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Mercedes, McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull drivers reflect on close battle ahead of qualifying day at the F1 Spanish GP

Evan Roberts3 months ago3 months ago09 mins

Ahead of this weekend’s race, much is expected to return to what we have become accustomed to over recent times, as Red Bull come into Spain hot favorites, largely due to the traditional nature of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which is expected to suit the RB20. Despite this, championship leader Max Verstappen has played down…

F1 Academy | Spanish GP| Qualifying | Strong performance by Pulling sees her start on pole for both Race 1 and Race 2

Karishma Persad3 months ago05 mins

The F1 Academy qualifying condition gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Conditions are warm, with a track temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius and an air temperature of 24.8 degrees Celsius. All fifteen drivers heading out on track as the green flag falls. Carrie Schreiner (SCH) in the Kick Sauber livery sets the first lap…

Mercedes going “full force” as they involve police over email sent to F1 journalists concerning alleged sabotage of Hamilton’s car

James O'Connor3 months ago3 months ago07 mins

Toto Wolff has confirmed that Mercedes has got the police involved following a bizarre email sent by an anonymous person to F1 journalists after the Canadian Grand Prix, much like the Google Drive file received during the case involving Christian Horner earlier this year. In Montréal, Lewis Hamilton was fastest by almost 0.4s in FP3…

F1 | Spanish GP | FP2 | Hamilton leads quiet session from Sainz and Norris

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Cars are back on track again for the second practise session of the weekend. Among the first drivers lapping in Barcelona there was the Mercedes duo, with RB’s Ricciardo a bit late due to some final set up tweaks. After the first set of attempts Norris leads with a 1:14.197s ahead of Russell and Verstappen,…

Spanish GP | F2 | Qualifying| Aron takes pole as Barnard crashes out

Karishma Persad3 months ago3 months ago07 mins

Formula 2 qualifying gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with warm, dry conditions. Qualifying will be run on the soft tyres, unlike the earlier practice, which was done on the hard tyres. The green flag gets the session started as about half of the drivers make their way out onto the track to set…

“Our strength is my engineering group” — Tsunoda credits his RB F1 engineers for strong start to 2024 season

Harshpreet Kaur3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

Ahead of the 2024 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda was asked about his expectations from the car in the racing weeks ahead. F1 travels to Spain, Austria, Britain, Hungary and Belgium before the summer break. Tsunoda went on to explain that they are planning to run their car in quite a stiff way…

Spanish GP | F3 | Qualifying | Christian Mansell takes his first pole for Formula 3’s 100th race

Chiara Martin3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

After a practice session that saw Martinius Stenshorne of Hitech Pulse-Eight go the fastest with a 1:28.774, it was time for the qualifying session of the fifth round of the 2024 Formula 3 season. The lights went green and the drivers made their way on to the track for their tyre preparation laps. They were…

A McLaren waiting at the end of the pit lane in Spain

F1 | Spanish GP | FP1 | Norris tops first practice ahead of Verstappen and Sainz; Leclerc down in 11th

Luke-John Buckle3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Lando Norris topped first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz. George Russell set the fourth quickest time ahead of Mexican driver Sergio Perez in the opening session of the weekend. A flurry of cars joined the circuit at the start of the one-hour FP1 session in Spain. Ollie…

F2 | Spanish GP | Practice | Aron dominates as drivers struggle with Turn 13

Anna Elizabeth Krausová3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

With the first day of the Spanish Grand Prix being in full swing, the next session that takes place on the Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya is Formula 2 practice. That is topped by none other than the current Drivers’ Championship leader Paul Aron, followed by Enzo Fittipaldi in P2 and Franco Colapinto in P3. However, with…

Spanish GP | F1 Academy | FP1 | Pulling and Bustamante set the exact same time, others struggling with curbs and rear tyre

Anna Elizabeth Krausová3 months ago06 mins

It is quite an early morning in Barcelona, and the Spanish Grand Prix kicks off with the first session of the race weekend — practice of the all-female racing series F1 Academy. Considering that the schedule is very full due to the presence of not only Formula 1 and F1 Academy, but also Formula 2…