F1 may have had its first race-free weekend in 2024, but there's no need to worry. We have lots of important headlines to keep you updated.
And perhaps the main story is focused on Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton's understanding of what the W15 needs to improve coming into question after a difficult start to the season. Let’s take a closer look at this and more…
Lewis Hamilton questions Mercedes saying they are 'deceiving themselves'
Mercedes has devised a new direction for its W15 concept, hoping this will allow it to challenge for the title for the first time since 2021.
However, the early stages of F1 in 2024 show that much effort is needed to meet that challenge, with Red Bull still popping out of the blocks as the dominant force in F1, with Ferrari the closest. Offering competition.
Former F1 technical director Gary Anderson suggests Mercedes are 'still fooling themselves' with the way they approach race weekends, but questions Hamilton's thinking on what constitutes a fast F1 ground effects car It showed.
read more – Lewis Hamilton looks in the wrong direction with Mercedes: 'We're still fooling ourselves'
George Russell talks about 'strange' driver scramble to replace Lewis Hamilton
The 2024 F1 season will be Hamilton's last with Mercedes. He has been racing with this team since 2013 and has won six of his seven world championship titles with this team. Come 2025, he will be a Ferrari driver.
That means Mercedes have a big hole to fill, and the vacancy, revealed by Hamilton's teammate George Russell, has attracted a great deal of interest from other drivers, including calls and calls. Sometimes messages are even sent to him.
read more – George Russell amused by F1 drivers competing for Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes seat
Pat McAfee's controversial criticism of Max Vanderstopen's F1 dominance
The task of stopping Red Bull's Max Verstappen is proving too tough for all drivers to handle. The three-time world champion begins his bid for a fourth consecutive title with back-to-back wins over Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
It is natural to discuss the impact on entertainment value in such an extreme one-driver dominance, but ESPN, which reportedly pays up to $90 million a year to broadcast F1 in the United States, You may be concerned about what you heard Pat McAfee call out on the network. He said the Verstappen-era series was “so boring” and also mispronounced his name.
read more – 'Boring to watch' – ESPN host gives controversial views on Max Vanderstoppen's F1 dominance
Felipe Massa's 'chaotic' Singapore GP highlighted as legal challenge 'problem'
Massa launches legal action against F1, its governing body the FIA and former F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone over the result of the 2008 championship, in which Hamilton snatched the championship from Massa on the final lap of the season in Brazil. It was confirmed that it did. For Massa.
However, after Massa faced legal claims in the wake of the “crashgate” scandal at the Singapore Grand Prix that year, former Ferrari team manager Peter Windsor revealed that Massa had failed to make a pit stop. He suggested that it would complicate the legal process.
read more – The 'issue' that makes Felipe Massa's 2008 F1 title win 'difficult to discuss'
Eddie Jordan slams Alpine as 'embarrassing to watch'
Renault has been at the center of its 'Crashgate' scandal and the team has recently been operating in F1 under the Alpine identity.
F1 in 2024 is a far cry from the days when race wins were being fought for, but Alpine started as the slowest team on the grid, earning little praise from former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan. Alpine believes it is “very open”. It's for sale. ”
read more – Eddie Jordan brands 'embarrassed and distressed' Alpine 'for sale'
