Max Verstappen crushed the opposition with a dominant performance to win the opening round of the 2024 Formula 1 season with a margin of over 20 seconds over his nearest rival, team-mate Sergio Perez. And the Dutchman couldn’t hide the extent of his dominance by admitting he was just having “a lot of fun” driving…
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc said the issues he faced with his SF-24 at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix were making it “impossible” to drive. Leclerc faced brake problems, with the team reporting over “100 degrees split” in temperature between his front left and right brakes, causing multiple lock-ups which were more prominent in the…
All 20 drivers started on softs, with Verstappen and Perez choosing to begin on used ones to save their new set for later in the race. Hulkenberg, Tsunoda, Stroll, Albon, Magnussen, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Ocon and Gasly all started on new softs. Off the line, it was a superb start from both Red Bulls as…
A rather promising track debut for the VCARB 01 as Daniel Ricciardo closed the first day of testing in P4, paired with Lando Norris’ McLaren and Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari, only 1.2s off Max Verstappen and his RB20. The car – at least at first glance – seems to have everything to battle it off with…
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Although it was Max Verstappen who ultimately claimed pole position in Bahrain, Charles Leclerc’s impressive qualifying form suggests Ferrari have made significant progress in their quest to close the gap to Red Bull. Leclerc’s teammate, Carlos Sainz, was the early pace-setter in the opening stages of qualifying, going fastest in Q1. Confident about advancing, Sainz…
