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F1 | Canadian GP | Qualifying | Russell on pole as Verstappen sets exactly the same time in thrilling Q3

James O'Connor6 months ago06 mins

Following a dry FP3, dark clouds started to appear as qualifying got underway in Montreal. Q1 Stroll, Norris, Verstappen and Russell all took turns at the top in the first half of the session. Russell’s 1:13.242 had him a tenth clear of Verstappen. Hamilton backed up his teammate, 0.201s slower away. Norris, Stroll, Alonso, Sainz,…

Yuki Tsunoda extends his contract with VCARB F1 for 2025

Anna Elizabeth Krausová6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

Another seat in Formula 1 is officially taken for next year, with Yuki Tsunoda’s freshly announced contract extension. The Japanese driver has been with the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 team since his debut in the sport, this season being his fourth. As the statement claims, he is consistently “showing enormous progress to become…

Mercedes believes Red Bull’s recent F1 upgrade “was a downgrade”

Marika Petracca6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

We had gotten rather used to seeing Max Verstappen take win after win in these last two years, on a Red Bull that seemed uncatchable for the rest of the grid. This season, however, they are not having the dominant season everyone expected down in Milton Keynes. A problem on his right rear brake had…

F1 | Canadian GP | FP3 | Hamilton goes fastest by almost 0.4s as Ferrari struggles

Karishma Persad6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

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…

“Why is he still in F1”, “he never learns” — Jacques Villeneuve delivers sharp F1 criticism of Daniel Ricciardo and Kevin Magnussen

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

Speaking on Sky Sports F1 during practice coverage for the Canadian Grand Prix, Jacques Villeneuve absolutely ripped into Daniel Ricciardo and is bemused as to why the Australian still has a spot on the grid at present. The 34-year-old from Perth has been struggling since 2021. Although he won the Italian Grand Prix for McLaren…

F1 | Canadian GP | FP2 | Fernando Alonso tops rain affected Friday practice at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Ryan McGahey6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

Fernando Alonso puts Aston Martin at the top of the time sheets as Max Verstappen’s fortunes go from bad to worse in second practice ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix With the Montreal rain falling once again, there was a rush in the pitlane as the light turned green as many drivers hit the track…

F1 | Canadian GP | FP1 | Norris fastest as drivers grapple with wet conditions

Rachel Stephens6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

The 43rd GP weekend to be completed at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve begins, strangely, with closed pitlane. Rainstorms hit the fully resurfaced Montreal track throughout the day, but the clock started ticking down on the FP1 session as planned. Despite this, the pitlane remains closed for the marshals to remove standing water to be removed from…

“I don’t want to be the reserve” driver — Zhou Guanyu believes “it’s difficult to come back” if he drops off the F1 grid at the end of 2024

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago08 mins

It has not been a positive 2024 so far for Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu. After starting off the season strongly achieving his best result, an eleventh place in Bahrain, a number of races have been marred by pit stop issues, as well as a gearbox problem which forced the 25-year-old to retire in Japan. The Chinese…

Norris not fully “confident and comfortable” in the MCL38 as long term McLaren F1 car limitations still exist

Öykü Ceylan6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren driver Lando Norris shared his thoughts on the team’s progress and expectations for the race. Fresh off his first Grand Prix win at Miami, Norris has shown that McLaren can compete at the highest level despite following Red Bull’s dominant start to 2024. Discussing the team’s improvements in…

Verstappen says it’s “quite exciting” that Red Bull F1 has a “good direction to work in” following Monaco GP struggles

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

World Championship leader and reigning champion Max Verstappen is looking forward to make progress again, coming of three race weekends that were more difficult than anyone perhaps had imagined after the dominant performances in Asia earlier in the season. In Imola there was a victory eventually, but had the race lasted only a few laps…