In the closing laps of the Melbourne race Alonso was left battling Russell for sixth place.Fearing how vulnerable he would be through Albert Park’s DRS zones, Alonso claimed he tried to brake earlier for Turn 6 on the penultimate lap so he could carry more speed onto the following straight.MercedesContinue Reading
Polesitter Verstappen reported a stuck brake from the start of the Melbourne race and after the issue made him lose the lead to Sainz on lap 2, the Dutchman’s right-rear brake finally gave up on lap 4, forcing him to retire.But Ferrari’s race performance and the way it handled frontContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton parked up with a power unit failure, the cause of which is yet to be determined, on lap 15 of a race won by Carlos Sainz after Max Verstappen retired with an early brake fire.Meanwhile, George Russell wiped out two laps from the flag – believing his carContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton parked up with a power unit failure, the cause of which is yet to be determined, on lap 15 of a race won by Carlos Sainz after Max Verstappen retired with an early brake fire.Meanwhile, George Russell wiped out two laps from the flag – believing his carContinue Reading
Colapinto took the chequered flag in Sunday’s feature race in seventh place but was disqualified after the stewards received a report from the technical delegate.This report indicated that the Williams Academy driver had failed to engage the start set-up procedure for the start of the race, something that the regulationsContinue Reading
After wheelnut issues caused lengthy stops for Valtteri Bottas in Bahrain and Zhou Guanyu in Jeddah, the team made what it called “containment” modifications for Melbourne, with the aim of reducing the risk of further issues.However in Melbourne Bottas suffered another problem that cost him 28 seconds and robbed himContinue Reading
Norris and Piastri finished third and fourth behind Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc in Melbourne after McLaren asked Piastri before halfway to swap positions with Norris.But while the Australian rued missing out on a podium in front of his home crowd, he conceded the swap was fair becauseContinue Reading
The Mercedes driver was knocked out of Q2 in qualifying and started the Albert Park race in 11th, but after a solid start, he was forced to pull over after 15 laps due to a power unit problem.The DNF caps a tough start to the 2024 F1 season, with HamiltonContinue Reading
Shane van Gisbergen discusses the battle with Austin Hill in overtime of the Xfinity Series race at Circuit of The Americas. SourceContinue Reading
The Briton had qualified ahead of Leclerc and remained ahead during the opening phase of the race, but fell behind during the opening pit phase as the Monegasque and Norris’ McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri conducted earlier pitstops to claim the undercut. In an effort to chase Leclerc, McLaren conducted a swapContinue Reading