Kalle Rovanpera’s Safari Rally victory bid has been dented by a pair of costly punctures, the second caused by an off-road excursion to avoid a herd of zebra.The two-time world champion started Saturday 7.7 seconds behind leader and Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans but ended the morning loop of stages, whichContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari’s qualifying display is a true indication of its current Formula 1 performance levels, with Lewis Hamilton’s sprint race victory at the Chinese Grand Prix an outlier.Hamilton sprung a surprise on Friday when he took pole position for the sprint, which he then converted into victory forContinue Reading
Red Bull is not a team in which to be struggling to unlock performance from a difficult car. Especially when your illustrious team-mate seems to be managing it.Perception is everything in Formula 1 and the timesheets suggest Max Verstappen is making it look easy. Obviously the picture is different fromContinue Reading
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is worried his team has slipped to fourth in Formula 1’s 2025 pecking order after enduring a sobering sprint race and qualifying session in China.Verstappen struggled to keep up with Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton in the 19-lap sprint on Saturday morning, having started alongside the Briton onContinue Reading
Isack Hadjar reckoned his Racing Bulls car had the potential to be even further up the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix after qualifying seventh for his second Formula 1 race.The Frenchman eased into the final part of qualifying and outqualified team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, albeit as the Japanese driver abortedContinue Reading
Lando Norris is leading the Formula 1 drivers’ championship for the first time in his career after his victory in Australia – but given he has now made a trio of mistakes in China it seems as though this new pressure is something he is yet to come to termsContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri took his first-ever pole position for an Formula 1 grand prix as he set the pace in China.Starting from the front could prove to be vital given how badly the field struggled with tyre degradation throughout the sprint race.Piastri had previously started on the front row on sevenContinue Reading
They say a week is a long time in politics. It’s not that long in motor racing.Straight after exiting his Ferrari following his sprint-race win in Shanghai, Lewis Hamilton took aim at the “people yapping” about his difficult maiden race for the Scuderia in Melbourne last weekend. They didn’t understandContinue Reading
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella reckoned the Formula 1 squad took the wrong approach to managing tyre graining in the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race, despite claiming second through Oscar Piastri.Tyre graining tends to rear its head in either colder track conditions or in situations where tyres are more proneContinue Reading
Having admitted to making a mistake that cost him in sprint qualifying on Friday, Lando Norris again took the blame for a poor outing in Saturday’s Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.An error on his final qualifying run meant the McLaren man started sixth on the grid for theContinue Reading