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Mercedes Formula 1 trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin is confident that the Brackley team can maintain its current momentum in to 2025, helped by an internal reorganisation. Mercedes worked for two and a half seasons to get on top of the current ground...

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella has promised that some significant upgrades for the MCL38 will arrive after the summer break. The Italian also insists that he’s been surprised by the car’s consistently competitive form in recent weeks given a relatively modest...

Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says that the team is still “working flat out” to improve the RB20 and knows what areas it has to focus on in order to find performance. Red Bull still leads both World Championships, but McLaren has cut its advantage, and the...

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andreas Stella says that the team avoided pursuing a one-stop strategy with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at Spa because the outcome could have been “painful” if it didn’t work. Stella also believes that the team has to be "cautious with...

Mercedes expects that the new floor that was abandoned after Friday running at the Belgian GP will be back on the W15 at the next race at Zandvoort. In initial running at Spa with the full update package the drivers experienced bouncing, with the team believing that...

Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says that the Belgian GP was a “strange” and “bizarre” race – and that no one could have predicted either the pace of Mercedes on Sunday or that anyone could run a one-stop strategy successfully. George Russell used a one-stop...

Esteban Ocon says his Alpine Formula 1 team should have been more flexible with its strategy at Spa, and potentially converted to a one-stopper. Ocon was running ahead of Fernando Alonso before his second and final stop, but the Aston Martin driver didn’t come in...

Williams boss James Vowles admits that the process of getting Carlos Sainz to commit to the team was a “rollercoaster” – and he says he didn’t believe that securing him was realistic until the contract was actually signed. The Grove team announced on Monday that Sainz...

Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles has indicated that there are no plans to give Mercedes protégé Kimi Antonelli any racing mileage in the latter half of this season. However he reiterated that Logan Sargeant still has to earn his place for the remainder of the...

Max Verstappen says his run to an eventual fourth place at Spa was “damage limitation,” especially as he finished ahead of title rival Lando Norris. Having taken pole Verstappen started 11th thanks to a grid penalty. He rose to fifth by the chequered flag, just in...

Lando Norris says he’s looking forward to a reset in the summer break after “stupid stuff and mistakes” have hurt his title bid in recent races. The McLaren driver started fourth in Belgium but ran wide at the exit of the first corner, and he was only seventh at the...

Charles Leclerc says that the Belgian GP was not a good weekend for his Ferrari Formula 1 team despite him taking pole and finishing a close fourth on the road. Leclerc, who crossed the line only 8.5 seconds behind original winner George Russell, subsequently moved up...

Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin’s call to stop him only once in the Belgian GP was not planned – and it needed “a little bit of luck” to work. Alonso was one of only five drivers to stop only once, along with original race winner George Russell, Kevin Magnussen,...

Carlos Sainz said that Ferrari didn’t get his strategy right in the Belgian GP and that the timing of his first pit stop was not ideal for either a one or two-stop option. Sainz was the only driver at the front of the field to start on the hard tyres, and he rose from...

Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles says “the odds are in our favour” in terms of the chances of signing Carlos Sainz for 2025 and beyond. He also indicated that an announcement could come as early as next week, before the summer break, after he drew a “line in the...

Yuki Tsunoda has suffered with aero issues with his VCARB throughout the Spa weekend, and he was still struggling with instability in qualifying. The Japanese driver came into the weekend knowing that he would be starting at the back of the grid due to a PU penalty...