In the round-up: Rain disrupts F1 preparations at Imola and washes out Indianapolis 500 practice • Alpine drivers test Pirelli’s wet weather tyres
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Gasly lost two places in last five laps as ‘I had to save a lot of fuel’
2023 Miami Grand Prix
Posted onPierre Gasly said he was unable to prevent Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton from overtaking him over the final laps of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Tsunoda ‘not at Red Bull level yet but making great progress’ – Horner
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Tsunoda ‘not at Red Bull level yet • Alpine mechanics endured “really gruelling” Friday • Mercedes junior Antonelli to make GT debut
“Overperforming” floor and plank legality fears led to pit lane start for Ocon
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onAlpine chose to start Esteban Ocon from the pits because they feared he would fail a legality check on his car’s plank if they did not change his A523’s set-up.
Ocon’s pit lane scare “like a scene from Group B rallying days”
2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onPreventing a repeat of Sunday’s pit lane scare isn’t “rocket science”, says Alpine’s trackside operations director Alan Permane.
Alpine making “huge effort” to stockpile spare parts during break before Baku
2023 Australian Grand Prix
Posted onAlpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer says the team will use the unplanned four-week break between F1 rounds to stock up on spare parts.
“Very rare” operational errors led to Ocon’s trio of penalties – Szafnauer
2023 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onAlpine says the errors that led to Esteban Ocon getting three penalties during the Bahrain Grand Prix will not happen again.
Replacing Chinese GP on 2023 calendar ‘not worth it’ for teams – Domenicali
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: F1 explains decision not to replace Chinese GP • Adapting to new home “will take time” – Gasly • Campos Racing makes third Eurocup-3 signing
Is anyone ready to challenge Red Bull? Team-by-team F1 testing review
2023 F1 season
Posted onHere is your guide to how testing went for all ten Formula 1 teams – and how they each feel about their own performance during the pre-season.
The key data from F1’s only pre-season test of 2023
2023 F1 season
Posted onWith the only pre-season test of the 2023 season in the books, what does the data say about which teams enjoyed a better three days than the others?
Red Bull comfortably quickest as Perez leads Hamilton in final test
2023 F1 season
Posted onSergio Perez put Red Bull on top of the times on the final day of testing in Bahrain with a lap over three tenths of a second faster than Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes.
Alpine introducing ride height tool and ‘visible upgrade’ at first race
2023 F1 season
Posted onAlpine will have two updates ready for its new A523 in time for the first race of the season next week.
Leclerc sets fastest time of test so far after fault halts Bottas
2023 F1 season
Posted onCharles Leclerc set the fastest time of the Bahrain test so far in the early session of the final day of running ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell.
Zhou uses soft tyres to pip Verstappen as Mercedes hit trouble
2023 F1 season
Posted onZhou Guanyu ended the second day of testing fastest ahead of Max Verstappen as Mercedes’ session was cut short by a suspected hydraulic failure.
Sainz puts Ferrari quickest, 0.063s ahead of Sargeant halfway through test
2023 F1 season
Posted onFerrari’s Carlos Sainz Jnr put up the quickest time of pre-season testing so far in the early session on day two, but Logan Sargeant was less than a tenth of a second behind.
Gasly has “the best feeling I’ve ever had going into a season” after first Alpine run
2023 F1 season
Posted onPierre Gasly sees real potential to bring Alpine closer to the top three teams after joining them from AlphaTauri.
Verstappen pips Alonso by 0.029s as first day of testing ends
2023 F1 season
Posted onMax Verstappen put Red Bull at the top of the times, less than three-hundredths of a second faster than Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin in the first day of testing.
Verstappen quickest in new Red Bull RB19 as testing begins in Bahrain
2023 F1 season
Posted onWorld champion Max Verstappen set the pace in the morning session on day one of pre-season Formula 1 testing in Bahrain.
Faultless three days “important” for Alpine in sole pre-season test
2023 F1 season
Posted onAlpine technical director Matt Harman says it is important their new A523 runs “faultlessly” when pre-season testing starts tomorrow.
Alpine “look forward to racing those guys” as ATR limit bites F1’s top teams
2023 F1 season
Posted onOtmar Szafnauer says Alpine are looking forward to rivalling F1’s top teams as the series’ performance-balancing rules increasingly affect the competitive order.