Karishma Persad, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

“Really noticeable and very positive” — Hülkenberg pleased with VF-24 upgrades as he starts P6 for F1 British GP

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

Nico Hülkenberg carried on his fine form from the Austrian Grand Prix as he qualified a superb P6 at Silverstone, beating Carlos Sainz in the works Ferrari. Qualifying had almost finished before it really got started, however. “Yeah, much too close for comfort, or too close for comfort,” he said, when asked about having almost…

Norris “confident that we can go forward” as he starts P3 for F1 British GP

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago011 mins

Lando Norris will start Sunday’s race from third position, behind Mercedes’ George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. The McLaren driver, whose fastest lap time was only 0.211 seconds more than that of pole-sitter George Russell, was asked about his mistake at Chapel in his final qualifying lap. “I just ran wide out of turn 14 and…

F2 | British GP | Qualifying | Hadjar takes pole in as a late spin sees championship leader Aron drop to P12

Karishma Persad5 months ago011 mins

After a quiet practice session which saw AIX Racing’s Joshua Dürksen (DUR) topping the timesheet on a drying track, qualifying gets underway at the Silverstone circuit. Conditions in qualifying are significantly drier than they were during the practice session with a track temperature of 26.9 degrees Celsius. With a 40% chance of rain predicted for…

F3 | British GP | Practice Session | Mixed conditions at Silverstone as Esterson goes top

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Just a week after the Austrian Grand Prix which saw victories for ART Grand Prix’s Nikola Tsolov (TSO) and Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Luke Browning (BRO) in the sprint and feature races respectively, F3 returns to Silverstone Circuit as the British Grand Prix gets underway. The drivers are in their garages, waiting for the weekend’s practice session…

Zhou: Sauber “one of the teams that has a bigger offset between different tracks” regarding performance following disappointing F1 Austrian GP

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago06 mins

The Austrian Grand Prix was another weekend without points for Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu who finished twentieth in Saturday’s sprint and seventeenth in Sunday’s race. Speaking after the race, the 25-year-old discussed the lap 20 incident which saw him being punted off the track by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso up at turn 3. The Chinese driver…

Austrian GP | F2 | Sprint Race | Bearman secures first win of the season after an action-packed sprint race

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago010 mins

After ending Friday’s qualifying in tenth, Invicta Racing’s Kush Maini (MAI) will start Saturday’s Sprint Race on pole under reverse grid conditions. The Indian driver, who took second and sixth place in the sprint and feature races in Barcelona, will line up alongside Prema Racing’s Oliver Bearman (BEA) who starts the Austrian Sprint in P2….

Austrian GP | F3 | Wurz goes top as drivers struggle with track limits

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

Formula 3 returns, just a week after the Spanish Grand Prix, which saw victories for Campos Racing’s Mari Boya and Prema Racing’s Arvid Lindblad in the sprint and feature races respectively. The drivers are currently in their garages, awaiting the start of the weekend’s first practice session. Conditions at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg,…

“We are in deep conversations at the moment” — Esteban Ocon “confident” about his future in F1

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago08 mins

Ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, BWT Alpine F1 Team confirmed that Pierre Gasly would continue with them on a new multi-year contract. This announcement, which comes less than a month after the team confirmed that they would be parting ways with Gasly’s teammate, Esteban Ocon, as well as that by Aston Martin F1 team…

“The first time I’ve had that in F1” — Piastri says he had “not much confidence in the car” during Spanish GP weekend

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago011 mins

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…

George Russell says hard tyre was “pretty rubbish” on his way to P4 finish in F1 Spanish GP

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago08 mins

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…