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Hamilton admits it’s “incredibly satisfying” to “actually compete with McLaren and Red Bull” as he completes Mercedes 1-2 on home soil at F1 British GP

Magdalena Put3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton had a strong showing in qualifying on home soil at Silverstone, completing a Mercedes 1-2. “It was a great session,” Hamilton confirmed. “Probably the best session that we’ve had as a team. Just had the real pace to be able to actually compete with the McLarens and the Red Bulls, which I think…

Norris “confident that we can go forward” as he starts P3 for F1 British GP

Karishma Persad3 months ago3 months ago011 mins

Lando Norris will start Sunday’s race from third position, behind Mercedes’ George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. The McLaren driver, whose fastest lap time was only 0.211 seconds more than that of pole-sitter George Russell, was asked about his mistake at Chapel in his final qualifying lap. “I just ran wide out of turn 14 and…

IndyCar | Qualifying | Mid-Ohio | Palou takes incredibly close pole 0.0024s ahead of O’Ward and Malukas

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Group A saw out on track Rahal, Malukas, Rossi, McLaughlin, Palou, Ericsson, Siegel, Ferrucci, Rosenqvist, Fittipaldi, Rasmussen, Sowery and Kirkwood. Palou gets on top after the first set of attempts in 1:09.27, followed by Siegel and Rossi, with the McLaren driver and Fittipaldi all cycling at the lead. Rossi is the first to sign a…

P4 in F1 British GP qualifying a “positive surprise” after losing 100 points of downforce in Q1 off — Verstappen

James O'Connor3 months ago3 months ago010 mins

Max Verstappen had an eventful qualifying day at Silverstone as he ended up P4 on the grid for Sunday’s British Grand Prix. It was almost game over for the 3-time defending World Champion in Q1 as he pushed a bit too hard into Copse as it started to rain, losing the car and taking a…

“These conditions really got the car into a perfect window” — Russell reflects on his F1 British GP pole lap

Magdalena Put3 months ago3 months ago011 mins

George Russell secured pole position ahead of the British Grand Prix, leading a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Russell, fresh off his win in Austria last week and buoyed by the support from the home crowd, claimed his second pole in four races, shading Lewis Hamilton by 0.171s….

F3 | Sprint Race | British GP | Lindblad dominates at Silverstone

James O'Connor3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

Van Amersfoort Racing’s León starts from pole position ahead of Prema’s Lindblad for the Formula 3 Sprint Race in Silverstone, after the top twelve from yesterday’s qualifying is flipped for this race. Tsolov, Meguetounif, Esterson, and Boya have all been handed three-place grid penalties following incidents of impeding during qualifying. They will now be starting from…

IndyCar | FP2 | Mid-Ohio | O’Ward leads fragmented session ahead of Rahal and Herta

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

The second practise session of the weekend sees immediately all drivers out on track in order to get a bit more experience with the debuting hybrid engine cars ahead of Qualifying later in the 45 minutes long session. After the first set of attempts Herta holds the provisional benchmark in 1:19.325s ahead of Rossi and…

F1 | British GP | Qualifying | Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 in Silverstone; Verstappen P4 as Perez goes out in Q1

Nicolas Lopes3 months ago3 months ago09 mins

Q1 After a rain-hit FP3 session and some more rain in between the sessions, the start of qualifying for the British GP saw the sun come out between the clouds, but the track was still damp from the earlier weather. Most drivers headed out on the green-walled intermediate tyres in the damp circuit. But Valtteri…

F2 | Sprint Race | British GP | Antonelli grabs his maiden F2 win, after action packed sprint race at Silverstone

Olivia Pursehouse3 months ago3 months ago08 mins

Andrea Kimi Antonelli will be lining his Prema up in pole position for the Formula 2 sprint race in Silverstone, just head of Rodin Motorsport’s Zane Maloney, after the top ten from yesterday’s qualifying session are reversed. Due to the wet conditions in Silverstone, the race will be started as a rolling start. Antonelli leads…

F1 | British GP | FP3 | Russell tops a wet session ahead of Hamilton and Norris

Marika Petracca3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Last free practice session before this afternoon’s qualifying for the British Grand Prix – home of quite a few drivers – and weather certainly does not look like we are in the middle of the summer: grey sky, raindrops and only 11 degrees. On Friday it was Lando Norris who topped both FP1 and FP2…