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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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Lewis Hamilton’s Passion for Africa Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time Formula 1 world champion, believes it’s time for Africa to have a Grand Prix. Hamilton, fresh from a summer break in Africa, argues that F1 can’t keep expanding elsewhere and ignore Africa. “One hundred percent! We can’t be adding races in other locations and continue to…
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Haas F1 Team are in huge trouble after ignoring court rulings to pay an outstanding debt to former Russian sponsor, Uralkali. Uralkali, the former title sponsor of Haas F1 Team, has initiated legal proceedings in Dutch courts to seize the team’s assets, including cars and equipment, due to an unpaid debt. The dispute stems from…
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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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FP2 for the 2024 Dutch GP started with more stable weather conditions than the previous F1 session earlier in the day, allowing teams to gather valuable data for the remainder of the weekend. All cars headed out onto the the track to gather valuable data as the weather seems to be very mixed throughout the…
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F1 returns from the summer break for FP1 at the 2024 Dutch GP. Will McLaren continue their resurgence in pursuit of the Redbull’s and Max Verstappen? Soggy Start-Fast Finish The first session of the weekend was rather wet, with all cars heading out in the blue full wet tyres. As the session developed the cars…
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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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The FIA have recently announced a significant rule change regarding the braking mechanics on Formula One cars, targeting any systems which may be asymmetric. The new rule change is a crackdown on brake-steer technology, which is when one brake pad has more pressure added when approaching a bend, to improve the handling under heavy braking.…
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The four-time World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, has been rumoured to return to the sport with Audi after retiring from the sport in 2022. The F1 “silly season” rumours are in full swing and 2024 certainly hasn’t been disappointing in that aspect. For those who don’t know what “silly season” is, it’s a term that has…
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After ten race weekends, only a third of the 2024 Formula 2 season is left. It’s been a surprising year so far, and F2’s standout drivers have been unexpected. With the rapid changes in form from race to race, it’s been hard for the drivers to make an impression. However, a few of have managed…
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Representatives from Rwanda are scheduled to have talks with Formula 1 as The FIA claim that Rwanda’s bid for F1 is getting ‘serious’. F1 has been swarmed by discussions of additions and potential rotations of many races that currently have a place on the F1 calendar. With this season sporting a record of 24 races…
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Oscar Piastri says McLaren will focus on the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship rather than assisting Lando Norris in his pursuit of catching Max Verstappen in the Drivers’ Championship. Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship, but McLaren’s focus remains on the Constructors’ Championship, where they trail Red Bull by 42 points. Over the past three months,…
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The Director and Founder of Hitech GP, Oliver Oakes, has been announced as the new Team Principal of BWT Alpine F1 Team following the exit of Bruno Famin. The Enstone-based outfit have announced the appointment of their third team principal in just over a year amidst a tumultuous few seasons with poor results. Oakes, who,…
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In a major development in the Formula 1 world, Carlos Sainz has officially signed with Williams Racing for the 2025 and 2026 seasons and beyond. The pivotal move follows Scuderia Ferrari’s February announcement that Lewis Hamilton would be joining their ranks in 2025. Sainz Decides on Williams Despite strong interest from Audi, which initially appeared…
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There’s been yet another bout of post-race penalties for the F3 grid during the Belgian GP weekend – this time following the 2024 Feature Race. ART’s Christian Mansell has been handed a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Arvid Lindblad earlier today. The Australian was found to be wholly to blame for the…
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Both PREMA Racing drivers have been dealt grid penalties to be served after the summer break following the 2024 F2 Belgian Feature Race. Oliver Bearman has been handed a five-place grid penalty to serve in the next race he competes in for causing a collision. The Brit collided with Josep María Martí on the opening…
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Isack Hadjar has extended his Championship lead with a victory in the F2 Feature race at the 2024 Belgian GP. Gabriel Bortoleto fought for a P2 in the race and moves to P2 in the Championship after a last-lap retirement for Paul Aron, who was running in P3. Consequentially, Jak Crawford inherited P3. Zak O’Sullivan…
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In an F3 Feature Race filled with incidents and Safety Cars, Callum Voisin survived three restarts to claim victory at the 2024 Belgian GP. Not only did the F3 2024 Belgian GP weekend see Voisin’s team Rodin Motorsport end a ten-year victory drought after the Feature race, but there is now a new Championship leader.…
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It was a short-lived F2 Sprint Race at the 2024 Belgian GP after heavy rain ended the session with under 50% of laps run. As a consequence, only the top five drivers were able to grab some points, with the ART of Zak O’Sullivan coming home in P1. The Brit secured six points, while MP’s…
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Masterful Max shows that he still has the pace in Qualifying for the Belgium GP, the Redbull driver secured pole with room to spare ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez. Belgium GP Qualifying 1 – HAAS are Out The rain that curtailed running FP3 had left the track wet and the…