Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Comment of the day
Franco Colapinto may have only started nine races last year but he made an impression on many of our readers:
One of my defining memories of 2024 was repeatedly watching Colapinto on his onboard camera throughout the Baku weekend, specifically at the right-left chicane that follows the super-narrow castle corner. Lap after lap, every time, he would exit the right-hander slightly sideways in a subtle four-wheel drift, steering left throughout the second half of the right-hander. Then, to trigger his turn in to the left-hander, he wouldn’t really move the steering wheel from that position at all. He would just tap the brake, and the weight transfer would grip up those fronts, transitioning from a four-wheel sideways drift into a sharp turn in the opposite direction, without steering input.
It was sublime. And seemingly pretty quick. And he just kept pulling it off. I’ve not seen that consistently done in F1 before. Sadly, I don’t think anyone else noticed it at all.
Alesici
