Editorial Staff, Author at Pit Debrief

“We’ll be at our 100% already from this weekend” — Leclerc speaks about sudden F1 race enginner change at Scuderia Ferrari

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

In the week leading up to the 2024 F1 Imola GP race weekend, Scuderia Ferrari announced an organisational change in the operations of Charles Leclerc’s garage. Xavi Marcos, Leclerc’s race engineer, will no longer continue in the role. He has been replaced by Bryan Bozzi, who prior to this, was Leclerc’s performance engineer ever since…

“I’ll probably go again” — Adrian Newey expects to continue in F1 after leaving Red Bull early next year

Editorial Staff2 years ago03 mins

After announcing his decision to depart from Red Bull Racing recently, Adrian Newey has admits that his future is still within the Formula One paddock. Newey discloses that he had been “seriously considering changing teams, going somewhere else and doing another four or five years or whatever.” The 65-year-old confesses that he does feel tired…

Alex Albon signs a “multi-year” F1 deal with Williams Racing

Editorial Staff2 years ago02 mins

Williams Racing has revealed today that Alex Albon is set to stay at the team for the foreseeable future. Albon has signed a “multi-year” contract extension which will extend this partnership into the next set of Formula 1 regulations, i.e. beyond the 2026 season. Albon’s current contract was set to see him through the 2025…

Norris admits he “pushed too hard” as pole opportunity slips away for Miami F1 Sprint

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

McLaren’s upgrades were the talk of the town heading into the 2024 F1 Miami GP weekend. The whole updated package was given to Lando Norris. Oscar Piastri will receive the full upgrade package in Imola as he got 50% of it this weekend. McLaren were favourites for pole position at the start of SQ3 as…

“There’s no truth about it” — Sainz dismisses claims he rejected Audi F1 offer as he weighs up 2025 options

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

Despite having a very good start to his 2024 F1 season, Carlos Sainz Jr. is still in the midst of finalizing his future and he seems to be in no rush to do so. Ahead of the Miami GP weekend, Spanish journalist/presenter Antonio Lobato took to Twitter to suggest that Sainz had allegedly not given…

Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team announces multi-year title sponsorship with HP

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

The iconic Scuderia Ferrari is no longer titleless, which they have been ever since their association with Misson Winnow ended at the end of 2021. On Wednesday it was announced that Ferrari will have a new partnership with Hewlett-Packard (HP). The Scuderia will now be named “Scuderia Ferrari HP”, featuring a large, blue HP logo…

Leclerc confident Ferrari “can come back on the podium tomorrow” after tricky F1 Chinese GP qualifying for the Scuderia

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

After qualifying P7 for the Sprint Race yesterday in wet conditions, Charles Leclerc went one better for the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. He pipped teammate Carlos Sainz by 0.008s to claim a third row spot. Leclerc was quick to admit he was not happy with where he had qualified. There were six tenths between…

“Our battle will be with Aston and probably with the Mercedes” — Norris expects to be overhauled by the Ferraris in F1 Chinese GP

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

After having a dismal start to his Sprint Race earlier in the day, falling to P7 in Turn 2 after starting P1, Lando Norris qualified P4 for the Chinese Grand Prix, the main race on Sunday. The first lap on the board by the McLaren driver in qualifying was a 1.36.528. By the end of…

Max Verstappen says P4 start for F1 Sprint “quite deserved” following struggles in wet SQ3 at Chinese GP

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

Many have wanted a shake up in the 2024 season, something different than the typical Red Bull dominance, and the Chinese Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying did not disappoint for them. After Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez put their cars in P1 and P3 in SQ2, it looked like this would be a normal qualifying. But…

Sainz says “my best options are still open” concerning a seat for 2025 F1 season

Editorial Staff2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Ever since the announcement of Lewis Hamilton switching to the Prancing Horse, one of the biggest talks of the paddock has been where will Carlos Sainz be for 2025. After having a stellar start to the 2024 season with a win in Australia and two podiums in Bahrain and Japan, teams took notice, and currently,…