2024-03-23 05:06:50
A dispute between the shareholders in “Red Bull” from Austria and Thailand could lead to serious changes in the team, claims “Bild”.
World champion Max Verstappen could move to Mercedes in place of Lewis Hamilton, and genius constructor Adrian Newey is nearing the end of his negotiations with Ferrari.
Christian Horner, who manages the team, thinks he will be fine without the two and there will be no upheaval. Since the beginning of the season, Horner has been at the center of the sex scandal in Formula 1, after it became clear that he made hints to a lady from the team. Red Bull exonerated him, but investigations continue.
Newey is the constructor who has behind him 26 titles in the formula, and wherever he works he always wins the first place. His move to Ferrari alongside Lewis Hamilton from next season bodes well for some interesting races next year.
Lando Norris with McLaren and Charles Leclerc with Ferrari won the first two practice sessions in Melbourne. In both sessions, Max Verstappen remained second, but at a difference of more than 4 tenths from his rivals.
The first one was stopped because of a serious accident by Alex Alban, who seriously wrecked his car. Because of this, “Williams” made a decision in the third practice session on Saturday to give Logan Sargent his own, because there is no way to fix it in such a short time.
Carlos Sainz also joined the training. He managed to meet the FIA standard for a quick exit from the car. He was tested because of the appendicitis surgery he underwent. After jumping out for less than 10 seconds, he was also forced to run to the end of the track to get away from the car.
However, Sainz will ride with a special covering on his abdomen to prevent the belts from pressing on the site of the operation.
Bulgarian Formula 3 pilot Nikola Tsolov placed sixth in qualifying in Melbourne. Tsolov was at one point in the race in third position when the session was stopped shortly before the end due to a crash. At the restart, Nikola improved his time, but remained 6th.
The leading position was won by Leonardo Fornaroli from “Trident” with a time of 1:33.044 minutes, and Nicola was 0.54 seconds behind him. Tsolov will start sixth in Sunday’s race, but for a sprint race early this morning, he is in 10th position due to a penalty after a collision with Alex Dunn.