Ben Sulayem tells F1 drivers how he runs FIA is “none of their business”
A defiant FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has dismissed talk of turmoil within the governing body, and told Formula 1 drivers it is “none of their business” how he runs things.Ben Sulayem has found himself under the spotlight recently in the wake of a host of high-level departures from theContinue Reading
F2 Qatar: Aron wins after Bortoleto penalty closes title battle
Paul Aron secured his first Formula 2 victory of the season, benefiting from a penalty for on-the-road winner Gabriel Bortoleto in the Qatar feature race.Having started from pole, Aron was unable to topple his Invicta rival on the track, but a virtual safety car-related penalty enabled him to leapfrog ontoContinue Reading
F2 Qatar: Aron wins after Bortoleto penalty title battle shrinks
Paul Aron secured his first Formula 2 victory of the season, benefiting from a penalty for on-the-road winner Gabriel Bortoleto in the Qatar feature race.Having started from pole, Aron was unable to topple his Invicta rival on the track, but a virtual safety car-related penalty enabled him to leapfrog ontoContinue Reading
Alonso never doubted himself amid Aston Martin struggles
Fernando Alonso says his unexpected Q3 performance in the Qatar Grand Prix shows why he was right never to doubt himself amid Aston Martin’s recent struggles.The Spaniard, who is Formula 1’s oldest driver, has endured a challenging run of races off the back of his squad’s backward step with aContinue Reading
Bottas: It’s “ironic” that Sauber F1 improvement has come so late
Valtteri Bottas has hailed the effect of his Sauber team’s latest upgrades on car performance after qualifying 13th for the Qatar Grand Prix and finishing 12th in the sprint event – but acknowledged the improvement has come rather late for him.Bottas is out of an F1 race drive next yearContinue Reading
What the Losail sprint race and qualifying tell us about the 2024 F1 Qatar GP
Either side of the Interlagos wildness, the other final sprint events of the 2024 Formula 1 season bear significant similarities that pile focus on Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and the Ferrari drivers. The key difference between Austin and Qatar, however, is that so far both McLaren and Mercedes have dominatedContinue Reading
McLaren: We must “raise the bar” if we want to fight for 2025 F1 title
McLaren says it cannot be happy with its current trajectory if it is to have any hope of targeting both Formula 1 championships next year.The Woking-based team could clinch the constructors’ title in the Qatar Grand Prix today, which would be the first time it has done so since 1998Continue Reading
Sainz: Ferrari hitting “hard limit” on lap time in Qatar qualifying
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was left frustrated after qualifying seventh for the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix, two places and two tenths of a second behind team-mate Charles Leclerc. The duo will line up for the race fifth and seventh, split by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, who had his own reasonsContinue Reading
Why Verstappen lost his pole start at the Qatar GP
Jonathan Noble and Stuart Codling sit down to review all the action from Saturday’s Sprint Race and Grand Prix Qualifying from Qatar. There’s an immediate reaction to the news that Max Verstappen’s pole position was removed; with the Dutchman demoted to second via a controversial penalty for driving unnecessarily slowlyContinue Reading
F1 Qatar Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more
George Russell will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix. Here’s how and when you can watch the race.Mercedes driver Russell inherited pole position after a one-place grid drop was handed to Max Verstappen for driving unnecessarily slowly and causing Russell to take evasive action duringContinue Reading