Franco Colapinto has been given a one-place grid penalty – despite crashing out of qualifying for the F1 Imola Grand Prix.The Argentine was penalised for breaking protocol in the pitlane after Yuki Tsunoda’s high-speed crash.Colapinto, who was making his debut for Alpine after replacing the luckless Jack Doohan, with theContinue Reading
“We are just P nowhere at the moment,” Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc muttered disconsolately into a waiting Sky Sports F1 microphone after qualifying 11th for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Team-mate Lewis Hamilton was 12th and, if the gap between them was more slender than it has been in recent outings, the fact remains thatContinue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda has apologised to his Red Bull team after an “unnecessary” and “stupid” crash in qualifying for the Imola GP, which will see him start tomorrow’s race from the back of the field.The Japanese driver crashed during the first part of qualifying ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix afterContinue Reading
British racer Oliver Bearman slammed the FIA after his fastest lap in qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was deleted due to a late red flag in the session. The Haas driver says he wasn’t notified of the red flag until “quite a way after I crossed the line.”Qualifying forContinue Reading
British racer Oliver Bearman slammed the FIA after his fastest lap in qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was deleted due to a late red flag in the session. The Haas driver says he wasn’t notified of the red flag until “quite a way after I crossed the line.”Qualifying forContinue Reading
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has grabbed pole for Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after pipping Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in Imola qualifying.After the first salvo of Q3 runs Verstappen led the way with a 1m14.772s, half a tenth up on Piastri and two tenths ahead of Norris.On his final attempt,Continue Reading
Qualifying for Formula 1’s Imola Grand Prix has been red-flagged a second time for a crash by Alpine driver Franco Colapinto.On his final flyer at the end of Q1 Colapinto, who is making his 2025 season debut with Alpine this weekend, dipped his wheels onto the grass on the exitContinue Reading
Qualifying for F1’s Imola GP has been red-flagged for a heavy crash for Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda.Heading into the fast Villeneuve chicane at the end of the first sector, Tsunoda lost control over his RB21 and make heavy contact with the inside wall, sending his car into a barrelContinue Reading
Lando Norris has kept McLaren’s clean sheet intact atop the Imola leaderboard in Saturday’s third practice session for F1’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.Norris headed McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri with Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen in third.Amid searing track temperatures in Imola few teams were in a rush to head outContinue Reading
McLaren’s Andrea Stella says it is “good news” for his team that Formula 1 rivals are focused on what he believes are incorrect reasons why the papaya squad is dominating.McLaren has been at the forefront of F1 for 12 months ever since a large upgrade package at the 2024 MiamiContinue Reading