Max Verstappen was told the floor damage caused by his run across the Copse gravel trap in Q1 for Formula 1’s British Grand Prix robbed him of 100 downforce points.Amid the threat of a rain shower in the opening segment of qualifying, Verstappen had been pushing hard on slicks whenContinue Reading
George Russell feared he was set for an early Formula 1 qualifying elimination before securing pole for the British Grand Prix, and felt his car came alive in Q3.Both Mercedes drivers had brief flirtations with the elimination zone across the opening phases of qualifying at Silverstone, but managed to haulContinue Reading
After every F1 qualifying session, Autosport publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this willContinue Reading
George Russell led an all-Mercedes front row for the British Grand Prix as he beat Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole by 0.171 seconds.A thrilling fight for pole eventually boiled down to a duel between the two Mercedes drivers. Neither Hamilton nor Russell had improved on their first sectors,Continue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli admits to feeling the pressure since being tipped as the driver to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes before his breakthrough maiden Formula 2 win in the Silverstone sprint race.After winning the Formula Regional European title, the 17-year-old skipped Formula 3 in favour of competing in theContinue Reading
Russell will start ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Lando Norris after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.British Grand Prix grid: Russell on pole from Hamilton Cla Nº Driver Car /Continue Reading
Liam Lawson is set to test Red Bull’s current Formula 1 car at Silverstone next week, Autosport has learned, as the rumour-mill intensifies over Sergio Perez’s future at the team.Perez is under pressure to lift his game off the back of a disappointing run of form that has left hisContinue Reading
George Russell claimed the fastest time in a wet FP3 session at the British Grand Prix, pipping Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 0.035 seconds.Despite a red flag and the effect of continued precipitation throughout the session, a steady level of improvement continued beyond the half-hour mark, allowing RussellContinue Reading
The FIA has told Formula 1 drivers that there will be no immediate change to the application of track limits penalties, despite the storm over Lando Norris’s sanction in Austria.Norris was handed a five-second penalty for running wide during his battle with Max Verstappen at the Red Bull Ring lastContinue Reading
Toto Wolff says the Mercedes Formula 1 team “likes the thought” of supplying customer engines to Alpine in 2026 instead of Honda-bound Aston Martin.Alpine is considering abandoning its own Renault F1 power unit programme for the 2026 regulations and switch to becoming a customer team, with Mercedes thought to beContinue Reading