Norris had started Saturday’s sprint event in Shanghai from pole position but did not get away at the lights as well as fellow front-row starter Hamilton – who got inside him on the entry to the first corner.Hamilton hugged the inside line throughout the long right-hander, while Norris tried toContinue Reading
In a DRS train behind Fernando Alonso, the battle erupted when Sainz attacked the Aston Martin driver around the outside of Turn 7, which invited both Serigo Perez and Charles Leclerc into the fight.After Alonso picked up a puncture in contact with Sainz, as the pair touched in Turn 7Continue Reading
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton grabbed the lead at the start, when pole-winner Lando Norris (McLaren) was slow away from the startline. After battling with Hamilton through Turn 1, Norris slid wide and off the track, tumbling a further five places.Promoted to third, Verstappen bided his time early on and then cruisedContinue Reading
The championship leader appeared out of sorts in the opening flurry of laps as he struggled to charge his battery with the selected hybrid settings, but a series of changes on his steering wheel appeared to rectify the issue.With greater forward momentum, Verstappen pulled himself out of third with aContinue Reading
The FIA began a detailed probe on Friday night after two separate fires on the same area of grass inside Turn 7 disrupted running on the opening day of track action.First practice for the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday morning had to be red-flagged after a blaze erupted on theContinue Reading
With so little practice running before parc ferme conditions beginning for sprint qualifying and the sprint itself, it is all too easy to get lost with the impact of any developments.This is why, for example, Aston Martin elected to fast-track its recent upgrade package to Japan because it did notContinue Reading
This incredible experience is just part of the incredible prize up for grabs in the MoneyGram Monaco Dream Weekend competition with the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, which is giving fans from the UK and Europe the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip.A home race for many of the F1 drivers,Continue Reading
Three-time F1 world champion Lauda survived the crash at the Nurburgring, even though his crash helmet was torn from his head during the brutal head-on impact with the barrier, before his stricken Ferrari 312T2 was then rammed by Brett Lunger’s Surtees.Four of his fellow drivers assisted in pulling Lauda fromContinue Reading
The Frenchman was granted Alpine’s new floor upgrade initially pencilled in for Miami, as one undertray construction was fast-tracked in time for the Chinese Grand Prix.This new floor features changes to the diffuser, heavily revised front fences, and a new floor edge wing that includes a slot towards the rear.AlthoughContinue Reading
Johnny Herbert won the Le Mans 24 Hours with a Mazda 787B – a firm favourite among sportscar fans – and three Formula 1 races in Benetton and Stewart machinery. But the two cars he selects from his career are machines he failed to win in.“The best car I droveContinue Reading