Hamilton was handed a post-race penalty for speeding in the pitlane during the early safety car period, which dropped him to 16th in the final results.At the start, Leclerc appeared to gain well against Verstappen before the polesitter swung left and made sure of the lead into Turn 1, whereContinue Reading
After a disappointing qualifying showing on Friday for the Miami sprint race, with neither Hamilton nor team-mate George Russell making it out of SQ2, the seven-time world champion explained there were no extenuating circumstances for what happened.Instead, he says that ending up more than half a second adrift of poleContinue Reading
On Friday, Ricciardo provided the latest indication he is starting to turn the corner after a tough 2024 season start.Ricciardo’s more promising pace in China was left unrewarded after a clash with Lance Stroll, but in Miami sprint qualifying the Australian took a surprising fourth starting place for Saturday morning’sContinue Reading
For its debut weekend, the entire suite of new parts has been fitted to Lando Norris’ MCL38, while Oscar Piastri will have to wait until Imola to see the full advantages on offer, as only half of the new components have been installed on his machine.The changes made aren’t newContinue Reading
The squad had already played down expectations heading into its sophomore season in the DTM, claiming that the organisers ‘won’t allow’ Porsche to win back-to-back titles in the series after its 2023 success.But so uncompetitive were the two 911 GT3 Rs at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben that Manthey EMA drivers ThomasContinue Reading
Earlier this week Red Bull announced Newey will leave the Milton Keynes-based squad after a nearly two-decade stint, playing an important role in designing the cars that propelled Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen to multiple world championships.But amid the inner politics that have divided Red Bull at the start ofContinue Reading
Ducati rider Bagnaia went toe-to-toe with eight times world champion Marc Marquez in a thrilling battle for victory in the 25-lap Jerez grand prix.Bagnaia came out on top by just 0.372 seconds to score his second grand prix win of the season to close the gap to championship leader JorgeContinue Reading
Antonelli is being evaluated by Mercedes as an option to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton for 2025, dovetailing a Formula 2 campaign at Prema with private testing in the Brackley team’s previous F1 cars.But in recent days, the 17-year-old Mercedes protege has also been mentioned as an option to replace Williams’Continue Reading
Bottas will start last for Saturday afternoon’s sprint action at the Hard Rock Stadium, actually only two places back from where he qualified after the stewards deemed he had impeded McLaren’s Oscar Piastri during their near-crash in Friday evening sprint qualifying.The incident happened with four minutes left in SQ1, withContinue Reading
The Ferrari driver completed just three laps in practice after spinning at Turn 16 and suffering a clutch issue at the Miami track.But having been a prolific qualifier in his F1 career, with 23 pole positions, Leclerc admitted he was struggling to find the right window with the tyres inContinue Reading