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Yuki Tsunoda has been handed a 40,000 euro fine following the use of a slur during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon, with 20,000 suspended. The Japanese driver used the r word as a driver pulled out into the fast lane ahead of him in during Q1. He finished up in P14…
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc had a disappointing qualifying session at the Austrian Grand Prix. On his final lap, he made a mistake entering Turn 4. In an attempt to recover time in the subsequent corners, Leclerc’s plan backfired, seeing him end up in the gravel at turns 6 and 9. Despite his confidence that set-up changes…
George Russell cut an upbeat figure after qualifying third ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. After securing fourth in Friday’s Sprint qualifying event, Russell went one better on Saturday. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri had initially gone third fastest, but his lap time was deleted for a track limits transgression at Turn 6 towards the end of…
The first Qualifying session of the Portland E-Prix was underway, where the drivers had the chance to earn the first points of the day. The pace was quick during FP2, as António Félix Da Costa set a record-breaking benchmark lap of 1:08.78s. However, Sam Bird, Norman Nato and Lucas Di Grassi were unlucky because they…
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will start tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix on the second row of the grid in a strong P4. Despite this, the Spaniard is unimpressed by the pace his car has shown over the last few races, citing issues through high speed corners that has hampered their lap time. Sainz had a strong…
Lando Norris was happy with a “good” P2 lap in a more difficult Qualifying session than Sprint Qualifying yesterday afternoon. A gap of 0.404s separated McLaren’s Lando Norris from a dominant Max Verstappen in qualifying ahead of tomorrow’s Austrian Grand Prix with Norris admitting a stronger lap could have seen him closer to Verstappen. Despite…
Max Verstappen was satisfied as the Red Bull man stormed to an eight pole position in the 2024 season, just shy of half a second ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris. Max Verstappen has secured his eight pole position of 2024, and his first since the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix last month, in dominant…
It’s time for the second Practise session of the weekend in Portland, which began just like the previous one: with the Envision drivers posting the best early benchmarks in 1:10.480s. Yesterday the duo had been among the fastest in terms of race pace simulations, but had coasted at the bottom of the timings for FP1….
Q1 Max Verstappen was first out of the pits and logged a 1:06.054 to kick things off, with Sergio Perez just under 0.2s away. A 1:05.941 from Carlos Sainz saw the Spaniard break the 66s barrier to go fastest. However, that was beaten by 0.040s seconds later by teammate Charles Leclerc. Norris and Piastri managed…
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….
