After qualifying P7 for the Sprint Race yesterday in wet conditions, Charles Leclerc went one better for the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. He pipped teammate Carlos Sainz by 0.008s to claim a third row spot. Leclerc was quick to admit he was not happy with where he had qualified. There were six tenths between…
After winning the Sprint comfortably despite starting down in fourth position, Max Verstappen continued his domination of Saturday at the Shanghai International Circuit by leading a dominant Red Bull 1-2 in qualifying for the grand prix, over three-tenths clear of Sergio Perez and 0.488s ahead of Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin in P3. Q1 Before the…
After a tough qualifying in the rain yesterday for the Sprint, Sainz qualified P5 while Leclerc in P7. Ferrari decided to go on different strategies in the 19-lap race as Sainz started the on a new medium versus Leclerc started on 4-lap old mediums. Both of them gained a position on the first lap of…
A big Saturday for Formula 1 in Shanghai, as the day around the paddock begins with the first Sprint Race of the season and goes on until the afternoon when Qualifying for the Grand Prix will take place. Yesterday’s Shootout certainly was a matter for elite wet-weather drivers, as it started off on dry asphalt…
It’s time for the first qualifying session of the weekend as Formula 1 is returning to China for the first time since 2019. Will Verstappen start from pole position in in tomorrow’s Sprint Race, or will someone else take the spotlight away from him? A new Sprint format is debuting this weekend, with Sprint Qualifying…
The Haas of Kevin Magnussen posted the first time of the session as he logged a 1:41.422 on mediums. Home hero Zhou Guanyu was tentative on his first attempt, posting a 1:42.487. On his first lap, Max Verstappen clocked a 1:39.497, going fastest by over a second from Pierre Gasly. Unsurprisingly with surface changes and…
Fernando Alonso recently signed a multi-year contract extension with Aston Martin, which will see him racing through 2025 and, notably, 2026, when the new technical regulations come into effect. Having initially retired from the sport at the end of the 2018 season, Alonso made waves by announcing his return to the sport just a few…
F1 makes its first trip to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix since 2019 next weekend. The pandemic that started in early 2020 led to the race getting cancelled from 2020 through to 2023. It will be the first time for the ground effect cars to tackle the circuit as well. With it being a…
Formula 1 is back in China for the very first time since 2019 for what will be the first Sprint weekend of the 2024 season. 56 laps over the 5.451 km of the Shanghai International Circuit that Charles Leclerc is looking forward to, not as much for the race as for qualifying to try and…
It has been a week since we wrapped up the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix weekend. A race which saw multiple overtakes within the midfield, tyre strategies at play and the return of the current World Champion, Max Verstappen, on the top step of the podium. A standard race weekend by all accounts. The 2024…
