Ex-F1 race director Wittich returns for GTWCE finale
Niels Wittich oversaw the final round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in Jeddah, after his surprise departure from the FIA as Formula 1’s race director.Wittich had served as an F1 race director since 2022, initially on a part-time basis alternating with Edoardo Freitas, following the departure ofContinue Reading
Pulling seals F1 Academy title with three races to go
Abbi Pulling clinched the F1 Academy title on Saturday after she finished second in the first race of the Losail round.Pulling arrived in Qatar knowing that she needed just 18 points from the final two weekends in order to take the F1 Academy title, regardless of what chief rival DorianeContinue Reading
Hamilton: “I know I’ve still got it” after recent F1 struggles
Lewis Hamilton insists that he has “still got it”, despite the current struggles he is having in extracting pace from his Mercedes F1 car.The seven-time world champion continues to face frustrations in getting the most out of himself in qualifying, as he again finished adrift of his team-mate George RussellContinue Reading
Red Bull “threw kitchen sink” at car set-up for Verstappen’s Qatar pole
Christian Horner reckons Red Bull “threw the kitchen sink” at improving its RB20 Formula 1 car in preparation for Qatar Grand Prix qualifying, which helped Max Verstappen seal pole position.Verstappen praised the team for its turnaround in fortunes, having managed only sixth on the grid for the sprint race –Continue Reading
Verstappen summoned over Russell incident in Qatar qualifying
Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has been summoned to the Qatar Grand Prix stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly during qualifying, in which he appeared to block George Russell.The Red Bull driver, who clinched his first grand prix pole since June’s Austrian Grand Prix, was on a slow lap aheadContinue Reading
F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen beats Russell to pole, Norris third
Max Verstappen took his first Formula 1 pole since June after headlining Qatar Grand Prix qualifying, after knocking George Russell off the top of the order by 0.055s.After a series of struggles across the sprint sessions, Red Bull unearthed extra pace to compete for the fastest time in qualifying, andContinue Reading
F2 Qatar: Bearman wins sprint race after Hadjar pass
Oliver Bearman took his third sprint race victory of the 2024 Formula 2 season after winning out in a strategic battle with championship-chasing Isack Hadjar.Having started on pole for the partially-reversed-grid race with hard tyres fitted to his Prema entry, the future Haas Formula 1 driver lost ground early onContinue Reading
Why McLaren told Norris not to give Piastri Qatar F1 sprint win
McLaren told Lando Norris several times not to hand Oscar Piastri a payback Qatar Grand Prix sprint race win because it was concerned about the threat from Mercedes’ George Russell.Norris said after he finished second in the first, shorter contest of the weekend at the Losail circuit that he hadContinue Reading
Horner baffled by Perez start: “When the light goes out, you’re supposed to go”
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says he doesn’t understand why Sergio Perez botched his pit lane start in Qatar’s Formula 1 sprint race, which allowed Franco Colapinto to overtake him.Perez and his Williams rival, who having both fallen in Friday’s SQ1 were due to line up towards the back ofContinue Reading
Verstappen: “Rally car” Red Bull was undriveable in Qatar GP sprint
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen rued his “terrible” balance through the Qatar Grand Prix sprint and felt his Red Bull felt more like a rally car during the 19-lap race.The Dutchman fell to ninth on the opening lap after being overtaken by a fast-starting Lewis Hamilton off the line,Continue Reading