Christian Horner feels Daniel Ricciardo’s move to Renault could be an inspired one, but initially he thought the Australian was winding him up that he was leaving Red Bull.
The potential for further improvements at Sauber is there, according to technical director Simone Resta, and they have ambitions of making a big jump in the championship next season.
Christian Horner believes the fear of playing second fiddle to Max Verstappen at Red Bull played a part in Daniel Ricciardo’s decision to switch to Renault in 2019.
After a vastly improved 2018, the Sauber team are aiming even higher in 2019, with chairman Pascal Picci saying they are aiming for the top four next year!
The Haas F1 Team has shown themselves to be the fourth quickest team at times in 2018, and should they get consistency from both drivers across the remainder of the season, they should be aiming to end the year fourth in the standings.
McLaren had hoped that a switch from Honda to Renault power units, would improve the fortunes of the Woking based squad, but so far the 2018 season has been more down than up.
The Checkered Flag continues to look back at the first half of the season, and look at the fortunes of Toro Rosso and their drivers Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley.
The continued fight for fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship will mean Renault will need to continue developing their R.S.18 for the foreseeable future, according to Nick Chester.
Mercedes Customers ‘Shouldn’t Complain’ about Ferrari Performance Gains, says Haas' Steiner
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Guenther Steiner, the team principal of the Haas F1 Team, says the customer teams using Mercedes’ engine can not complain about the gains Ferrari has made this year with its power unit.
Nick Chester says Renault have been surprised by the rate of development from Ferrari in 2018 with their engine, which has left them under pressure from Haas in the Constructors’ Championship.
Sauber sit ninth in the Constructors’ Championship after the first half of the season. With development frozen in favour of 2019, can they continue to impress?
Max Verstappen insists there are no concerns about the number of components used by Honda in 2018 ahead of Red Bull’s move to the Japanese engine supplier next season.
Stoffel Vandoorne has been tasked to beat Fernando Alonso more across the remaining nine Grand Prix of 2018 if he wants a future at McLaren beyond this season
Plans are being made to expand the workforce at Sauber in a bid to move them even further up the grid in the coming years, according to Simone Resta.
The Italian feels ready to step out of the shadows and into the limelight to become his homeland’s first full-time Formula 1 driver since 2011.
He may have absconded from Toro Rosso and he may not be the best of friends with Verstappen, but Carlos Sainz Jr. is still clearly the best candidate to succeed Daniel Ricciardo…
Force India are planning to bring updates to their car immediately following being saved from administration
