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Max Verstappen · BelgiumA low-drag wing for sectors 1 and 3, allowing you to overtake and/or defend? Or a higher downforce set-up, allowing you to be just as quick over the lap thanks to your speed in the long fast corners of sector 2 – and with likely better tyre deg? The usual Spa downforce dilemma is particularly acute this year as it plays out between the very closely matched Red Bull and McLaren cars. With Max Verstappen taking a 10-place grid penalty for his repl…See the Story
Mark Hughes: McLaren following Verstappen is key to early Spa edge
Formula 1Whether it’s at the end of the 2024 season or even earlier, Logan Sargeant’s Formula 1 career is circling the drain. Just as it reaches a relative peak.Sargeant's pace has undeniably improved over the last three weekends since he has been on the same specification as team-mate Alex Albon - although he still claims there are small differences in “optimisation”. And when asked by The Race to clarify whether that meant between the cars themselves o…See the Story
How tense Sargeant's Williams situation is really getting
Renault · FranceThe Alpine Formula 1 team is not for sale. The team states that explicitly when asked, Renault Group CEO Luca De Meo has said it, the staff at its Enstone base were promised that recently and doubtless any potential buyer will be told it’s not available. Yet every move that is being made points in that direction, making it difficult to escape the conclusion that this is the likely endgame.That doesn’t mean this will play out immediately, or that…See the Story
Everything now points to Renault selling its F1 team
Max Verstappen · BelgiumIf Max Verstappen's standout time in first practice at the Belgian Grand Prix warned of a return to his Formula 1 dominance, McLaren's drivers did their best to dispel thoughts of such a comfortable run for Red Bull with a 1-2 in FP2.And while the headline times were only half of the story, the long runs were also encouraging for McLaren compared to a Verstappen-Red Bull combination that has won this race from compromised grid positions in each …See the Story
McLarens spoil Verstappen's dominant start to Belgian GP weekend
Formula 1 · BelgiumFormula 1 has rightly been getting excited about the fact it’s had seven different race winners so far in 2024, and six different winners over the past eight races as Red Bull has struggled to get the most from its previously dominant car.But Spa is probably the peak circuit for reigning F1 world champion Max Verstappen and Red Bull in this ground effect era, so Fernando Alonso was cautioning against over-excitement that the tide has definitivel…See the Story
The laps that suggest an ominous Belgian GP warning will come true
Audi · BelgiumThe change of senior management at Audi’s Formula 1 team could be significant for the driver market as new boss Mattia Binotto takes over negotiations.Only Nico Hulkenberg is committed to Sauber, which will morph into Audi’s 100%-owned works team in 2026, having signed a deal earlier this year to join in 2025.The effort to find him a team-mate was previously the responsibility of Andreas Seidl and Oliver Hoffmann, both ousted this week from thei…See the Story
How Audi's massive leadership change affects the F1 driver market
Formula 1 · FranceAlpine’s Formula 1 team looks set to have its third team boss in just over 12 months, with Oliver Oakes the leading candidate to replace Bruno Famin.This weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix marks a year since Famin was named interim team principal, when Alpine unexpectedly announced mid-event that Otmar Szafnauer was being replaced along with long-serving Alan Permane.Famin then took the job full-time for 2024 despite the intention being to find someon…See the Story