Yuki Tsunoda’s outstanding start to the 2024 Formula One season continued at the Australian Grand Prix as the Japanese driver finished P8 at Albert Park. He was finally rewarded with points following a couple of tricky races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The 23-year-old made Q3 for a second consecutive race as he qualified ahead…
Aside from Carlos Sainz’s superb victory at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon in Melbourne, the biggest talking to point to come out of the Grand Prix is the controversial 20-second penalty handed out to Fernando Alonso by the stewards for “potentially dangerous driving” that saw George Russell crash as race leader Sainz started…
Christian Horner has confirmed that Sergio Perez was struggling during the Australian Grand Prix as a tear-off from Fernando Alonso got lodged under his floor during the races, costing him valuable performance and creating excessive tyre degradation for the Mexican. Running in P6 during the opening stint as he lost out at the start to…
Zhou Guanyu was left extremely disappointed as his front wing gave up on him after hitting the turn 10 kerb on his final lap during Q1 at the Australian Grand Prix. Heading into the final sector, he took the kerb like everyone has been throughout the weekend but the left hand side of his front…
Esteban Ocon gave a small bit of light to Alpine on Saturday at Albert Park as he qualified P15 for the Australian Grand Prix. It’s the first time in 2023 one of them got out of Q1. He did not want to declare it a mini-victory, however. “Well, I think let’s not call it a…
A dust storm caused by high winds meant the first 10 minutes of the session was put on hold. When the session did get going, Sting Ray Robb had multiple excursions as there was no grip out on circuit. O’Ward, Kirkwood, Rasmussen and McLaughlin also had relatively big moments inside the first 30 minutes. Power’s…
It’s been a rollercoaster of a weekend for Lewis Hamilton at the Australian Grand Prix. After huge struggles with the rear end and a bad set-up call by Mercedes in FP2 where he placed P18, the seven-time World Champion was a strong P4 in final practice, less than a tenth off the fastest time. However,…
The first driver to post a time in final practice was Sergio Perez, with the Mexican logging a 1:19.206. Verstappen responded to that quickly as he beat it by 0.615s. Both drivers were on mediums. Perez went again and smashed in a 1:17.927 to go 0.664s ahead of the Dutchman thanks to three purple sectors….
Williams Team Principal James Vowles has detailed the decision to give Logan Sargeant’s chassis and car to Alex Albon for the remainder of the Australian Grand Prix weekend. With just under 20 minutes left in opening practice, Albon went over the kerb at turn 6. He had a snap as the car bounced off it…
Williams has made the massive call to give Alex Albon their remaining chassis for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne.In FP1, Albon had a big crash. He lost the car over the turn 6 kerb, ended up having a snap of oversteer and hit the wall hard at turn 7. There appeared…
