Editorial Staff, Author at Pit Debrief

“A well-timed safety car” — Ricciardo quips about bringing Piquet back to F1 after a poor qualifying in Singapore GP

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Under the street-lights of Singapore, Formula One held it’s Qualifying session for the race on Sunday, and despite what seemed to be a promising Friday Daniel Ricciardo’s failed to make it past Q1. The Australian driver only qualified P16. When asked to explain what exactly went wrong in the session, the VCARB driver had no…

Lewis Hamilton to start from pit lane at F1 Azerbaijan GP after engine change

Editorial Staff2 years ago03 mins

Although the Mercedes team looked contender for a better starting position after the Friday sessions, Lewis Hamilton qualified P7 for the 2024 Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix. When asked about this discrepancy between the Friday sessions and Saturday’s results, Hamilton said, “Yeah, I mean, every Saturday is the same, so I’m not really surprised.” The…

Adrian Newey to join Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team from 2025

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Having working with Red Bull Racing since 2006 and played a key role into turning them into a serious force in F1, legendary designer Adrian Newey is heading to Aston Martin next year, it was confirmed by the team on Tuesday morning. The announcement comes over four months after Red Bull Racing issued a statement…

Colapinto aims to take F1 opportunity with a “step by step” approach

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Ahead of 2024 Formula One Italian Grand Prix in Monza, Williams Racing announced the immediate departure of their American driver, Logan Sargeant. He is set to be replaced by Franco Colapinto, who up until last week was driving for MP Motorsport in the 2024 Formula 2 championship. Colapinto is set to debut as an F1…

Bearman could be a “future world champion” says future teammate Esteban Ocon

Editorial Staff2 years ago03 mins

As we moved closer to the Formula One summer break, Haas F1 Team announced Ollie Bearman and Esteban Ocon as their driver line up for the 2025 Formula One campaign. Esteban Ocon currently drives for the Alpine F1 Team. It was announced after the tumultuous opening lap of the 2024 Monaco GP, that Ocon and…

F1 still a “key project” for Alpine says Famin

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

With Bruno Famin and Alpine F1 annoucing a decision for the Frenchman to step back from his role as the Team Principal in a few weeks, the French team is undergoing a management change yet again. It has only been a year since Famin took charge. Famin also indicated that Alpine F1 is looking to…

Pérez says “I think the positive is that the pace is there” following recovery to P7 in F1 Hungarian GP

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend had another tale of two halves for Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez. In Saturday’s qualifying, he went out early in Q1 and started the race in P16 as he crashed at turn 8 on a push lap in tricky conditions. However, in Sunday’s race he had a good recovery drive…

Tsunoda “very happy” with P9 in F1 Hungarian GP, praises team and mechanics for car rebuild

Editorial Staff2 years ago03 mins

From a high-speed crash towards the end of the Q3 session, which brought the red flags out, to a points-scoring finish on Sunday. For RB F1’s Yuki Tsunoda, the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend was full of highs and lows. While trying to put a lap together in the final minutes of the Q3 session…

Pérez’s race pace in F1 Hungarian GP “was surprisingly good” — Russell

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

Following the end of the 2024 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes seems to have had a tale of two halves with their results. While the man who was on the top step on Formula One’s last outing in Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton found himself finishing the race in P3, recording his 200th F1 podium. George…

Leclerc has gone “quite extreme in the change of set-up” to try and solve recent Ferrari F1 bouncing issues

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Scuderia Ferrari started the 2024 Formula One season with high hopes. They came out of Maranello and went on to score consecutive podiums and a win for both the drivers, in Australia and Monaco. The Italian team had slowly been building over their momentum from the end of 2023 Formula One season, when Charles Leclerc…