Lewis Hamilton cut a hangdog figure after qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix – possibly the most downcast he has looked since qualifying nearly half a second off George Russell, then his team-mate, in Qatar last year.In Bahrain Hamilton toiled to ninth on the grid, 0.931s slower than Oscar Piastri’sContinue Reading
A deflated Max Verstappen says Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying shows he’s just “taking part” in this year’s Formula 1 world championship rather than fighting for the title.Verstappen finished a lowly seventh in Bahrain qualifying after having already scraped through to Q3 alongside team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, with the Dutchman complaining aboutContinue Reading
The delta between Oscar Piastri’s first Q3 run and his second sat at 0.392s, which rather demonstrates the progress made possible on a fresh set of tyres. Had Lando Norris improved by the same amount, we’d be talking about how the margin (which would have stood at less than 0.2s)Continue Reading
Pierre Gasly was surprised by his strong qualifying performance in Bahrain, which will see him start tomorrow’s race on the third row of the grid.The Alpine driver was just 0.3s off the pole position pace, finishing fifth ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen respectively – promoted to fourth onContinue Reading
Mercedes drivers George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have received a one-place grid drop each for a Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying infraction.Russell loses his front-row spot to Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, while Alpine driver Pierre Gasly is promoted to fourth on the grid at Antonelli’s expense.After Q2 was red flaggedContinue Reading
Lando Norris pinned the blame solely on himself for only qualifying sixth for the Bahrain Grand Prix as he felt he was “just not quick enough”.Norris saw his team-mate Oscar Piastri finish his impressive Saturday on pole, followed by Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.Despite finishing at the topContinue Reading
The FIA stewards have explained why Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg advanced to Q2 with a lap that exceeded track limits, an incident that robbed Williams driver Alex Albon of a spot in the second round of qualifying in Bahrain.Hulkenberg’s third and final push lap in Q1 yielded a 1m31.998s, enoughContinue Reading
Helmut Marko has revealed a “massive problem” with Max Verstappen’s braking system on his Red Bull which led to a disappointing qualifying, with the Dutchman only seventh on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix.“It was worse than expected because we changed a few things on the car which we thoughtContinue Reading
George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have both been summoned by the Bahrain Grand Prix stewards for entering the fast lane of the pitlane before a Q2 restart time was officially declared in Formula 1 qualifying.The intermediate stage of qualifying was interrupted by Esteban Ocon’s crash at Turn 3, whichContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri has beaten George Russell to pole position for the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen down in sixth and seventh.Piastri looked the quicker of the two McLaren cars from Q2 and, after being fastest on the first run of Q2, he then cementedContinue Reading