The rolling cheers were the first clue. Reverberating as if sprint qualifying for Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix was taking place within a leisure centre swimming pool – such is the way the Shanghai track’s giant main grandstand traps noise – was the noise that greeted Lewis Hamilton’s first Ferrari pole.At thisContinue Reading
Liam Lawson put his Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying woes down to an inability to cool his tyres enough for his final flying lap, leading to him propping up the rest of the Formula 1 field.The New Zealander was up to 10th after the opening runs, having opened with aContinue Reading
Lando Norris admitted his own mistakes left the early Formula 1 championship leader qualifying down in sixth for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.After winning in Australia last weekend, Norris had been towing a fine line between admitting McLaren was the team to beat while also attempting to temperContinue Reading
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is “a bit gobsmacked” after taking his first sprint pole of his nascent Ferrari era.Hamilton came to Shanghai after a difficult weekend for both himself and Ferrari in Australia, only managing 10th in Melbourne through a lack of pace and poorContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton announced his arrival at Ferrari by taking pole position for the Formula 1 sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix and is joined on the front row by old foe Max Verstappen.McLaren had looked dominant until the third qualifying session, with Oscar Piastri third and Lando Norris downContinue Reading
Alpine and Haas have revealed they have needed to make changes to their Formula 1 cars’ rear wings in light of the latest technical directive that has tightened flex tests.It is understood that four teams were affected by the changing parameters of the rear wing flex tests for the ChineseContinue Reading
Formula 1 drivers have been given further clarification by the FIA on the recent tightening of rules surrounding inappropriate language, following concerns triggered by the wording of the initial guidance.Tensions around the issue escalated further after Hyundai World Rally Championship driver Adrien Fourmaux was fined €10,000 – with an additional €20,000Continue Reading
Lando Norris needed the whole of the one and only practice session at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix before he ultimately set the benchmark with a stunning lap.With the pace of the McLaren a talking point heading into the second race weekend of the year, Norris was head andContinue Reading
The Las Vegas-winning No. 21 Ford of The Wood Brothers will be wearing a very special paint scheme for the Darlington throwback race, and it’s a livery that open-wheel fans will know well. Thursday at a special event held at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, the team revealed thatContinue Reading
A few new parts arrived at the Australian Grand Prix as the 10 Formula 1 teams wanted to put more mileage on the packages they ran with in Bahrain testing. That’s not to say anyone didn’t dabble in a bit of early update fun. In this update we explain howContinue Reading