After rainy Friday practice sessions, the third free practice session gets off to a dry start. Max Verstappen in the Red Bull is the first out on track, after being forced to end FP2 early due to a ERS issue. He is closely followed by his teammate, Sergio Perez. Both Red Bull drivers are on…
Carlos Sainz is undoubtedly the hottest topic on the Formula 1 drivers’ market since it was announced that Lewis Hamilton is taking his seat at Ferrari next year. However, the options he seemed to have at the start of the season are slowly slipping through his fingers, with Sergio Perez securing a two-year contract extension…
Alex Albon emphasised the significance of finishing ninth during Sunday’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, securing Williams’ first points of the 2024 campaign. Heading into the Grand Prix, Williams, alongside Sauber, was one of the two teams yet to score any points. Williams faced a series of challenges leading up to Monaco, including a troubled…
It was an impressive show of qualifying for Alexander Albon today at Monaco, finishing P9 with a 1:10.948, with only 0.648 between him and polesitter Charles Leclerc. It is also the first Q3 appearance of the Williams team this season. While they have been dealing with difficulties throughout the development of the FW46 car, it…
Formula 1 is back on track this weekend for the Monaco Grand Prix and it could be no one other than Charles Leclerc, who grew up in these streets, to open track action ahead of everyone. The Monegasque topped the time-sheet both on Friday and in this morning’s final free practice session, ahead of Max…
Second practice got underway with cloudy skies and rain threatening. The Haas of Kevin Magnussen logged a 1:16.766 to kick things off on mediums. Max Verstappen was the first driver into the 1:13s as a 1:13.775 on hards put him 0.3s clear of Lewis Hamilton. Leclerc beat that soon afterwards by 0.371s as he continued…
As the Monaco Grand Prix approaches this weekend, Logan Sargeant expressed his belief that he is “extremely” close to reaching the performance level required to maintain his position with Williams into next season. Team principal James Vowles has come out and said that Sargeant’s future with the team is in the balance because of his…
A race to forget for Williams Racing in Imola. A weekend that started on such a high following the news of a contract extension for the highly sought after Alex Albon, ended with zero points. A case of what might have been for Williams but Albon was eager not to dwell on misfortune seeing how…
The Williams driver finished Q2 in 14th position, over half a second from advancing into Q3. This is the third time in four races he has finished qualifying in fourteenth. Despite this, Albon believes the car is heading in the right direction following experimenting with the set-up in FP3. “I don’t know, I feel like,…
Q1 Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell were on mediums to start qualifying. The Brit did pit at the end of his push lap and did not post a time. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon logged a 1:16.645 to kick things off, leading Magnussen, Sargeant, Gasly and Hülkenberg. On the mediums, a 1:16.463 from…
