Sainz took a remarkable victory for Ferrari on Sunday, just two weeks after undergoing surgery for appendicitis on the weekend of the Saudi Arabian GP, which he sat out.PLUS: Why Sainz could have won F1’s Australian GP even in a Verstappen head-to-headThat left the Spaniard with just a week to recoverContinue Reading
The Ferrari driver was forced to sit out the Saudi Arabian GP, where Oliver Bearman made a superb debut in his place, but Sainz was back at his best in Melbourne and won convincingly after poleman Max Verstappen retired with brake problems.Sainz did his job prospects for 2025, when heContinue Reading
Perez started the Melbourne race in sixth after picking up a three-place penalty for impeding, and having lost a place to George Russell at the start he recovered to finish fifth.Having reported that he felt the balance of his car was not right, after the chequered flag the team discoveredContinue Reading
The Silver Arrows camp endured a torrid outing in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The W15 suffered handling instability, Lewis Hamilton failed to progress into Q3 before retiring with an engine failure and George Russell crashed heavily two laps from the flag.While the car showed competitive pace on occasion inContinue Reading
After nine race victories in a row, Verstappen’s hopes of equalling his record set in 2023 of winning 10 consecutive grands prix were curtailed by a brake problem that put the Red Bull driver out of the race.Sainz, in his first race back after surgery for appendicitis that forced himContinue Reading
Carlos Sainz returned to F1 after his appendectomy, and, in great style, claimed the top spot in a Ferrari 1-2. Helped by Max Verstappen’s early retirement in the race, would Ferrari still have won if Verstappen was fighting at the front? Coupled with Mercedes’s dual DNFs, Alonso’s penalty and more,Continue Reading
In the closing laps of the Melbourne race Alonso was left battling Russell for sixth place.Fearing how vulnerable he would be through Albert Park’s DRS zones, Alonso claimed he tried to brake earlier for Turn 6 on the penultimate lap so he could carry more speed onto the following straight.MercedesContinue Reading
Polesitter Verstappen reported a stuck brake from the start of the Melbourne race and after the issue made him lose the lead to Sainz on lap 2, the Dutchman’s right-rear brake finally gave up on lap 4, forcing him to retire.But Ferrari’s race performance and the way it handled frontContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton parked up with a power unit failure, the cause of which is yet to be determined, on lap 15 of a race won by Carlos Sainz after Max Verstappen retired with an early brake fire.Meanwhile, George Russell wiped out two laps from the flag – believing his carContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton parked up with a power unit failure, the cause of which is yet to be determined, on lap 15 of a race won by Carlos Sainz after Max Verstappen retired with an early brake fire.Meanwhile, George Russell wiped out two laps from the flag – believing his carContinue Reading