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“It’s definitely going in the right direction for us” — Russell feeling positive after qualifying P3 ahead of F1 Austrian GP

Magdalena Put10 months ago10 months ago06 mins

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…

FE | Portland E-Prix | Qualifying | Mitch Evans took pole position and set the new fastest average speed with a 1:08.664

Chiara Martin10 months ago011 mins

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…

Sainz says Ferrari “bouncing” at F1 Austrian GP “makes our high speed exaggeratedly slow” after qualifying P4

Evan Roberts10 months ago07 mins

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…

Verstappen in “a league of his own” as F1 Austrian Grand Prix pole out of reach according to Norris

Ryan McGahey10 months ago10 months ago06 mins

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…

Verstappen: “Every run was on point” in F1 Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix

Ryan McGahey10 months ago10 months ago06 mins

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…

FE | Portland E-Prix | FP2 | Da Costa leads from Nato and Cassidy following Fenestraz’s crash

Lucrezia Costa10 months ago10 months ago04 mins

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….

F1 | Austrian GP | Qualifying | Verstappen dominates to take pole from Norris and Russell

James O'Connor10 months ago07 mins

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…

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

Karishma Persad10 months ago10 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….

Oscar Piastri “just didn’t quite have the pace in the second half” of F1 Austrian GP Sprint after P2 finish

Gabriel Diamante10 months ago10 months ago04 mins

Oscar Piastri finished P2 after the sprint race in Austria, ahead of teammate Lando Norris after a successful fifth lap overtake at turn 6 as the Brit lost out to Max Verstappen. Although he gained a place during the sprint, the Australian driver was left wanting more. Piastri thinks that he wasn’t able to maximise…

Verstappen “working well with the team to really extract everything out of the car” following F1 Sprint win in Austria

Rachel Stephens10 months ago05 mins

The heat in Spielberg set the stage for an intense Sprint Race ahead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, and with an aborted start after the formation lap reduced the race to 23 laps. As the race began, Verstappen claimed the lead in turn one, leaving the McLaren’s of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to…