McLaren’s Oscar Piastri ended the Spanish Grand Prix in seventh place, two places up from his P9 starting position. Speaking after the race, Piastri admitted that while the team had been optimistic that he would be able to get past both Alpine drivers and compete with Mercedes and Ferrari, this had not come to fruition…
Despite taking an early lead on lap 1, Mercedes’ George Russell ended Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix in fourth. Speaking after the race, Russell described his performance as “a little bit” frustrating, adding that there had been several small factors which had affected his result. A 5.5s stop first time around did not help, and he…
For the first time in the 2024 season, the BWT Alpine will see both drivers start the race in the top 10 with Pierre Gasly qualifying seventh, and Esteban Ocon in ninth. The French teammates will, however, line up alongside each other on Sunday’s starting grid, as Ocon will inherit Red Bull’s Sergio Perez’s P8…
F1 Academy gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Conditions are warm, though cooler than those of earlier sessions. The track temperature is currently 35.4 degrees Celsius, and the air temperature is 24.0 degrees Celsius. Abbi Pulling (PUL) of Rodin Motorsport and Alpine Academy starts on pole, after setting the fastest lap time in Friday’s…
In hot weather, the Formula 2 Sprint Race gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The track temperature is around 40.8 degrees Celsius, and the air temperature is 25.1 degrees Celsius. The drivers are starting on the hard tyres and are expected to go to the end on these. However, high tyre degradation is expected….
The F1 Academy qualifying condition gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Conditions are warm, with a track temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius and an air temperature of 24.8 degrees Celsius. All fifteen drivers heading out on track as the green flag falls. Carrie Schreiner (SCH) in the Kick Sauber livery sets the first lap…
Formula 2 qualifying gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with warm, dry conditions. Qualifying will be run on the soft tyres, unlike the earlier practice, which was done on the hard tyres. The green flag gets the session started as about half of the drivers make their way out onto the track to set…
Ahead of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri was asked whether he thought that the weekend would be a test for his team given the aerodynamic differences between the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and those of the previous circuits. While the 23-year-old agreed that the weekend would be a test, he said he expected it…
Max Verstappen secured his 60th Grand Prix victory on Sunday as he held off the McLarens and Mercedes’ to take an impressive win. Christian Horner discussed all the key moments in his post-race media session, praising the job the driver and the team did on the pit wall to take that tremendous win. “The crucial…
After an impressive performance in qualifying, Lando Norris will be starting Sunday’s race in P3, alongside his McLaren Oscar Piastri in P4. The McLaren driver, whose fastest time in Q3 was just 21 milliseconds off the time by pole-sitter George Russell of Mercedes was asked whether he was frustrated by having missed out on the…
