Haas is on the rise. The team has already scored more than twice the points from 2023, and with signing Oliver Bearman for next year the team also looks to invest in the future. Teamboss Ayao Komatsu looks to break with the philosophy of predecessor Günther Steiner who focused more on experience. The question remains…
Nico Hülkenberg believes Kevin Magnussen deserves to be in the mix for the second Haas seat or a spot at another team as the 2025 F1 driver market continues to be intriguing. Since the 36-year-old joined the American-owned team in 2023, he has beaten Magnussen 24-10 in Grand Prix qualifying, and he has outscored the…
Haas have been on fine form. In Austria the team scored a double-points finish with Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen, finishing P6 and P8 respectively. The American-owned outfit introduced updates to maintain their recent scoring streak. It paid off greatly with Hülkenberg bagging home another sixth-place finish for the second consecutive race weekend. Although he…
Nico Hülkenberg carried on his fine form from the Austrian Grand Prix as he qualified a superb P6 at Silverstone, beating Carlos Sainz in the works Ferrari. Qualifying had almost finished before it really got started, however. “Yeah, much too close for comfort, or too close for comfort,” he said, when asked about having almost…
Media day at the British Grand Prix has been dominated by the contact between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at the Red Bull Ring last Sunday. From lap 55 onwards, the Dutchman and Brit went hard at it, having multiple battles before an unfortunate collision on lap 64 at turn 3 saw both drivers end…
Everyone was on mediums aside from Zhou Guanyu who went for hards. The Chinese driver started in the pits following set-up changes. Verstappen got away well, comfortably leading Norris. The McLaren driver had to defend hard against Russell up to turn 3. Lewis Hamilton cleared Carlos Sainz for 4th but took to the run off….
Q1 Max Verstappen was first out of the pits and logged a 1:06.054 to kick things off, with Sergio Perez just under 0.2s away. A 1:05.941 from Carlos Sainz saw the Spaniard break the 66s barrier to go fastest. However, that was beaten by 0.040s seconds later by teammate Charles Leclerc. Norris and Piastri managed…
The Saubers of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu started from pit lane. They changed to a different rear wing spec as they looked to take advantage of the wet conditions. RUS, VER, NOR, PIA, RIC, ALO, HAM, TSU, STR, ALB, LEC, SAI, SAR, MAG, GAS, PER, HUL, OCO was the final starting grid. 18 drivers…
Nico Hülkenberg was one of the five cars that got knocked out of Q1 during qualifying in Canada with the lap time of 1:13.978. Originally, he was supposed to start the Sunday race in the penultimate grid spot, but Esteban Ocon’s penalty moved him up to P18. This season so far, the German driver was…
It has not been a positive 2024 so far for Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu. After starting off the season strongly achieving his best result, an eleventh place in Bahrain, a number of races have been marred by pit stop issues, as well as a gearbox problem which forced the 25-year-old to retire in Japan. The Chinese…
