What’s new for 2024? Your guide to the F1 season ahead.
A return to China, new sprint race venues and multiple renamed teams. The 2024 Formula 1 season might not feature as many sweeping changes as many recent years, but there are some notable differences heading into the upcoming season.
1st January 2024, 12:00
Written by Will Wood
RaceFans

Drivers: It doesn’t take long to recap all of the driver market moves for 2024 – because there aren’t any. Teams: The last 12 months have seen the question of whether Andretti will get to join the grid as an 11th team in the upcoming years become one of the hottest talking points in the sport.

Team principals: Unlike the drivers on the grid, there are a couple of changes to the line-up of ten team principals who will be sitting on the pit wall this season. The most notable change being at the team formerly known as AlphaTauri who have bid farewell to Franz Tost, the man who led Red Bull’s junior team since they purchased the former Minardi squad in 2005. Instead, the team have swapped the oldest team principal on the grid to 46-year-old Laurent Mekies.

Races: A record 24 grands prix planned on the 2024 F1 calendar – the most in history. Rule changes: Much like last season, the technical regulations will remain largely static for 2024 compared to the previous year. As such, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told RaceFans that he expects the world champions to face greater competition from their rivals this year as a result.

‘What’s new for 2024?’;

https://www.racefans.net/2024/01/01/...-season-ahead/


Helmut Marko gives Sergio Perez future update ahead of key F1 2024 campaign
01 Jan 2024 12:00 PM
Henry Valantine
PlanetF1.com

Helmut Marko has said Sergio Perez will fulfil his Red Bull contract until the end of 2024 “as things stand”, with a key year ahead for the Mexican driver. “As things stand he will fulfil his contract until the end of 2024, then we’ll see,” Marko told Austrian outlet OE24.

As for Perez himself, he admitted that his qualifying form let him down in 2023, often having to recover through the field to salvage what he could in the fastest car in the field. “I think the Sunday form has been very, very strong this year. That’s the only reason we finished P2 in the Championship,” Perez told media including PlanetF1.com in Abu Dhabi.

“I think that many Saturdays have been very difficult this season, and it’s something we’ve got to work on [and] make sure that we improve for next year. I think we also have to give credit to Max, he’s done an incredible year in the history of the sport. He’s been driving really, really well and it’s been very impressive to see.”

“Fulfil his contract until the end of 2024, then we’ll see”;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/helmut...-future-update


F1 fans deliver surprising verdict over Red Bull rivals in 2024
02 January 8:30AM
Author Jake Nichol
RacingNews365

Formula 1 fans have delivered their verdict on who they feel will be the closest challengers to Red Bull in 2024 - and it is not good news for Mercedes or Ferrari.

Who will be Red Bull's closest challengers in 2024?
Team Votes Percent
Mercedes 196 20.71%
Ferrari 229 24.20%
McLaren 480 50.73%
Aston Martin 41 4.33%
TOTAL 946

‘Red Bull rivals in 2024: McLaren’;

https://racingnews365.com/f1-fans-de...rivals-in-2024


Christijan Albers names the one F1 driver who can challenge Max Verstappen in 2024
Tue 2 January 2024 08:30
Ben Evans
F1 Oversteer

Former Formula 1 driver Christijan Albers has admitted that he thinks Lewis Hamilton is the only driver who can stop Max Verstappen from winning the championship in 2024. Mercedes haven’t produced a decent car in the past two years and if Lewis Hamilton stands any chance of catching the Dutchman, they’ll need to pull out all the stops this winter.

Speaking about next season, Albers said: “For the neutral observer, I hope that Mercedes will come with a better car in 2024. “Because if you look purely at the qualities of the current drivers, I think Lewis Hamilton is the only one who can come close to Verstappen.”

“I am mainly talking about the quality of being able to perform consistently and be very stable in lap times during a race. Just like Verstappen, Hamilton is someone who can manage his tires wonderfully. Assessing certain situations, feeling the rubber; in that respect they are alone.”

‘Being able to perform consistently and be very stable in lap times’;

https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/chr...appen-in-2024/


Key F1 2024 signing reveals plans to drag new team into 21st Century
01 Jan 2024 5:00 PM
Oliver Harden
PlanetF1.com

Pat Fry has unveiled his plans to bring Williams kicking and screaming into the 21st Century having identified areas of the team which are 20 years out of date.

Appearing on the F1 Nation podcast, he said: “You certainly have a lot of catching up to do. Some bits of the company are, if anything, better than where I’ve come from. There’s other bits that you could say are 15-20 years out of date.”

“We certainly have got a lot of work to do. It’s not just the machinery or the tools, as such: it’s also the methodologies we use to actually design a car. So we need to be thinking about all those and trying to move into the 21st Century of actually designing things.”

‘Drag new team into 21st Century’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/key-f1...gning-new-team


Yuki Tsunoda: I will prove to be “top F1 driver” in 2024
January 1, 2024
By: Jaden Diaz-Ndisang
Last Word On Sports

Yuki Tsunoda identifies the 2024 season as pivotal for his F1 career, setting a clear objective for the upcoming campaign. This will be a crucial season for Yuki Tsunoda. Speaking with jp.motorsport.com, he left no doubt about this year’s significance:

“Last year, I was able to take a step forward in terms of discovering my value as a driver. “Furthermore, I think the car will be better this year, and I think we will have more opportunities to compete in the top 10. I think this will be the year I prove that I have what it takes to be a top F1 driver.”

‘Have what it takes’;

https://lastwordonsports.com/motorsp...river-in-2024/