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Daniel Ricciardo is optimistic that he can get his season moving in the right direction at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, with the Australian enjoying some standout results at the Shanghai International Circuit over the years.

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After a five-year absence, the Chinese Grand Prix returns this weekend. Need to Know is your all-in-one guide for the week ahead with statistics, driving pointers, strategy tips and plenty more. You can also keep track of how fans have voted using our popular F1 Play predictor game.

The seven-time world champion announced at the start of February that he would be switching to Ferrari in 2025 after electing to activate an exit clause in a deal he had originally signed with Mercedes.And while the ongoing competitive differences between Mercedes and Ferrari have prompted onlookers to debate about whether or not he has made the right move, he says what others think is ...Keep reading

Pin was the standout performer as the 2024 F1 Academy season got under way in Saudi Arabia, taking the chequered flag in both races in her Mercedes-liveried entry before a communication error in the second outing resulted in her crossing the line twice, with a penalty dropping her to ninth.Read Also:


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Mercedes junior driver Antonelli is under consideration to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton in a Silver Arrow in 2025, with the team using older machinery to fully assess his abilities before making a decision.The first of these tests was conducted across two days at the Red Bull Ring, where the Italian drove the W12, the car that so nearly took Hamilton to a record-breaking eighth world ...Keep reading

Having had no notification in pre-event notes from the FIA regarding any resurfacing, the colour of the asphalt – which has already worn away on the racing line in places – left some concluding that the circuit had had a paintbrush taken to it.As Daniel Ricciardo said: "It looks like they've painted the track or something. They've done something to the surface."I don't know how the track's ...Keep reading

Follow live text and audio commentary from practice and sprint qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Follow live text and audio commentary from practice and sprint qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton says he will join his old rival Fernando Alonso in racing in Formula 1 'well into my 40s'.

Lewis Hamilton says he will join his old rival Fernando Alonso in racing in Formula 1 'well into my 40s'.

Lewis Hamilton says he will join his old rival Fernando Alonso in racing in Formula 1 'well into my 40s'.

The Australian managed to reignite his F1 career with the AlphaTauri squad last season, either side of his hand fracture-enforced layoff, with a series of strong drives following his mid-season call-up to the Italian squad.He has been so far unable to replicate that form into 2024 with the rebranded team, which has proved particularly difficult as Yuki Tsunoda has dazzled on the other side of the ...Keep reading

Zhou Guanyu is confident that he can be in the battle for points during his debut home race at the Chinese Grand Prix, with the Sprint format offering two chances for Kick Sauber to score for the first time in 2024.

Charles Leclerc has praised Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz for driving at a “very high level” so far this season, conceding the Spaniard has simply “been stronger” and that it is now down to him to show improvements at the next few events.

Fernando Alonso has shed further light on his decision to sign a new long-term deal with Aston Martin, with the Spaniard acknowledging that he wanted to ensure he had made the right decision for what he deems likely to be his “last contract”.

The direction of Sainz's career once he leaves Ferrari is currently the subject of major F1 paddock interest, given he is being dropped by the Scuderia in favour of Lewis Hamilton, while also being the only non-Red Bull driver to have won races since 2022.The F1 driver market is in rare early overdrive in 2024, with most of the grid also out of contract just as Sainz and his camp try to plot his ...Keep reading

The orange team currently sits third in the 2024 constructors’ standings – 55 points better off and two places higher than at the same stage a year ago – and heads the Mercedes and Aston Martin teams in the tight battle behind the dominant Red Bull squad and Ferrari.While that is a major year-on-year improvement, Ferrari has established itself as Red Bull’s closest challenger so far this ...Keep reading

Since returning from the appendix surgery that ruled him out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Sainz has outqualified Leclerc in both Australia and Japan, and won the Melbourne race from second on the grid.Leclerc has also finished behind his team-mate in both races, placing as runner-up at the Australian Grand Prix and finishing fourth behind the podium-finishing Sainz at Suzuka.Asked if it was ...Keep reading

Alonso was speaking in the pre-event press conference for F1’s returning Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, a week on from the announcement that he will continue to race with Aston for at least the next two years beyond his current contract expiring at 2024’s conclusion.When asked if Aston is now developing its AMR24 car package around him as the team’s main figure – Alonso having registered ...Keep reading