Tyre and young driver testing was the order of the day in Abu Dhabi as the gruelling 2024 F1 season finally reached its conclusion. The calendar consisted of 24 races, as well as 6 Sprints. Debuts There was debuts aplenty for drivers with their new teams: Carlos Sainz at Williams, Gabriel Bortoleto at Sauber, Esteban…
Under the leadership of Oliver Oakes, Alpine sealed P6 in the Constructors’ Championship after a superb end to the 2024 F1 season. 35 points in Brazil was the deciding factor, but P10, P5 and P7 finishes from Pierre Gasly in dry races in Mexico, Qatar and Abu Dhabi were also key as the team’s Austin…
Canadian Devlin DeFrancesco is back in the NTT IndyCar series as he has agreed a multi-year deal with RLL, starting in 2025. He will be alongside Graham Rahal and Louis Foster following Christian Lundgaard’s move to Arrow McLaren. During his time at Andretti Autosport, his biggest moment was an absolutely extraordinary start at the Gallagher…
Red Bull heads towards Christmas with decisions to be made as Christian Horner and the other key figures in the team decide on whether Sergio Pérez remains with the team in 2025. Pit Debrief learned last week that the Mexican is set to be dropped due to his awful run of form since a P4…
Four-time F1 World Champion Max Verstappen has found out his punishment following the use of a swear word in the official FIA Press Conference ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix back in September. “He will undertake some work with junior competitors as part of the grassroots development programme organised by the Rwanda Automobile Club,” said…
On Thursday in his Abu Dhabi GP written media session, George Russell hit back firmly regarding the comments of Max Verstappen in the post-race press conference and to TV broadcasters in Qatar. Russell gives his side of the story Verstappen said he lost all respect for Russell because of his behaviour away from the cameras…
In a remarkable media session at the Abu Dhabi GP, Toto Wolff joined George Russell as the pair engaged in a war of words with various members of the Red Bull Racing squad. While the British driver hit back hard at Max Verstappen following the Dutchman’s scathing words about him after the Qatar GP, the…
A superb end to the season for Alpine continues as a P5 finish for Pierre Gasly at the F1 Qatar GP has seen the Enstone-based team led by Oliver Oakes take back P6 in the Constructors’ Championship heading to Abu Dhabi. They lead Haas by 5 points now after Hülkenberg had scored two points in…
Pit Debrief has learned from multiple sources that Sergio Pérez will depart Red Bull Racing following this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina as the team led by Christian Horner have decided his position is untenable. 2024 has been a brutal season for the Mexican driver. It started strongly as the finished on…
On a weekend where McLaren had a pace advantage over Scuderia Ferrari, the Italian giants led by Fred Vasseur took 3 points out of the Woking-based squad by the end of the Qatar GP event. Lando Norris’ 10-second time penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags opened the door for Ferrari to take 9…
