2024 F1 Bahrain GP results: Verstappen wins season opener
Verstappen beat his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in the 57-lap race under the floodlights.Verstappen dominated from the start, while Perez battled his way through to second from fifth on the grid, passing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and the Mercedes of George Russell after gaining a spotContinue Reading
F1 Bahrain GP: Verstappen dominates in Red Bull 1-2
The reigning world champion crossed the line with a 22.4-second gap over Perez to clinch his eighth successive F1 win, stretching back to his Suzuka win last year.Verstappen faced little in the way of competition, only having to contend with a brief play for the lead from Charles Leclerc into theContinue Reading
Ricciardo “grumpy” after messy Bahrain F1 qualifying
RB was tipped to be one of the surprise packages for 2024, having built on a strong end to its 2023 campaign under its previous AlphaTauri guise.And while Ricciardo had played down the hype around his rebranded team ahead of the Sakhir event, RB did prove to be a Q3Continue Reading
WEC Qatar: Porsche leads Peugeot at halfway point of season-opener
Andre Lotterer was circulating 28s out in front in the factory #6 Porsche Penske 963 LMDh after five hours of racing in the Qatar 1812Km, as the order stabilised after a chaotic start at the Losail International Circuit.The Porsche moved into the lead at the beginning of the second hourContinue Reading
Browning explains “scary” exhaust problem on way to F3 Bahrain win
Browning led from start to finish in the F3 feature race in Bahrain after polesitter Gabriel Bortoleto bogged down and dropped to the rear of the pack.While the Hitech driver appeared in complete control of the race, however, there were concerns that he may be forced to retire after second-placedContinue Reading
WRC teams react to FIA’s vision for the future
The extensive concept revealed by the governing body this week features a raft of significant changes to the WRC’s technical and sporting regulations, alongside a plan to address the championship’s promotion.Perhaps its most bold decision is to remove the control hybrid units from Rally1 cars for the 2025 season, afterContinue Reading
Gasly: Alpine F1 car weight issue is not that bad
After a disappointing Bahrain test, fears that the team could have the slowest car in the 2024 field were realised in qualifying, as Pierre Gasly earned 20th and last position, a spot behind his team-mate Esteban Ocon.The weight of the car became a talking point in testing, with some observersContinue Reading
F2 Bahrain: Maloney doubles up with dominant feature race victory
Maloney climbed from eighth to top the podium in Friday’s opening race of the F2 season and put on another fine display on Saturday to establish an early championship lead with a maiden feature race win.Maloney went against the trend to start on soft tyres but was able to switchContinue Reading
McLaren drivers reckon they had pace for second row amid tight Bahrain F1 grid
Norris and Piastri showed strong one-lap pace amid an extremely tight qualifying battle behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.But both drivers struggled to get their best laps together in Q3, which shuffled them down to seventh and eighth respectively. With such slim margins as the 2024 season gets under way, anyContinue Reading
Red Bull’s better tyre options quash F1 rivals’ hopes further for Bahrain GP
The pace of the RB20 in the world champion’s hands throughout practice and qualifying has further highlighted the advantage he has over the opposition right now.But despite a pretty close fight for the top grid spots – where Charles Leclerc’s best Q2 lap would actually have been good enough forContinue Reading