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
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri blew away the rest of the field in third practice for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix, with unrepresentative daytime conditions causing drivers to struggle for grip.With 10 minutes to go in the final one-hour practice session, Piastri’s soft-tyre lap of 1m31.646s went unanswered by his rivals,Continue Reading
So far every Formula 1 grand prix this year has been won from pole position – and, in the most recent one in Japan, the running order was notably static since tyre characteristics militated against strategic divergence at a track on which it is difficult to overtake.But the first threeContinue Reading
McLaren finished at the top of the timesheets in both FP1 and FP2 ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, but Lando Norris felt the team’s pre-season testing data could be “thrown in the bin” as he lamented the change in conditions.The Bahrain International Circuit is home to both pre-season testingContinue Reading
The good news for Ferrari is its comprehensive Bahrain upgrade package appears to be working. The bad news is it’s still nowhere near enough to make a fist of challenging McLaren.Upgrades have been in limited supply thus far, with few teams registering any novelties coming into 2025’s fourth race weekendContinue Reading
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso suffered from a bizarre moment during the second practice session in Bahrain when his steering wheel detached from his Aston Martin. Just two laps into the session, Alonso’s steering wheel display went blank and moments later, the wheel detached from the steering column. OverContinue Reading