Round 20 of 24 takes place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. This track has always been strong for Red Bull, with Max Verstappen claiming five wins since his first one at the track in 2017. After the last round in Austin, Max Verstappen extended his lead in the Championship by 5 points,…
The United States Grand Prix was one of Carlos Sainz’s strongest weekends of the 2024 F1 season. A feisty, aggressive run to P2 in the Sprint was followed by 3rd in Grand Prix qualifying as he led the Ferrari charge in both. After losing out to teammate Charles Leclerc at the start as Verstappen and…
Ferrari came home with a one-two at the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Charles Leclerc won his third race of the season ahead of his teammate Carlos Sainz had to settle for P2. The Spaniard said afterwards that he enjoys racing “a lot more” due to the low tyre degradation of the SF-24. The…
Asked about rumored upgrades to the SF-24 that didn’t end up on the car in Austin, Frederic Vasseur said that the team would be “creative” in the timing of their installation, and erred on the side of caution for the United States Grand Prix—a caution that paid off with Charles Leclerc leading Carlos Sainz to…
The drivers were met with a searing heat on track ahead of the 2024 United States Grand Prix, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen sharing the front row in an all-important start for the destiny of the world championship. George Russell, who crashed at the end of qualifying, started from the pit lane after his…
After an exciting performance in the F1 Sprint that saw Carlos Sainz taking the second spot in the last lap from Lando Norris, the Spaniard confirmed the great pace Ferrari has brought to Austin, as the 30-year-old driver from Madrid scored the third fastest lap time of Saturday evening, 0.322s slower than Norris’ pole lap….
Q1 Zhou Guanyu set the first time of the session as he put in a 1:35.479. Alonso rapidly beat that, logging a 1:34.496 to go quickest. Championship contender Lando Norris went top on a 1:34.029, beating Carlos Sainz by 0.075s. Oscar Piastri slotted into P3, 0.214s away from his teammate. Despite a poor final corner,…
Carlos Sainz delivered a standout performance in the United States Grand Prix sprint race at the Circuit of the Americas, securing second place after a series of battles with teammate Charles Leclerc. He also made a late charge to capitalise on Lando Norris’ final-lap mistake. Starting from fifth, Sainz quickly found himself in the thick…
The sprint race, which gives 36 points to the top 8 places in the first half hour of on-track action on Saturday at Austin’s United States Grand Prix, started at the Circuit of the Americas with Max Verstappen leading, followed by George Russell’s Mercedes, the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and the McLaren of Lando Norris,…
McLaren’s Lando Norris kicked things off in the only practice session of the weekend, posting a 1:39.704. Bottas was the first driver into the 1:38s, before Ocon, Sainz and Hamilton beat that. The seven-time World Champion did a 1:38.050. Points leader Max Verstappen logged a 1:37.593 to go fastest moments later, 0.109s ahead of George…
