WRC Croatia: Ogier victorious after final day drama for Evans, Neuville
Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais triumphed following an incident-filled Sunday that saw the pair inherit the lead after Hyundai driver Neuville and Toyota’s Evans both crashed in stage 18 of 20.Ogier took the first win of his 2024 partial campaign from Evans by 9.7s, while Neuville had to settle forContinue Reading
Ricciardo hit with Miami F1 grid penalty for safety car infringement
The RB driver has been penalised having been found guilty of overtaking Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg under safety car conditions on lap 28 at the Shanghai International Circuit.Ricciardo, who has also been handed two penalty points for the offence, had been hit by Lance Stroll at the previous safety carContinue Reading
Alonso explains mid-race soft tyre strategy in F1 Chinese GP
The Aston Martin driver started the Chinese GP with just one set of fresh hards and two sets of fresh mediums, so when he started the race on mediums and switched to his sole hards after 11 laps, he was left without the strategy flexibility of his rivals when theContinue Reading
Ranked: The 10 F1 teams at the 2024 Chinese GP
Max Verstappen dominated once again, having hinted at his clear advantage in pace during Saturday’s sprint race, but it did not go all Red Bull’s own way as Sergio Perez was leapfrogged in the stops.No team was able to quite enjoy an error-free day, as the two safety cars putContinue Reading
Our writers rate the 2024 F1 Chinese Grand Prix
On F1’s return to the Shanghai International Circuit for the first time since 2019, Verstappen cemented his position as the runaway points leader with a lights-to-flag win in the RB20.Norris enjoyed a strong run to second, leaving Sergio Perez to settle for third in the other Red Bull.The Ferraris ofContinue Reading
Hamilton “never had so much understeer in my life” in F1 Chinese GP
Following a promising second place in Saturday morning’s sprint, Hamilton faced a recovery race from 18th on the grid.But the seven-time world champion initially failed to make much progress on his soft tyres, rising to 15th before moving on to the medium compound.He said his car had so much understeerContinue Reading
Leclerc: “Strange” Ferrari struggled on hard tyres in F1 Chinese GP
After losing a place to George Russell at the start while fighting Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz, Leclerc made early progress using a one-stop strategy to move up to fourth.But, having been predicted to be the team closest to Red Bull on race pace, both Ferraris were unable to make anyContinue Reading
Croatia Rally Sunday morning highlights
Sébastien Ogier has taken the Croatia Rally lead in dramatic circumstances on Sunday morning after Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans both went off the road in SS18. SourceContinue Reading
Norris reveals bet about finishing 35 seconds behind Ferrari in F1 Chinese GP
Norris finished second in Shanghai after benefitting from a safety car period to make his only pitstop and come out ahead of Sergio Perez, but then managed to keep his hard tyres alive to comfortably control the gap with the Mexican.The result came as a surprise for McLaren at oneContinue Reading
Ricciardo: Stroll “making my blood boil” after China F1 contact
As the field got ready to restart the race on lap 27, a lock-up from Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso into the hairpin caused a concertina effect for cars having to brake behind him.Several places behind the Spaniard, his team-mate Stroll crashed into the back of RB’s Ricciardo, lifting the Australian’sContinue Reading