taken out of context". Red Bull's 80-year-old top official said he will "evaluate" Australian Ricciardo's form at the post-British GP Pirelli tyre test, adding that the team needs to "keep our options open" about Sergio Perez's successor. "A lot.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan has scoffed at the huge valuation of Renault's Formula 1 outfit Alpine. It emerged this week that Hollywood actors and investment companies are part of a EUR 200 million, 24 per cent buyout of the Enstone based team. That values Alpine at almost a billion dollars. "I.....check out full post »

THURSDAY, 29 JUNE Press Conference:  1430hrs Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) Pierre Gasly (Alpine) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) Logan Sargeant (Williams) 1505hrs Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri) Nico Hülkenberg (Haas) Oscar Piastri (McLaren) George Russell (Mercedes) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) TV Pen:  1430hrs Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) Esteban Ocon (Alpine) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Alex.....check out full post »

Jun.29 - Alex Palou admits he is trying to prove "to Formula 1" that he deserves a shot at the pinnacle of motorsport. Currently, although already connected with McLaren's F1 team, the 26-year-old is dominating in Indycar - having already won that title for the first time in 2021. According to one of his rivals,.....check out full post »