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Yuki Tsunoda had a gruelling race in Imola, finishing 10th in the Grand Prix. The Japanese driver’s start was shaky. When the lights went out, he lost two places to Hülkenberg and Hamilton. However he was able to salvage points for the team as they undercut the German in the opening stages. Lance Stroll came…
During the Imola Grand Prix, Mercedes refused to grant George Russell his request to regain his position against Lewis Hamilton. Despite Russell’s impressive performance throughout the weekend, the team decided to prioritise the overall strategy over individual battles. Russell, who will continue with Mercedes in 2025, pitted late in the race to secure the bonus…
Sergio Pérez faced a challenging race at Imola, managing to move up three places but ultimately driving a quiet one as he was a long way off the pace of the leaders. The Mexican driver acknowledged that the outcome was likely the best he could achieve under the circumstances. “I think we sort of knew…
Lando Norris came home P2 for the Imola Grand Prix in a charging drive, pushing the reigning world champion Max Verstappen right to the last lap, finishing only 0.735s behind the Red Bull. Norris was left wondering what could’ve been, as he thought had the race been one or two laps longer than the original…
Charles Leclerc came home third at Ferrari’s first home race of the year after a battle for P2 with McLaren’s Lando Norris for most of the race. The Monegasque believes he extracted the most he possibly could from his SF-24 as Norris pulled away in the closing stages, with the Brit putting big pressure on…
Santino Ferrucci kicked things off in the Fast 6 and had a couple of very close shaves during his run at turns 1 and 4 respectively. His average was 232.692mph. 233.211mph, 232.819mph, 232.425mph, 232.314mph was the speed on his four laps. Kyle Larson was up next. His average was 232.846mph to beat Ferrucci. 233.383mph, 232.903mph,…
Who won’t take part in the 108th running of the Indy 500? Four drivers will take part in the Last Chance qualifying: rookie driver Nolan Siegel, who has missed out on quite a bit of practise following a Fast Friday crash, Graham Rahal, whose qualifying has been strongly impacted by engine troubles, Marcus Ericsson, with…
Ryan Hunter-Reay went first and his average was 230.567mph. 231.440mph, 230.118mph, 230.197mph, 230.519mph was the speed on his four laps. Rinus VeeKay was next following his extraordinary Saturday. His average was 232.610mph. 233.499mph, 232.777mph, 232.194mph, 231.975mph was the speed on his four laps. Pato O’Ward was third out and his average was 232.584mph as he…
Red Bull team principal and CEO, Christian Horner has said that Red Bull will carry some analysis before the next F1 race in Monaco to understand why their car lost so much performance – especially compared to Lando Norris’ McLaren – in the latter stages of the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP, as the degradation of…
The final practice session ahead of the latest begins with an hour of track time reserved to the drivers taking part in the Fast 12. The first driver to get on track was Pato O’Ward, which signed a four laps average of 233.462mph, consistently better than his yesterday’s achievement. Among yesterday’s surprise names in the…
