Russell was one of several drivers to go for the soft, with the Ferrari, Alpine and Aston Martin drivers among those to join him.From fourth on the grid he passed medium... read more »
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Fernando Alonso accepts that Aston Martin "had to throw one race away" in Qatar after opting to run the Soft tyre during Saturday's Sprint Race. Amid concerns... read more »
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Lando Norris rued what he described as taking "any chance to go backwards" during the Sprint Race at the Qatar Grand Prix. Starting second on the Medium, Norris was... read more »
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Piastri departed from pole after topping Saturday's sprint shootout, but having started on mediums the Australian was passed by the soft tyre-shod Mercedes of George... read more »
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Oscar Piastri drove to a controlling victory in a thrilling Formula 1 Qatar Sprint which saw three safety car interventions. Tyre choice was split throughout the grid, with the... read more »
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Oscar Piastri started on pole after being quickest in the earlier sprint shootout, with his McLaren team-mate alongside him on the front-row. The top three, including Max... read more »
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Carlos Sainz hopes that the unpredictability provided by the Sprint format will "compensate" for the Qatar circuit exposing Ferrari's 2023 medium-speed weakness.... read more »
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Suzuka is one of the most classic and challenging tracks on the F1 calendar. It's a high-speed track with snaking 'S' curves, chicanes, hairpins and a mixture of... read more »
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Nearly a week on from Red Bull's humbling in Singapore, Verstappen utterly dominated the early stages - not only leading the pack out of the pack but heading the times... read more »
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With team-mate George Russell crashing out on the final lap at Marina Bay last weekend, chasing team-mate Hamilton claimed the final spot on the podium after the duo's... read more »
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Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff sympathises with George Russell following the latter’s last-lap crash in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix. Russell was chasing his second career... read more »
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A pitstop for medium Pirellis gave Russell and team-mate Lewis Hamilton the tyre advantage in the closing stages at Marina Bay as they piled the pressure on leader Carlos Sainz... read more »
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Alpine driver Esteban Ocon breaking down at the pit exit triggered a virtual safety car on lap 44 of 62 at Marina Bay. This created a window for both Mercedes drivers to pit... read more »
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Norris had been running third in the lead train of cars during the second stint of the Marina Bay race, as polesitter Carlos Sainz controlled the pace at the front to bunch the... read more »
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Charles Leclerc has revealed it was a "last minute" call by him to start the Singapore Grand Prix on the Soft tyre in order to boost his team-mate's chances of... read more »
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The latter phases of the grand prix at Marina Bay kicked into life when Esteban Ocon's stranded Alpine produced a virtual safety car, prompting the two Mercedes drivers to... read more »
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The Red Bull driver's charge from 11th to fifth was hampered by the full safety car after Logan Sargeant's crash, handing a cheap pitstop to the medium tyre... read more »
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Both Mercedes drivers made a late pitstop for medium Pirelli tyres as they sought to challenge eventual race winner Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris on their aging hards.But as... read more »
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Norris finished second to Ferrari's Carlos Sainz at the Marina Bay Circuit after a tense end to the 62-lap race, as fresher medium tyres brought Russell and Lewis Hamilton... read more »
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The Spaniard led all 62 laps under the lights at the Marina Bay track, producing an inch-perfect tactical drive to convert pole position into his second F1 win by 0.812s.On... read more »
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The Spaniard led every lap of a slow-burning race from pole position, and delivered a tactical masterclass to ward off a rapidly approaching Mercedes duo in the race's... read more »
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As he spoke to the TV cameras immediately after grabbing a front-row slot, he reckoned a tyre offset that Mercedes had locked in was a great option to have."We've got... read more »
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The Monza polesitter punched in a 1m32.120s to top the session amid the soft tyre phase of running, which withstood a siege from Leclerc despite Sainz's inferior first and... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas scored a point at Monza by making a one stop, hard-medium tyre, strategy work to his favour for his first top ten finish since the Canadian Grand Prix. read more »
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Magnussen qualified only 19th at Monza and was one of only three drivers to take a gamble by starting on the hard rather than medium Pirelli tyres.However, while Lewis Hamilton... read more »