Verstappen Brilliant As The FIA Baffles In Qatar – How The Race Unfolded At Lusail
Stuart Codling and Jonathan Noble sit down to review a controversial Qatar Grand Prix. There’s analysis on the brilliance of Max Verstappen, who took his ninth victory of the season, leading from lights to flag after passing inherited pole sitter George Russell off the start line. But the race wasContinue Reading
Hamilton: Disastrous Qatar F1 race “could have been worse”
Lewis Hamilton endured a torrid run to 12th place in the Qatar Grand Prix in an understeering Mercedes, although some of the damage was self-inflicted owing to a false start and a pitlane speeding penalty.Hamilton also picked up a puncture mid-race and, in the final laps, asked the team if heContinue Reading
McLaren wants FIA review on penalty stance amid fears of future “consequences”
McLaren believes the FIA should review how penalties are handed out in Formula 1 after warning that Lando Norris’s stop-go sanction in the Qatar GP risks “consequences”.While the Woking-based team accepts that Norris did not slow down for the double yellow flags that were brought out for Alex Albon’s strandedContinue Reading
Tsunoda reveals confusion over misheard “beaver” radio message
Yuki Tsunoda revealed he misheard a radio message warning about a loose mirror on the track during the Qatar Grand Prix and thought he’d been told there was a beaver.The RB driver endured a frustrating afternoon at the Losail International Circuit as he slipped down the order after a goodContinue Reading
Alpine looking for Ocon split resolution that “suits everyone”
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes says an expected deal to replace Esteban Ocon with Jack Doohan for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is moving “in a direction that suits everybody” in their preparation for the 2025 Formula 1 season.Oakes stated that a decision had yet to be made on Ocon’sContinue Reading
Verstappen “lost all respect” for Russell after Qatar GP stewards’ room conduct
Max Verstappen has taken aim at George Russell, stating that he has “lost all respect” for the Mercedes driver following their Qatar Grand Prix qualifying contretemps on Saturday. The Red Bull driver took particular umbrage with Russell following their summons to the stewards’ room after qualifying, when the championship winner wasContinue Reading
Norris “would do the same” as Verstappen in reporting yellow flag breach
Lando Norris says “I would do the same” as Max Verstappen if his rival had been speeding under double yellow flags, after he was penalised for the offence in Qatar.The McLaren driver accepted that “I f***ed it up” after being given a 10s stop-go penalty during Formula 1’s Qatar GrandContinue Reading
Ocon set to vacate Alpine F1 seat for Abu Dhabi GP
Esteban Ocon is set to stand down from his Alpine Formula 1 seat ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Jack Doohan expected to make his debut at the 2024 finale, Autosport understands.The French driver retired on the first lap of the Qatar race after becoming embroiled in aContinue Reading
F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen wins in safety car-hit race, Norris handed penalty
Max Verstappen overcame three safety cars to take an assured victory at the Qatar Grand Prix, as main threat Lando Norris copped a 10-second stop-go penalty for speeding under yellow flags.Verstappen led every lap of the race to clinch his ninth victory of 2024 having overcome a fits-and-spurts threat fromContinue Reading
How Red Bull turned around its disconnected “rally car”
Red Bull produced one of the most dramatic turnarounds of the season in Qatar on Saturday when it went from a “terrible” car in the sprint to pole on the road in qualifying.World champion Max Verstappen had been left baffled by just how bad his RB20 had felt in theContinue Reading