🏎️ FIA President under investigation

In this week’s email:

• Bahrain GP Results 🏆

• Jos Verstappen’s tension with Christian Horner 😤

• Alpine’s organizational changes 🛠️

• FIA president under investigation 🔎

Bahrain GP Overview 🏆

This past weekend was the first race of the 2024 F1 season. Max Verstappen dominated as the two Ferrari drivers look like the biggest threat to the reigning champions of Red Bull. Below are results from the race:

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

5. George Russell (Mercedes)

6. Lando Norris (McLaren)

7. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

8. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

9. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

10. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

11. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)

12. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

13. Daniel Ricciardo (Cash App RB)

14. Yuki Tsunoda (Cash App RB)

15. Alex Albon (Williams)

16. Niko Hulkenberg (Haas)

17. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

18. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

19. Valterri Bottas (Sauber)

20. Logan Sargeant (Williams)Y

Things to note:

• Verstappen finished 22.457 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez and 25.110 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz in P3.

• Mercedes and Williams had cooling issues with their engines during the race.

• Stroll spun out early in the race and was able to recover. Fighting back to finish P10.

Jos Verstappen’s tension with Christian Horner 😤

Even with Max Verstappen winning 8-straight grand prix victories, Verstappen’s dad Jos Verstappen has reported a potential move for his son.

He has stated concerns around Christian Horner’s allegations and Red Bull’s culture under Horner.

In a interview with Daily Mail, Jos stated, “It will explode. He is playing the victim when he is the one causing teh problems.”

Jos Verstappen plans to miss the Saudi Grand Prix this upcoming weekend. He also has plans to meet up with Toto Wolff during the build-up of the race.

Alpine’s organizational changes 🛠️

After a weekend where we saw Alpine place P17 & P18, management announced organizational changes across its technical team.

Technical Director Matt Harman and Head of Aerodynamics Dirk de Beer resigned from their positions at Alpine.

The changes have come where the team placed fourth in 2022 and sixth in 2023.

Bruno Famin, VP of Alpine stated, “We have decided to make these organizational changes as we can clearly see that we are not where we want nor need to be in terms of performance level”.

FIA president under investigation 🔎

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is under investigation for allegedly interfering over an F1 race results.

Sulayem supposedly intervened to overturn a 10-second penalty given to Aston Martin’s Fernando Alsono at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Resulting in Alonso placing P3 instead of P4.

FIA at the time stated that the decision was overturned due to a discussion between the cars while serving a penalty in the pits.