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“You have to brake early and roll the speed in and I hate that” — Hamilton details F1 qualifying struggles in the ground effect era

Syrine Ferchichi6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

After winning the past two rounds in the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone, Mercedes anticipated a drop In performance at the Hungaroring, as it’s technical nature and medium-speed corners are a weak point of their car. This culminated in a disappointing qualifying session, as the team struggled to deliver a consistent performance. George Russell exited…

IndyCar | Toronto | Qualifying | Hasty Herta on pole as Andretti take front row clean sweep

Evan Roberts6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

Pole position in Toronto for Colton Herta makes it his third of the season, the most of any driver on the grid. The Californian achieved it in style, having topped both free practice sessions and now qualifying too, he currently sits in a position to sweep the weekend if a win is achieved tomorrow. It…

Dennis praises FIA for ‘strict’ FE stewards in London: “I came off worse, but it’s fine”

Kimberley Hoefnagel6 months ago04 mins

Jake Dennis played a huge part in the first race in London, but not quite in the way he had hoped beforehand. The Andretti driver was involved in multiple incidents, received three penalties, and was even shown a black-and-white flag. After a somewhat disappointing qualifying session, Dennis kicked off the race from P10. The Brit…

Ricciardo declares he has “two races to give it hell” as he starts P9 at F1 Hungarian GP

Rachel Stephens6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

Daniel Ricciardo’s performance throughout qualifying at the Hungarian GP demonstrated why he’s in the mix for the highly sought after second Red Bull seat. Qualifying in P9 was a solid outcome for the Aussie, despite him feeling that the team missed out on some opportunities to beat Aston Martin due to the rain following the…

Alonso: Aston Martin F1 Hungarian GP updates have given “a little bit more grip, more downforce in the corners”

Rachel Stephens6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

Aston Martin locked out the fourth row for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll closely matched. More importantly, the team made a big step forward in performance compared to Spain and Austria. Fernando Alonso noted that the new parts and overnight adjustments have directly improved their performance, “Thanks to the…

London E-Prix | FE Race 1 | Wehrlein takes impressive win ahead of Evans and Buemi in a very aggressive round

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

Hughes and Vandoorne both served a three places grid penalty, whereas Sette Camara had a 30 places grid drop for taking up a new engine and a former crash, which was converted in a driver through. The first leg of the last round of the season saw Evans holding on to his lead at the…

“I will not give up” — Pérez vows to keep fighting following Q1 crash in F1 Hungarian GP

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago012 mins

There was a painful end to Sergio Pérez’s Saturday at the Hungarian Grand Prix as he crashed out in Q1 in damp conditions. The Mexican driver, facing enormous pressure both internally from Red Bull and externally from the media, lost the car in turn 8 as he turned in, crashing quite heavily into the tyre…

Verstappen puzzled as to what causes the lack of pace in F1’s Hungarian GP qualifying: “A bit difficult to pinpoint why that is”

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago03 mins

Max Verstappen was a little bit frustrated coming over the line after his final qualifying attempt this afternoon in Budapest. He qualified third, just under half a tenth behind pole-sitter Lando Norris, but he feels he is lacking some grip and pace to attack McLaren at the moment. “I tried, the whole weekend I think…

Norris confident for F1 Hungarian GP: “We’re in the best position for whatever the conditions throw at us”

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

It was a bit of a chaotic qualifying session, as both Sergio Pérez and Yuki Tsunoda caused red flags with their respective crashes, added to the continuous threat of rain throughout the session. It didn’t stop Lando Norris from grabbing his third career pole position, and McLaren’s first front-row lock-out since the 2012 Brazilian Grand…

F1 | Hungarian GP | Qualifying | Norris takes pole in a McLaren front-row

Marika Petracca6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

Saturday means it’s time for qualifying at the Hungaroring: 30 degrees of air temperature and raindrops approaching just as cars are about to come out of the pits for Q1. With McLaren topping the last free practice session just this morning, let’s have a look at what turn things took for the qualifying of the…