Mercedes’ George Russell hopes he hasn’t compromised its race prospects for single-lap performance after he qualified third for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Russell produced... read more »
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Charles Leclerc admits that it was a positive surprise that Ferrari’s deficit to Red Bull in qualifying in Bahrain was “closer than what it looks on the timesheets”. The... read more »
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However, the squad feels that moving away from the strong single-lap form that helped Lewis Hamilton and George Russell top Thursday practice was essential to give it a decent... read more »
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Max Verstappen will start from the best possible position in tomorrow's Bahrain Grand Prix, the season opener of the 2024 Formula One season. Verstappen was 2 tenths... read more »
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Max Verstappen finished half a second adrift in sixth in Thursday's FP2, which was held in similar night-time conditions as qualifying and the race, with team-mate Sergio... read more »
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It seems we are still quite close to our main competitors, and it'll likely come down to a handful of tenths in qualifying. read more »
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Piastri finished FP2 in fifth, four tenths behind the leading Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and narrowly ahead of Red Bull's Verstappen, who appeared to run with a dialled... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton headed a Mercedes 1-2 in FP2 after topping the timesheets with a lap time of 1:30.374s. The seven-time champion sat two-tenths clear of Mercedes team-mate George... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton fronted a Mercedes 1-2 in the second practice session for Formula 1’s season-opening 2024 round in Bahrain this weekend. The seven-time champion emerged quickest... read more »
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It is why Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc coming out on top of the overall timing sheets over the course of this week's Bahrain test has barely registered in... read more »
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Charles Leclerc ensured that Ferrari remained at the top of the timesheets as the curtain came down on pre-season testing ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 season. The Monegasque... read more »
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Charles Leclerc was fastest on the second morning of pre-season testing for the 2024 Formula 1 season, but the session was curtailed with over an hour still remaining. The... read more »
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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen ended the first morning of the three-day Bahrain test on top of the timesheets with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finishing the first... read more »
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Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso has predicted the Formula 1 grid could be so compact in 2024 that two-tenths could “change your life” between grand prix weekends. Red Bull... read more »
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Ferrari's preparations for the 2024 F1 season have seen encouraging signs on the simulator, where their car reportedly demonstrated a noteworthy improvement, achieving an... read more »
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IndyCar is known for its close, action-packed races with Dallara-built cars that are largely spec outside damper development and having two different engine manufacturers.It... read more »
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The McLaren driver had looked on course to emerge as Max Verstappen's main challenger in the fight for pole position on Saturday, but a lurid slide through the hotel... read more »
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As previously reported by Autosport, AlphaTauri prepared a significant upgrade to the AT04's floor for the 2023 season finale, which was intended as a research and... read more »
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Despite a first sector that was over two-tenths slower than the best efforts from the Red Bulls, Norris found time over the rest of the lap to clinch pole position for... read more »
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Max Verstappen has criticised the newly resurfaced track at the Lusail circuit, claiming it didn't allow the drivers to "push a tiny bit more" during qualifying... read more »
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Sergio Perez says he wants to put in a performance reflective of Red Bull's status as "World Champions" at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix. While Red Bull... read more »
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Not for the first time this year, Perez struggled to get going in Japan after having issues to get the RB19 balanced to his liking in Friday practice.Overnight work did little... read more »
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Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner claims avoiding a penalty at the next round in Qatar was the "only decent thing" to come from Sergio Perez's Japanese... read more »
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Verstappen took pole at Suzuka by roughly six tenths ahead of McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.Having both drivers in the top three was a huge result for McLaren, but... read more »
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Sergio Perez described his qualifying session at the Japanese Grand Prix as "not ideal" after slumping to seven-tenths behind team-mate Max Verstappen. Verstappen... read more »