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Ollie Goethe, the talented 19-year-old German driver, has had an unexpected promotion to the FIA Formula 2 championship. He will be stepping in to replace Franco Colapinto. The Logan Sargeant, Williams saga had many knock on effects in the feeder categories. With Colapinto moving up to F1, Goethe got the call up to join the…
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Scuderia Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has admitted that he “didn’t expect” his P5 (+32.137s) finish at the 2024 Dutch GP on Sunday. He also revealed that his SF-24 was “quite quicker than he expected“, after being “quite slow, nearly a second off pole” in the qualifiers at the Circuit Zandvoort. During a disheartening qualifying session, Sainz…
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Co-written by Caitlin Noble In a surprising mid-season shakeup, Williams has announced that Franco Colapinto will replace Logan Sargeant for the remainder of the 2024 season. The news comes after a long spate of crashes and no points finishes in the first half of the season, with Sargeant also only accumulating one point in 2023.…
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has called his P4 (+27.337s) finish “little bit disappointing“, after missing out on a podium spot during the 2024 Dutch GP. The Australian racer even took the blame for his podium miss, admitting he was “not being competitive enough when it mattered” at Circuit Zandvoort. Despite missing the podium, Piastri delivered an…
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Max Verstappen believes that the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix highlighted that Red Bull are “not quick enough” in the fight against McLaren. Sergio Pérez shared similar sentiments in their fight with McLaren. Verstappen Settled The Red Bull of Max Verstappen led into the first corner of the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. He built a lead…
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McLaren’s Lando Norris felt “amazing” after charging through a ‘statement’ P1 finish (1:30:45.519) during today’s 2024 Dutch GP. The Briton also dubbed it as a “tough, but very enjoyable” race at the Circuit Zandvoort. Following a spectacular pole grab in Qualifying, Norris (P1) has once again clinched the win on Max Verstappen’s (P2) home ground.…
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Lando Norris won the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. Max Verstappen followed behind in P2 while Charles Leclerc rounded the podium off in P3. Round 15 of the F1 season welcomed the grid to the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix. Lando Norris and Max Verstappen locked out the front row. Oscar Piastri and George Russell were set…
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The Williams car of Alex Albon faced disqualification in the qualifying session at Zandvoort due to the floor being too wide and therefore illegal to race with. Williams F1 team will be looking into why their pre-event scan of the car deemed the car to be legal and comply with Formula One regulations. Alex Albon’s…
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Just over an hour after the conclusion of Race 1 (which was rescheduled from yesterday due to bad weather), the F1 Academy drivers were back out on track for Race 2 at the 2024 Dutch GP. It would be Doriane Pin who would come home in P1, beating Championship leader Abbi Pulling who reached the…
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Abbi Pulling was victorious in a shortened F1 Academy Race 1 around Zandvoort at the 2024 Dutch GP. It was yet another dominant drive from the British driver, allowing her to gain a greater advantage over her championship rival, Doriane Pin. In case you missed it, here’s what you need to know about Race 1…
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Flavio Briatore has shared that Alpine F1 Team is not for sale despite rumours. He also reasoned that he has no plans to cut jobs at its UK base. This year, Alpine hired Flavio Briatore as their executive advisor. The former Renault Team Principal is to reverse Alpine’s declining fortune. After rumours have spread online…
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Toto Wolff has revealed that Mercedes have contacted three-time World Champion Max Verstappen over the possibility of joining the team for the 2025 season. The Silver Arrows have a driver seat available for next year following Lewis Hamilton’s decision to join Ferrari in March, with Toto Wolff revealing that talks have taken place between Verstappen…
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Lewis Hamilton has been dealt a three-place grid penalty for the 2024 Dutch GP tomorrow. Stewards concluded that the Mercedes driver did, in fact, impede the Red Bull of Sergio Perez in the Qualifying session. The Stewards concluded that Hamilton breached Article 37.5 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations when he caused Perez to…
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In an already chaotic day for Williams, Alex Albon has been disqualified from Qualifying at the 2024 Dutch GP after the stewards determined the floor of his car to be illegal. The crushing blow comes after the team’s second driver, Logan Sargeant, crashed in FP3, causing too much damage to the FW46 for it to…
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Lando Norris took Pole Position during the F1 Quali at the 2024 Dutch GP, clearing home-hero Max Verstappen – who will start in P2 – by three tenths of a second. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri will start behind his teammate in P3 beside the Mercedes of George Russell. It was a better Quali session for Sergio…
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Rodin’s Abbi Pulling has made it five back-to-back Pole Positions after the F1 Academy Qualifying session at the 2024 Dutch GP. The Brit topped the times once again, making it three-for-three fastest session times so far this weekend. PREMA Racing’s Doriane Pin was once again in P2, hot on Pulling’s heels just one tenth off…
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Rodin Motorsport’s Abbi Pulling went two-for-two P1 positions in the F1 Academy sessions today, topping the times in Practice 2 at the 2024 Dutch GP. PREMA’s Maya Weug, at her home GP weekend, classified in P2 just tenth off the pace. Hamda Al Qubaisi, having won at Zandvoort last year, finished in P3 for MP…
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F1 Academy will be conquering Zandvoort in just their fourth race weekend of the 2024 season. Rookie driver Maya Weug has used this landmark to reflect on her season with PREMA Racing and the Ferrari Driver Academy thus far. Photo Credit: Scuderia Ferrari In the world of motorsport, every second counts, making the journey to…
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Abbi Pulling was quickest in the F1 Academy Practice 1 session of the 2024 Dutch GP weekend. The Championship leader showed her dominance around the Circuit Zandvoort, setting a 1:38.066. While Doriane Pin and Bianca Bustamante were hot on the Brit’s heels in P2 and P3 respectively, 13 of 16 drivers were within a second…
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Jack Doohan has been announced as the driver to partner Pierre Gasly at Alpine next season. In a statement released today, Jack expressed his excitement to be in the second Alpine seat; “I am so happy to secure promotion into a full-time race seat in 2025 with BWT Alpine F1 Team. I am very grateful…