WEC Imola: Ye fastest to lead Ferrari 1-2 in practice
Ye went fastest half an hour into the first 90-minute session with a 1m31.347s aboard the customer AF Corse-run 499P Le Mans Hypercar to push the best of the works Ferraris with Anthony Fuoco at the wheel down to second position.Fuoco ended up on 1m31.503s, which gave him a marginContinue Reading
F1 teams and Pirelli had no warning of “painted” Shanghai track surface
With F1 teams having done a lot of pre-event work in the simulator based on information from both Pirelli and the FIA, they were caught out when they arrived at the circuit on Wednesday by the visibly different track surface.While drivers said it looked like the track had been “painted”,Continue Reading
Sainz will have to “survive with what we have” in F1 China sprint
Sainz qualified fifth and team-mate Charles Leclerc seventh as the Ferraris struggled to get their tyres warmed up in a rainy end to Friday’s sprint qualifying.Leclerc went off when it started raining, bending his steering rack, which Sainz admitted could have easily happened to him too.”With the intermediate tyres we waitedContinue Reading
F1 Chinese GP sprint race and qualifying – Start time, how to watch & more
F1 has altered its sprint race schedule once again, with sprint race qualifying shifting to Friday and the sprint race moving to Saturday. The race weekend format then reverts back to a traditional schedule for grand prix qualifying on Saturday afternoon with the grand prix on Sunday. Here’s how theContinue Reading
WRC Croatia: Neuville sets the pace to lead title rival Evans
The Hyundai driver set the pace winning three of the four stages to open up an 8.6s lead over nearest title rival Evans.Eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier coped admirably as stage conditions worsened after every pass to end the loop in third, 21.5s adrift. Hyundai’s Ott Tanak held fourth [+37.3s]Continue Reading
FIA still chasing answers over bizarre Shanghai F1 grass fires
First practice on Friday morning had to be red flagged after a fire erupted on the grass on the inside of Turn 7 at the Shanghai International Circuit.The same section later caught fire at the end of the first session of sprint qualifying, which led to the start of SQ2Continue Reading
Hamilton expects to lose positions if F1 China sprint is dry
Hamilton was one of the standout performers of a wet final qualifying segment on Friday afternoon, taking second behind McLaren’s Lando Norris.The seven-time world champion said his car “came alive” in the wet, but he’s realistic about its potential if Saturday morning’s sprint is held in dry conditions.”It was prettyContinue Reading
Verstappen ‘deserves’ fourth in China F1 sprint qualifying with wet struggles
Having claimed every pole position so far in the 2024 F1 season, Verstappen looked strong favourite again after topping Q2 of sprint qualifying in the dry.But as rain fell at the Shanghai International Circuit it produced a major unknown given no driver had any wet running at a track F1Continue Reading
Why Norris’ China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated
Rain made the already slippery Shanghai surface even more treacherous and Friday afternoon’s final segment of sprint qualifying was peppered with incidents, with world champion Max Verstappen going off twice and Charles Leclerc tapping the wall with his front wing.McLaren driver Norris bagged sprint pole, but not before his lapContinue Reading
Norris’ F1 China sprint pole lap down to “all or nothing” approach
Norris had his penultimate timed lap deleted for track limits at Turn 16, but his 1m57.940s follow-up ultimately proved unbeatable during a wet and slippery final part of sprint qualifying – which yielded multiple mistakes across the field.This lap was initially chalked off for track limits as well, suspected toContinue Reading