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Zhou Guanyu’s three-year stint at Sauber ends not with a bang, as he would have hoped, but with a whimper, as reflected in our F1 Driver Rankings. Despite a promising P11 finish during the 2024 Bahrain GP, the Chinese driver struggled throughout the season, failing to score points in all but one race. With just…
An interesting topic is the tough pondering of whether historical tracks such as Zandvoort should remain on the F1 calendar in lieu of more recent entries that can provide the championship with much more money. Losing the history of the sport The question arose because the contract tying Zandvoort to F1 has not been renewed…
The 2024 F1 season concluded with Aston Martin securing points at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, providing a bittersweet end to a challenging year — and Team Principal Mike Krack offered a candid assessment of the team’s performance, shedding light on their struggles and plans to rebuild momentum in the coming seasons. A tough season…
Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur believes the meticulous approach and valuable experience of Lewis Hamilton will help close performance gaps with Red Bull and Mercedes in 2025. A fresh perspective in Maranello With the 2024 season coming to an end last weekend in Yas Marina, it’s now time for teams to concentrate on what’s coming…
Daniel Ricciardo’s tenure in the Red Bull family ended abruptly after the Singapore Grand Prix, leaving him in P19 in our F1 Driver Rankings. It was an exit that shocked most of his fans, but why did his performance drop? Tough seasons After parting ways with Renault, Ricciardo joined McLaren in 2021. His tenure there,…
In 20th place on our list of the 2024 F1 Driver Rankings is Canadian Lance Stroll — his eighth full season in the sport now completed. A solid first part of the season All of Stroll’s points came in the first part of the season before the summer break. His best result was a P6…
If we thought Sergio Pérez’s slump in performance couldn’t get any worse after last year, his run of form since the 2024 Emilia-Romagna GP has managed to put his future in the sport in jeopardy. With him finishing the season in a lowly eighth place and his teammate Max Verstappen securing his fourth successive drivers’…
Last in our standings, the American driver’s sophomore F1 season definitely was not what neither Sargeant nor team boss James Vowles had expected or hoped for. The Williams Academy driver had prepared himself in 2022 amassing a great deal of kilometres by testing during FP1s and private tests, conducted alongside his rookie Formula 2 season….
Following the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Red Bull’s team principal Christian Horner praised McLaren, the champions, and offered his take on the competition for next season, and his thoughts on the 2026 season which is set to be the biggest one yet. Horner congratulates McLaren F1 Horner praised all of the key people of…
The FIA General Assembly in Rwanda approved FIA governance changes. It affects the roles of the ethics and audit committees at the governing body of motorsport. With these plans, the responsibilities of the compliance officer would be left to the FIA president and the president of the senate. Audit committees also wouldn’t have the power…
