Новости за 08.03.2024

Event: Saudi Arabia F1 Grand Prix Track: Jeddah Street Circuit Weather: dry 25.0°C Tarmac: dry 30.9°C Humidity: 57% Wind: 2.5 km/ South Pressure: 1015 mbar Max Verstappen qualified as quickest during qualifying and scored first pole position for tomorrow's fourth Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. It was the 97th pole for Red Bull Racing. In the.....check out full post »

F1 Race Event: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Race Track: Jeddah Corniche Circuit Weather: dry  26.0°C Tarmac: dry  38.7°C Humidity : 62.0% Wind : 7.5 km/h South Pressure: 1012 mbar Halfway through the session, the top 10 order was as follows: 1. Leclerc, 1:29.206 min (M), 2. Pérez, +0.326s (S), 3. Verstappen, +0.567s (S), 4. Russell, +0.656s.....check out full post »

Mar.8 - Mere hours after reports broke that Audi has completed a 100 percent acquisition of the Sauber team, rumours about the drivers began to swirl in Saudi Arabia. Even Germany's biggest newspaper Bild is following the story, revealing that both Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou are out of contract at the end of 2024.....check out full post »

Mar.8 - Christian Horner has pleaded for the end of a scandal that endangered not only his top job at Red Bull, but could lead to Max Verstappen's shock exit. "Every contract has clauses, that's clear," said Dr Helmut Marko, amid reports Verstappen's 2028 deal allows the Dutchman to easily exit in the event Marko.....check out full post »

Mar.8 - Charles Leclerc insists he is not anxious about having to take on Formula 1's most successful driver in history as his Ferrari teammate from 2025. It was rumoured that, at least initially, Leclerc was upset that new team boss Frederic Vasseur decided to break up his pairing with Carlos Sainz - a driver.....check out full post »

Mar.8 - Pedro de la Rosa, an Aston Martin team ambassador and close confidante of Fernando Alonso's, played down the Spaniard's top time in Jeddah free practice. "It's just practice," Alonso, sponsored by Saudi oil company Aramco, warned, alluding to different engine modes and fuel loads that the various teams run in practice. Indeed, Red.....check out full post »

Mar.8 - Kevin Magnussen admits he needs to up his game relative to Haas teammate Nico Hulkenberg. After Bahrain, but also the 2023 season in which Hulkenberg was consistently quicker over a single lap, new Haas boss Ayao Komatsu said Magnussen lagging 7 tenths off the pace of the sister car was "not acceptable". Komatsu.....check out full post »

Team Representatives: Bruno Famin (Alpine), Mike Krack (Aston Martin), James Vowles (Williams), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing) Q: Bruno, perhaps we could start with you, please. Now, you and the team were managing expectations during the test, but how much of a shock was the performance in Bahrain? Bruno Famin: Yeah, that's right that it was a.....check out full post »