Ayao Komatsu, team principal of the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, claims that he was unaware that the BWT Alpine F1 Team had used the post-season Abu Dhabi test with the Kannapolis-based team as leverage to have Esteban Ocon forfeit the final race of the 2024 season to Jack Doohan. Ocon replaced by Doohan for Abu…
With a heated battle taking place for sixth place in the constructors’ championship, Haas needed both Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen to maximise their potential at the F1 Qatar GP. However, it was a weekend of mixed fortunes, and the American team now sits five points behind Alpine going into the final race of the…
After only one practice session it’s time to set the grid for tomorrow’s race with a Sprint Qualifying session for the Qatar GP. Who will start the final Sprint Race of 2024 from the best spot? SQ1 The first qualifying segment saw Sauber drivers Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas out on track first, followed by…
Despite finishing where he started, Kevin Magnussen had a very eventful Las Vegas GP on Saturday night. Points always seemed unlikely from the early stages. He slipped back to P15 in the opening 10 laps as he struggled with graining on the mediums. As he ran until lap 17 with Haas going for a one-stop…
Nico Hülkenberg says that he also ran into graining on the opening stint but accepted it at the F1 Las Vegas GP, extending the first two stints to create a tyre offset and pass Yuki Tsunoda late on. He ended up in eighth position and scored four more points in the championship. The German had…
For its 75-anniversary season, Formula 1 has announced an unprecedented season launch event that will feature all 10 teams, 20 drivers, and the team principals. This unique event will take place on February 18th, 2025, at London’s The O2 ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain. Brian Burke of BrianBurkeCreative, who also oversaw the opening and…
Despite a promising start to the weekend, Oliver Bearman, who made his third appearance in Formula One as a replacement for the ill Kevin Magnussen, ultimately came away from the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix disappointed after finishing P12. While speaking after the race, Bearman described the experience as “tough” and admitted that he had…
For the third time in 2024, Oliver Bearman will be an F1 super sub. The 19-year-old British driver is replacing Kevin Magnussen for the full weekend, Haas F1 Team has announced. The Dane sounded unwell on media day in São Paulo but took part in all the usual duties. However, he got worse overnight and…
Nico Hülkenberg put together a steady race at the Mexico City Grand Prix to come home in the points for the third straight race, finishing ninth, although he lacked the of teammate Kevin Magnussen all weekend as he admitted on Saturday and Sunday to have an ideal feeling in the VF-24. It was a slight…
Kevin Magnussen has one of his strongest weekends in Formula One since making his debut and finishing on the podium at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. After qualifying P7, also known as best of the rest thanks to Piastri and Pérez’s Q1 eliminations, the Dane was absolutely outstanding on Sunday. While Max Verstappen did ultimately…
