Ollie Bearman was happy with his performance on Sunday at the F1 Australian GP after a weekend that was marred by crashes and techincal issues. He crossed the line in P14, last of the classified runners. The weekend saw a difficult start for the Brit. With a crash in the early stages of FP1, Bearman…
Rookie Gabriel Bortoleto experienced the highs and lows of F1 racing in a rain-soaked Australian GP. A wet and wild start to the season With rain causing the track to feel like a skating rink, multiple drivers, both rookies and seasoned drivers, fell victim to the treacherous conditions. Bortoleto, making his F1 debut with Sauber at…
The 2025 F1 season kicked off in Melbourne for the Australian GP, and for Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari, Australia was a baptism by fire. He finished in P10 following a gamble to stay on dry tyres by the Scuderia that backfired as the rain got worse. In his first race weekend with Ferrari, after a…
Lando Norris is starting the F1 2025 Australian GP in pole position. He’s followed by his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Behind them is Max Verstappen and George Russell. The third row is a surprising lineup, with Yuki Tsunoda in his VCARB and Alex Albon in his Williams. Both Ferraris are lined up behind them. Haas’s…
Coming into his first home Grand Prix and the opening race of the season, Jack Doohan just missed out on a potential Q3 at the F1 Australian GP after a badly timed yellow flag on his final flier in Q2. The Australian driver has seen immense pressure follow him into his rookie season. With consistent…
Oscar Piastri prepares for the season opener in his home town of Melbourne for the first time in his F1 career as the chance of rain threatens to shake up the Australian GP for the McLaren driver and his 19 competitors. On Tuesday, it was announced Oscar Piastri would extend his tenure with McLaren F1,…
In the second part of Pit Debrief‘s exclusive interview with former F1 engineer Marco Schüpbach, we discussed his two years working as race engineer to Sergio Pérez, and why he struggled so much against Max Verstappen. He was the Mexican’s first race engineer in the sport. After working as a performance engineer for Robert Kubica,…
In the third part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, Xavier Marcos Padros, current technical director of Cadillac’s LMDh sportscar program, discussed the different leadership styles of Ferrari F1 team principals Mattia Binotto and Fred Vasseur. Working at Ferrari F1 from 2018 to 2024, and as Charles Leclerc’s race engineer, Marcos Padros noted that…
Day 2 of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain was anything but smooth sailing for Red Bull’s Liam Lawson. Lawson faced a mix of rare rain showers and technical issues throughout the day. Despite the session having several interruptions, he left believing that the team is in a “positive place” ahead of the season opener in…
Following the unveiling of official liveries at the F1 75 season launch event in London on February 18, several teams have put their 2025 challengers through a shakedown run at the Bahrain International Circuit. Making use of the permitted mileage of 200 kilometres over the course of two filming days, Alpine, Haas, Aston Martin, Mercedes,…
