Новости за 29.02.2024

F1 Race Event: Bahrain Grand Prix Race Track: Bahrain International Circuit Weather: dry  19.2°C Tarmac: dry  34.1°C Humidity : 39.0% Wind : 14.7 km/h South Pressure: 1016 mbar Bahrain Grand Prix 2024: Hamilton Dominates FP2 as F1 Season Kicks Off As the sun set over the Bahrain International Circuit, the Formula 1 season of 2024.....check out full post »

Feb.29 - Dr Helmut Marko had to smile in Bahrain when asked about Fernando Alonso's prediction of another sure-fire title for Max Verstappen this year. Alonso said that, based on last week's pre-season test, all 19 drivers except the reigning triple world champion know they will not win the drivers' title in 2024. "That's realistic,".....check out full post »

Feb.29 - Esteban Ocon has joined his Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly in admitting they may be racing "the worst car" early in 2024. It is believed the works Renault team may indeed have slumped behind Haas to bring up the rear in Formula 1 this year, amid suggestions the 2024 car is overweight and still.....check out full post »

Feb.29 - Three top Formula 1 stars have hit out at the ever-lengthening annual race calendar, which has swollen to an all-time record of 24 grands prix for 2024. Fernando Alonso, already 42 and linked with a sensational move to Mercedes for 2025, says he won't even consider talks with teams until he has decided.....check out full post »

Feb.29 - Daniel Ricciardo thinks the controversy surrounding RB's relationship with the senior team Red Bull Racing will "calm down" early in 2024. Outspoken critics including McLaren CEO Zak Brown have been blasting the ever-closer collaboration between his two rival teams, suggesting one of his biggest concerns is that the former AlphaTauri squad is "now.....check out full post »

Feb.29 - The investigation into a staff member's allegations of bad behaviour has finally resulted in Christian Horner being cleared of wrongdoing. But in the words of France's L'Equipe: "Horner is cleared, but the war is not over." Despite calls for clarity and transparency before the track action kicks off in Bahrain on Thursday, Wednesday's.....check out full post »

Feb.29 - Valtteri Bottas admits he hopes the rumbling 2025 driver market 'silly season' will not overlook him. The Finn, having lost his seat as Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes teammate after 2021, has subsequently become one of the lowest profile drivers on the entire grid - at least from the perspective of results. Bottas, 34, has.....check out full post »

Feb.29 - Ralf Schumacher thinks it's "unusual" that sacked Haas team boss Gunther Steiner has returned to the paddock for 2024 as a television pundit. Ralf, a former F1 race winner, was highly critical of Steiner's management of Haas when his nephew Mick Schumacher was struggling at the team. Now, with 48-year-old Schumacher working for.....check out full post »

Feb.29 - Yet another well-known F1 name has questioned why Lewis Hamilton triggered an exit clause to get out of Mercedes at the end of 2024 in order to move to Ferrari. Fernando Alonso recently scoffed at Hamilton's claim that racing for Ferrari has always been a "childhood dream", and now another former teammate has.....check out full post »

F1 Race Event: Bahrain Grand Prix Race Track: Bahrain International Circuit Weather: dry  19.2°C Tarmac: dry  34.1°C Humidity : 39.0% Wind : 14.7 km/h South Pressure: 1016 mbar Daniel Ricciardo Sets the Pace in Bahrain FP1 as 2024 F1 Season Kicks Off As the 2024 Formula 1 season roared to life under the Bahraini sun,.....check out full post »