In the round-up: Kevin Magnussen says that Haas are unsure if they have solved their problems from 2023
In brief
Haas unsure if we’ve solved tyre wear woes – Magnussen
Despite his team mate Nico Hulkenberg taking a point for Haas with tenth place in last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Kevin Magnussen says his team aren’t sure if they have solved their tyre wear problems from 2023.
“I think Saudi Arabia was another positive weekend, although on paper the Jeddah circuit probably wasn’t the best for us with the high-speed characteristics of it,” Magnussen said.
“We were still relatively competitive, especially in the race I had very good pace relative to others at the end, which is our focus this season. We still haven’t concluded that we’ve solved our issues from last year yet, we need to do some more races, but it was another positive sign that we’ve made progress in that area.”
Bird beats own season target with win
After overtaking Mitch Evans on the final lap in Sao Paulo yesterday to win his first Eprix since 2021, Sam Bird says he has already met his target for the 2024 season.
“Podiums have been sparse and I hope that this opens the floodgates a little bit,” Bird said.
“I had a target at the beginning of the year to get a couple of podiums. I didn’t expect to win, but we’ve got a win in race four. And it was a great race between me and Mitch, my old team-mate. It was really fair. Super race.”
F1 ‘dainty like champagne glasses’ says Busch
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has compared Formula 1 to ‘like drinking champagne’.
Speaking as a guest on the Pat McAfee podcast, the two-times Cup champion said NASCAR was a very different kind of motorsport to Formula 1.
“NASCAR racing, to me, is like four bros, beer cans in their hands, smashing them up going ‘woo!’, partying, having a good time,” he said. “We’re gonna rub some fenders.
“When you go and do an F1 race, [it’s] little dainty, tiny champagne glasses doing ‘dink,’ and making sure you keep your pinky up when you take a sip. And we’re all about getting sloshed.”
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