Alonso considered aborting P3 lap in F1 China qualifying
Alonso impressed in Shanghai by beating the McLaren and Ferrari cars to third in Q3, the best-of-the-rest spot behind the dominant Red Bulls of polesitter Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.But Alonso admitted that he considered aborting the final lap that pushed him up the grid after slipping up through theContinue Reading
2024 F1 Chinese GP qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole
Verstappen will start ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.Chinese Grand Prix grid: Verstappen on pole from PerezWhat happenedContinue Reading
F1 Chinese GP: Verstappen claims Red Bull’s 100th pole over Perez
The championship leader had rarely looked beatable throughout the session and ploughed a lonely furrow in pursuit of pole position, particularly as nobody had been able to beat his opening 1m33.977s effort – let alone his ultimate pole lap.This set up a thrilling battle to join him on the frontContinue Reading
Croatia Rally WRC3 Friday highlights
All the highlights from Friday in WRC3 at the 2024 Croatia Rally. SourceContinue Reading
Croatia Rally WRC2 Friday highlights
Citroën pairing Yohan Rossel and Nikolay Gryazin were in a class of their own at Croatia Rally on Friday, opening a commanding lead of more than two minutes over the remainder of the WRC2 field. SourceContinue Reading
Why Imola could bring “more chaos” to the WEC
Following a season-opening race in Qatar that ran without interruption from safety cars, there is widespread expectation that Imola’s tight and undulating nature may conspire to produce incidents that the open, flowing nature of the Losail International Circuit helped negate.Imola, which has replaced Monza as the host of Italy’s WECContinue Reading
Alonso hit with penalty for Sainz clash in China F1 sprint
The Spaniard was locked in a tight fight with the Ferraris for third place in the closing stages of the Shanghai sprint event, as he battled rapidly degrading tyres.But as the pair swapped positions back and forth, they clashed at Turn 9 two laps from home in an incident thatContinue Reading
Norris had no reason to apologise for China F1 sprint showing, says McLaren
Norris had started from the front after a brilliant showing in Friday’s wet qualifying session, but it all went wrong at Turn 1 of the sprint race after he came off worse in a side-by-side tussle with Lewis Hamilton.Having lost ground away from the grid, he found himself on theContinue Reading
Supercars New Zealand: Heimgartner splashes to Taupo opener victory
The Auckland-born driver took the lead after the first of two pit cycles on a wet 3.3km Taupō International Motorsport Park.Heimgartner took advantage of Brad Jones Racing’s ace pitcrew, the nearly perennial winner of Supercars’ teams pitstop ratings, to jump past early leader Will Brown (Triple Eight Chevrolet), and held offContinue Reading
Hamilton: Norris would have been better off conceding in Turn 1
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