Within the round-up: Kevin Magnussen says that Haas are not sure if they’ve solved their issues from 2023
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Haas not sure if we’ve solved tyre put on woes – Magnussen
Regardless of his workforce mate Nico Hulkenberg taking a degree for Haas with tenth place in final weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Kevin Magnussen says his workforce aren’t positive if they’ve solved their tyre put on issues from 2023.
“I believe Saudi Arabia was one other optimistic weekend, though on paper the Jeddah circuit in all probability wasn’t one of the best for us with the high-speed traits of it,” Magnussen stated.
“We had been nonetheless comparatively aggressive, particularly within the race I had superb tempo relative to others on the finish, which is our focus this season. We nonetheless haven’t concluded that we’ve solved our points from final yr but, we have to do some extra races, however it was one other optimistic signal that we’ve made progress in that space.”
Hen beats personal season goal with win
After overtaking Mitch Evans on the ultimate lap in Sao Paulo yesterday to win his first Eprix since 2021, Sam Hen says he has already met his goal for the 2024 season.
“Podiums have been sparse and I hope that this opens the floodgates a bit of bit,” Hen stated.
“I had a goal initially of the yr to get a few podiums. I didn’t count on to win, however we’ve acquired a win in race 4. And it was an amazing race between me and Mitch, my outdated team-mate. It was actually truthful. Tremendous race.”
F1 ‘dainty like champagne glasses’ says Busch
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has in contrast Method 1 to ‘like consuming champagne’.
Talking as a visitor on the Pat McAfee podcast, the two-times Cup champion stated NASCAR was a really totally different type of motorsport to Method 1.
“NASCAR racing, to me, is like 4 bros, beer cans of their fingers, smashing them up going ‘woo!’, partying, having a very good time,” he stated. “We’re gonna rub some fenders.
“Whenever you go and do an F1 race, [it’s] little dainty, tiny champagne glasses doing ‘dink,’ and ensuring you retain your pinky up whenever you take a sip. And we’re all about getting sloshed.”
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