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…
The latest World Motor Sport Council brought a number of regulation changes to multiple motorsport series, including Formula 1. Among the sporting, financial and aerodynamical modifications implemented, one of the most significant promoted was the elimination of the additional point awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap of the race if he is finishing…
Carlos Sainz and Sergio Pérez were both eyeing a podium finish at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc, who was running in second place at the time, had started to struggle on his old hard compound tyres in the closing stages of the race. However, their contest ended in a dramatic fashion on the…
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has confirmed that the SF-24 will be getting another upgrade at the upcoming United States Grand Prix, marking the end of Ferrari’s car development plan for the 2024 season. Earlier in the season, Ferrari introduced a major upgrade at the Spanish Grand Prix, but the new components caused the car…
Carlos Sainz explains drivers have “many things to consider” in terms of tyre warmup in the opening stages of a stint with the current Pirelli tyres. Tyre warmup and management have long been hotly discussed topics in Formula 1, with the narrow window of performance characteristic of the current spec of Pirelli tyres catching many…
Williams’s Team Principal James Vowles largely discussed what’s to come for the Grove-based team, setting big goals for 2026 and beyond, and praising their future driver line-up hoping to star near the front in Formula 1 when the new regulations kick in. In fact, Vowles went as far as to say that Williams will have…
After introducing a floor upgrade at the Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari expected performance improvements following the earlier iteration tested during May’s Imola race. However, this change led to bouncing in high-speed corners at the Barcelona circuit. As a result, the team reverted to the previous floor specification for Silverstone and modified the underbody geometry ahead…
