Welcome to Wednesday’s version of the RaceFans round-up.
Remark of the day
Franco Colapinto might have solely began 9 races final 12 months however he made an impression on a lot of our readers:
One in every of my defining recollections of 2024 was repeatedly watching Colapinto on his onboard digicam all through the Baku weekend, particularly on the right-left chicane that follows the super-narrow fortress nook. Lap after lap, each time, he would exit the right-hander barely sideways in a refined four-wheel drift, steering left all through the second half of the right-hander. Then, to set off his flip in to the left-hander, he wouldn’t actually transfer the steering wheel from that place in any respect. He would simply faucet the brake, and the load switch would grip up these fronts, transitioning from a four-wheel sideways drift into a pointy flip in the other way, with out steering enter.
It was chic. And seemingly fairly fast. And he simply saved pulling it off. I’ve not seen that persistently executed in F1 earlier than. Sadly, I don’t assume anybody else seen it in any respect.
Alesici
