Max Verstappen says he had to forget about tyre usage and drive “over the limit” to resist the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri during Formula 1’s Spa sprint race.Verstappen passed polesitter Piastri on lap one, slipstreaming past the Australian championship leader on the long run up the Kemmel Straight andContinue Reading
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen triumphed in the sprint race at Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix to start Red Bull’s new era with a win.Verstappen used his Red Bull’s superior top speed to draft past polesitter Oscar Piastri at Les Combes on lap one of the 15-lap contest, much likeContinue Reading
Despite taking an utterly dominant Formula 1 sprint pole at the Belgian Grand Prix, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri wasn’t getting too excited just yet over his victory chances on Saturday morning.“Spa’s probably one of the worst places to have pole position, so yeah… it is what it is,” a muted AustralianContinue Reading
Ollie Bearman may need to reconsider his summer break plans again – to come back to the small Swedish town of Varberg, where he already spent a few days ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.Back then, his family vacation derailed after Bearman discovered a local karting track – a typical rentalContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc was disappointed by a “huge” deficit to McLaren in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix sprint qualifying, despite being aided by Ferrari’s new rear suspension package.Championship leader Oscar Piastri took pole by almost half a second over Max Verstappen; despite running with more downforce than the Red Bull and thusContinue Reading
Mercedes equalled its worst-ever result in 350 Formula 1 qualifying sessions ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race, which George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli will start from 13th and 20th.The only time the Silver Arrows ever qualified so low on the grid coincidentally occurred at another sprint race,Continue Reading
A loss of nearly four tenths at the end of the second sector meant Max Verstappen failed to challenge Oscar Piastri in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix sprint qualifying.McLaren once again had the fastest car in all three segments of the session, though its drivers’ execution was far from perfect,Continue Reading
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri survived an early scare to take a dominant pole for the sprint race at Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.The Australian championship leader scraped through in SQ2 after a laptime was deleted for track-limits abuse.But he then set a 1m40.510s lap in the final segment of sprintContinue Reading
“At the moment [in the 2026 regulations] there are some challenges that aren’t necessary and won’t add to the competition or the spectacle that I do think need to be changed,” said McLaren’s Oscar Piastri ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend.“I think there’s going to be a lot ofContinue Reading
Red Bull Formula 1 chief engineer Paul Monaghan has admitted Christian Horner’s sacking was a “shock”, and acknowledged boosting the squad’s fortunes would be tough for new CEO Laurent Mekies.One of the most successful team bosses in Formula 1 history with eight drivers’ and six constructors’ titles, Horner was unceremoniously removedContinue Reading