Logano, in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford, topped the speed chart with an average lap speed of 131.166 mph with Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota just behind him at 131.080 mph.Fords have won the first three poles of the season with Logano claiming two of them –Continue Reading
Rosenqvist lapped his Honda-powered MSR machine in 1m00.339s, almost half a second quicker than his rivals after his off-season switch from Arrow McLaren.The rest of the top 10 were covered by less than three tenths, which moved fourth-fastest driver Power to state that “Felix is on another planet out there”.“Kinda surprised,” reflectedContinue Reading
Running the softer alternate tyres, the Swede dropped a lap of 1m00.3390s around the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit to head the leaderboard in the final segment of the session.The lap from Rosenqvist, who joined MSR from Arrow McLaren over the off-season, put him 0.4722s ahead of former team-mate PatoContinue Reading
Bearman made his full F1 debut in place of the appendicitis-addled Carlos Sainz at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday, jumping into an SF-24 with only FP3 to prepare ahead of qualifying on the high-speed, walled layout in the Red Sea coastal city.He finished 11th in qualifying –Continue Reading
The second practice was shortened from an hour to 45 minutes and the results did not count towards qualifying, following a vote amongst the riders when rain fell heavily prior to the session.While some were initially concerned if there could be any running at all given how wet the circuitContinue Reading
The eight-time grand prix world champion ended Friday’s dry FP1 fourth fastest on the Gresini Ducati and topped the rain-hit FP2.Marquez enjoyed a strong pre-season on the 2023-spec Ducati but has repeatedly tempered expectations, doing so again after Friday’s Qatar running.While noting that he is feeling stronger all the timeContinue Reading
Hamilton wasn’t happy on Thursday and switched to a bigger wing for Friday that gave the car more stability, but cost time on the straights.He progressed through the first two qualifying sessions in 11th and 10th positions, and then took eighth when it mattered in Q3, a place behind team-mateContinue Reading
A championship statement said both Trident drivers “were found to have had an incorrect throttle pedal progressivity map installed prior to the race which was not in compliance with Article 8.2.6 of the Technical Regulations”.Verschoor had beaten Hauger to secure his fourth victory in F2 by 0.700s after 20 lapsContinue Reading
The 19-year-old reigning Moto2 champion made his official MotoGP debut on Friday at the Losail International Circuit with the KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas squad.Leading both sessions at various stages, Acosta was third overall in the dry FP1 and third in the rain-hit second outing to cap off a first day thatContinue Reading
In a new feature on Autosport.com for 2024, following every F1 qualifying session we will update each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results, so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time dueContinue Reading