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Third-placed Norris believes that he could have deprived Leclerc of second in Melbourne if McLaren had have gone for an undercut strategy, as Ferrari and team-mate Oscar Piastri did.But when this was put to Stella, he implied Ferrari won out on merit because the SF-24 is a faster car than the MCL60. The Italian added that a team orders call to swap Norris and Piastri was about minimising the risk …Keep reading

Sainz took a remarkable victory for Ferrari on Sunday, just two weeks after undergoing surgery for appendicitis on the weekend of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which he sat out.That left the Spaniard with just a week to recover in time for the long trip to Australia.While Sainz battled to be fighting fit for the Albert Park weekend, he feared that his Australia trip “wasn’t going to happen” until …Keep reading

The BMW M Power Tour returns for 2024 with 10 consecutive weeks of racing action! This year’s collaboration between BMW and iRacing features a varied selection of BMW M Motorsport cars competing across the world’s top tracks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with prizes on the line for the top three drivers in the overall standings at season’s end. This week’s BMW M Power Tour event features the BMW Z4 GT3 at Okayama International Circuit. Races will launch every two hours starting with 0:00 GMT on Tuesday. To learn more about the event, its time slots, the latest information on…

Perez started the Melbourne race in sixth after picking up a three-place penalty for impeding, and having lost a place to George Russell at the start he recovered to finish fifth.He reported that the balance didn’t feel right but it was only after the chequered flag that the team discovered that the tear-off had become lodged in the floor of the car.”We went long on the first stint,” said Red Bull …Keep reading

The Silver Arrows camp endured a torrid outing in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The W15 suffered handling instability, Lewis Hamilton failed to progress into Q3 before retiring with an engine failure and George Russell crashed heavily two laps from the flag.While the car showed competitive pace on occasion in Melbourne, it was inconsistent – despite the switch away from the size-zero …Keep reading

NASCAR typically takes one or more cars back to its R&D Center in Concord, N.C., following Cup races and planned to take two cars back following the conclusion of Sunday’s race at Circuit of the Americas.The cars selected were Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 and Trackhouse Racing’s No. 1 Chevrolet driven by Ross Chastain. In preparation for the transport back to North Carolina, various checks are done …Keep reading

Bell and Byron clearly had the two fastest cars throughout Sunday’s 68-lap race on the 3.41-mile, 20-turn road course but the two ended up on slightly different pit strategies.Bell and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team adapted a two-stop strategy in the race and the benefit was Bell ended up one of last cars to pit.That left Bell with slightly fresher tires in his effort to catch Byron once the …Keep reading

Byron, who was fastest in practice on Saturday and won the pole, dominated Sunday’s race, leading five times for 42 of the 68 laps on his way to his second win of the 2024 season.Byron lost the lead at the start of the final stage to Ross Chastain, ran him back down to reclaim in, lost it again during a final round of green flag pit stops but cycled back out front with 17 laps remaining.He held …Keep reading

In the closing laps of the Melbourne race, Alonso was left battling Russell for sixth place.Fearing how vulnerable he would be through Albert Park’s DRS zones, Alonso claimed he tried to brake earlier for Turn 6 on the penultimate lap so he could carry more speed onto the following straight.Mercedes man Russell was caught out by his manoeuvre and crashed off in the Aston Martin’s dirty air, with …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton parked up with a power unit failure, the cause of which is yet to be determined, on lap 15 of a race won by Carlos Sainz after Max Verstappen retired with an early brake fire.Meanwhile, George Russell wiped out two laps from the flag – believing his car to be unsettled by Fernando Alonso immediately ahead. The Spaniard was eventually penalised by 20 seconds for changing his driving …Keep reading