Honda’s downturn in performance has continued into the new campaign, with the RC213V still lagging behind rivals despite the work that went into upgrading the bike over the winter.The Japanese manufacturer returned empty-handed from last weekend’s Americas GP, with Luca Marini finishing 16th and last in the sole-surviving Honda, asContinue Reading
The RB driver has been penalised having been found guilty of overtaking Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg under safety car conditions on lap 28 at the Shanghai International Circuit.Ricciardo, who has also been handed two penalty points for the offence, had been hit by Lance Stroll at the previous safety carContinue Reading
The Aston Martin driver started the Chinese GP with just one set of fresh hards and two sets of fresh mediums, so when he started the race on mediums and switched to his sole hards after 11 laps, he was left without the strategy flexibility of his rivals when theContinue Reading
Max Verstappen dominated once again, having hinted at his clear advantage in pace during Saturday’s sprint race, but it did not go all Red Bull’s own way as Sergio Perez was leapfrogged in the stops.No team was able to quite enjoy an error-free day, as the two safety cars putContinue Reading
After losing a place to George Russell at the start while fighting Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz, Leclerc made early progress using a one-stop strategy to move up to fourth.But, having been predicted to be the team closest to Red Bull on race pace, both Ferraris were unable to make anyContinue Reading
Sébastien Ogier has taken the Croatia Rally lead in dramatic circumstances on Sunday morning after Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans both went off the road in SS18. SourceContinue Reading
Norris finished second in Shanghai after benefitting from a safety car period to make his only pitstop and come out ahead of Sergio Perez, but then managed to keep his hard tyres alive to comfortably control the gap with the Mexican.The result came as a surprise for McLaren at oneContinue Reading
As the field got ready to restart the race on lap 27, a lock-up from Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso into the hairpin caused a concertina effect for cars having to brake behind him.Several places behind the Spaniard, his team-mate Stroll crashed into the back of RB’s Ricciardo, lifting the Australian’sContinue Reading
The two manufacturers that will line up behind the Ferrari top-three block-out on the grid believe the Italian marque will maintain its qualifying advantage in the six-hour race.“We are trying to be optimistic but, on pure pace, we are not there with Ferrari,” said Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who tookContinue Reading
On the back of scoring Red Bull’s 100th pole position on Saturday, Verstappen was never threatened throughout the first race in Shanghai since 2019 and effortlessly overcame two safety car restarts in the middle period of the race.After leading the field away without any real threat from behind, Verstappen unearthedContinue Reading