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
Verstappen loses Qatar GP pole after one-place grid penalty
Max Verstappen has been stripped of his Qatar Grand Prix pole position after being handed a one-place grid penalty for impeding George Russell in Formula 1 qualifying.Verstappen had clinched his first pole since the Austrian Grand Prix in June after beating Russell by 0.055 seconds, completing a significant turnaround inContinue Reading
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