George Russell believes tyre overheating led to his half-second deficit to Dutch Grand Prix polesitter Lando Norris after being on the pace throughout Q1 and Q2.Russell and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton are looking to build on winning three of the last four races, but as the F1 season resumed in ZandvoortContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc has declared his 0.909s gap to Lando Norris’s Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix pole lap time for McLaren was “too much” for Ferrari.The Scuderia, which has slipped behind Mercedes and McLaren in the battle to get on terms with Red Bull since Leclerc commandingly won at Monaco in May,Continue Reading
Red Bull is pinning its hopes on winning Formula 1’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix on set-up changes making Max Verstappen’s RB20 “calmer” after Lando Norris beat him in Zandvoort qualifying.Motorsport advisor Helmut Marko believes the 0.356s gap between Norris and Verstappen was inflated by a slide for the Dutchman atContinue 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
Lando Norris beat Red Bull driver Max Verstappen to pole position for Formula 1’s 2024 Dutch Grand Prix, stating afterwards that McLaren “got him today”.Oscar Piastri completed the top three, while George Russell finished just behind for Friday practice pacesetter Mercedes, which had Lewis Hamilton fail to progress from Q2.ItContinue Reading
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has given an insight into his relationship with Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen after revealing he failed to lure the Dutchman from his Formula 1 rivals.Wolff explained ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix that he had continued to hold meetings with Verstappen’s father JosContinue Reading
George Russell’s disqualification in the Belgian Grand Prix could prove to be the most important non-victory of his career.The Mercedes driver had produced arguably his best performance in F1 to cross the line in first place, only to have the result taken away from him after being found to beContinue Reading
Alpine Formula 1 advisor Flavio Briatore thinks the team’s fortunes suffered in recent years because the wrong management was in place.Speaking for the first time in public about his vision for the squad and verdict on why Renault’s works team has slipped down the order, Briatore pointed to prior leadershipContinue Reading
Pierre Gasly headlined a truncated third practice for the Dutch Grand Prix, following a lengthy red-flag period for Logan Sargeant’s heavy crash on the exit of Turn 3.In wet conditions following, Sargeant had put his Williams into the wall after taking too much kerb on the exit of Turn 3,Continue Reading
Logan Sargeant’s participation in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix looks in doubt after a heavy crash during a wet FP3.The American had just set the fourth-fastest time at Zandvoort before dropping two wheels on the grass losing control and hitting the barriers on the exit of Turn 3 beforeContinue Reading