On Friday it emerged that Marko was under investigation by Red Bull’s parent company for alleged leaks to the media relating to the investigation into team boss Christian Horner’s behaviour.Marko and Red Bull director Oliver Mintzlaff are set for key talks on the matter on Saturday ahead of the SaudiContinue Reading
Bearman impressed the whole F1 paddock by jumping into Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari in Jeddah on Friday and qualifying 11th, having come close to bumping Hamilton out of Q3.At age 18 Hamilton won the 2003 Formula Renault UK title, before making his F3 debut in the Macau and Korea events atContinue Reading
Quartararo was classified a distant 19th in the only dry practice on Friday afternoon, finishing 1.2 seconds off the pace set by Jorge Martin on the Pramac Ducati, as he struggled in low-grip conditions on the 2024-spec Yamaha M1.New team-mate Alex Rins was half a second quicker than him inContinue Reading
That’s the view of Red Bull driver Sergio Perez, but it’s echoed by his F1 peers.It all centres on the 3.84-mile street track having an average speed of 155mph, with the close-proximity walls requiring additional levels of concentration and precision.The circuit is also an anti-clockwise configuration, one of eight onContinue 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