For the past two editions of this race, the two-stop strategy proved quickest, running the Medium and Hard tyres and last year, no driver gambled on the Softs. read more »
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The performance difference over a flying lap seems to match the predictions - six to seven tenths between Hard and Medium and just over a second between Medium and Soft. read more »
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The weekend's first wholly dry session produced a clamour to log mileage on the medium tyre, where Sergio Perez and Pierre Gasly logged the first benchmarks before an... read more »
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Fernando Alonso led the second Free Practice session around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. George Russell and Lance Stroll rounded up the top three Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc... read more »
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The current four top teams, Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes are set to use a medium downforce configuration rear wing at the Canadian Grand Prix, with the... read more »
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McLaren had hoped to push Ferrari into extending its lead at the front of the 78-lap race, in a bid to build a sufficient buffer between the cars in the top four and Russell to... read more »
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The Aston Martin driver spent much of the race playing the team game in building up a gap for Lance Stroll, which the Canadian could use to ditch his medium tyres and preserve... read more »
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Mercedes has admitted that it committed an error with the communication provided to Lewis Hamilton during an undercut attempt in Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Mercedes... read more »
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Verstappen ultimately finished sixth, one place ahead of Hamilton, in a race determined by tyre management as the top 10 on the grid remained in the same order.With both... read more »
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Leclerc spent the majority of the session sat on top of the order, where he picked up the fastest time and then proceeded to whittle down the lap time across his medium and... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton led proceedings in Formula 1’s opening practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix with a 1:12.169s effort. Hamilton finished 0.029s ahead of McLaren’s Oscar... read more »
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Although the demands of the tight and twisty Monte Carlo street circuit make it an obvious place to bring the highest downforce specification possible, the restrictions of the... read more »
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Pirelli's choice of slick tyre compounds falls to the three softest available this year, which means the C3 as Hard, the C4 as Medium and the C5 as Soft. read more »
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In the opening phase of the race, it was Verstappen who had the edge as, after holding the advantage at the start, he was steadily able to eke out a gap on the medium tyres to... read more »
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Norris initially struggled to keep up with polesitter Verstappen in the first stint on medium tyres, but after the sole pitstop for hard tyres the Briton started closing the... read more »
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The Medium and Hard tyres proved very competitive in terms of performance over a long run, while the Soft, especially in very high temperatures, could turn out to be quite... read more »
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Leclerc continued as the frontrunner through the early stages of the day's second 60-minute session, after he had also led Friday afternoon's FP1 action, when the... read more »
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Lando Norris took his maiden win in Miami as McLaren rolled out a significant 10-part upgrade package.While Red Bull's polesitter Max Verstappen struggled with floor... read more »
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The McLaren driver crossed the line 7.6 seconds clear of the all-conquering Max Verstappen, converting a strategy in which he went long on the medium-compound tyres and... read more »
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McLaren's Lando Norris and Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell completed Q3 on the theoretically slower medium as teams battle to mitigate overheating... read more »
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Charles Leclerc believes he could have applied more pressure to Max Verstappen during the Formula 1 Miami Sprint if he had remained close enough to activate DRS. Leclerc had... read more »
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Clearly the medium is the most suitable tyre to complete the 19 lap Sprint. However, we don't feel able to rule out the soft completely, as it could provide a significant... read more »
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It was a very good qualifying for us in the end and it looked for a while in Q2, on the medium tyre, that we weren't potentially the strongest car. read more »
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Following a promising second place in Saturday morning's sprint, Hamilton faced a recovery race from 18th on the grid.But the seven-time world champion initially failed to... read more »
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The Sprint Race clearly demonstrated the good performance level of the Medium tyre and thanks to Russell, we saw that the Soft cannot be discounted as a possible compound to... read more »