Within the round-up: Oscar Piastri says he would have accepted McLaren’s staff orders within the Hungarian Grand Prix as Lando Norris did.
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Piastri “would have given the place again”
Piastri, who scored his first Method 1 victory final weekend after staff mate Norris pulled over for him, mentioned he would have performed the identical factor if the state of affairs was reversed.
“In the beginning, I’m a McLaren racing driver,” he told The Age. “I’m not Oscar Piastri racing… That’s all the time the large image. The staff orders go each methods. We’re each very open and really sincere about it.
“The primary precedence on the weekend was to safe the one-two for the staff… It doesn’t come with out some powerful choices, and there’s feelings behind them. However we each know that on the finish of the day we’re racing for the staff. I feel with the final pit cease if we had been genuinely racing one another the methods would have been very totally different.”
Piastri made it clear he “would have given the place again” in the identical circumstances. “It will have been reciprocated had it been the opposite method round.”
Video reveals Alonso’s frustration after qualifying
A video shot by a fan after qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix reveals an sad Fernando Alonso dropping his jacket on the bottom as he prepares to be weighed. The Aston Martin driver complained was incorrectly sent into parc ferme before the session ended amid confusion over the pink flag triggered by Yuki Tsunoda’s crash.
Though widely-shared social media posts claimed Alonso had been despatched right into a “pretend parc ferme”, there was no such factor. Alonso pulled up behind one of many ‘Apex GP’ automobiles getting used for filming in parc ferme.
Pas content material Fernando de la gestion du drapeau rouge et du parc fermé après le crash de Tsunoda en Q3..et il l’a fait savoir…#rtbfsport #F1 #HungarianGP pic.twitter.com/R9HvoqFryR
— VIGNERON GAETAN (@VIGNERONGAETAN) July 21, 2024
DRS zone shortened at Spa
The FIA has shortened one of many two DRS zones at Spa for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The activation level for the DRS zone on the Kemmel straight has been moved 75 metres additional away from the exit of Raidillon. The opposite zone is unchanged.
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Porpoising improved says Vasseur
Ferrari staff principal Frederic Vasseur claimed the staff made clear progress with its porpoising drawback on the Hungarian Grand Prix after making modifications to the brand new ground for the SF-24. He hopes to see additional features at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.
“The Spa-Francorchamps circuit will permit us to confirm if we have now performed a great job over the previous few weeks to mitigate the unwanted effects in excessive pace corners of the replace bundle we launched just lately,” he mentioned. “The porpoising impact was very low on the Hungaroring, due to the evolution of the ground we launched in Budapest and now we are going to see if we have now mounted it at excessive pace tracks too.”
Sargeant should begin beating Albon – Vowles
Williams staff principal James Vowles mentioned Logan Sargeant want to begin beating Alexander Albon to ensure that the staff to make sure it’s making progress. Nevertheless he additionally had some phrases of encouragement for Sargeant, whose future on the staff is unsure.
“You’ll be able to see this weekend there have been moments the place Logan has performed some nice work,” he mentioned in a video launched by Williams. “For instance, one which stands out: Q1. Tough circumstances, straight into qualifying and Logan places a time in that finally obtained him by means of.
“As soon as he had his accident and went again out, he didn’t fairly have the boldness within the automotive so wasn’t in a position to beat it, however that first lap time did the job required.
“From then onwards, what we’re in search of from Logan is he needs to be up with Alex and beating Alex essentially occasionally, and that’s how you progress the staff ahead and step the staff ahead. And Logan is on a great pathway.
“Look again to the place we had been a couple of races in the past and the place we’re immediately, and we’re on a powerful path. Our duty and obligation is to offer a automotive that’s fast sufficient to each drivers to be scoring factors each weekend, and that’s my focus.”
