After a qualifying session that saw him struggling with tyre strategy, an impeding Mercedes and finally a starting position of P5, Sergio Pérez found himself unable to fight with the pace of McLaren and Ferrari in F1’s Dutch Grand Prix, and so his participation meant a final P6 and 8 points to his and Red…
After an extremely tough start to the weekend for Ferrari with Carlos Sainz getting knocked out in Q2 and Charles Leclerc only placing his car on the sixth grid position, nearly a second off pole despite a clean lap, Ferrari managed to turn things around on race day with a very good P3 and P5…
Former Haas sponsor, Uralkali confirmed that they received payment from the team, ending a dispute surrounding the team during the Dutch Grand Prix. Haas decided to split ways with Uralkali before the start of the 2022 season due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Still, most of the sponsor money was already transferred to the American…
Lando Norris’ pace was clear for all to see this past weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix. However, whereas the driver of the number 4 car claimed his second-career grand prix victory, his teammate Oscar Piastri did not even make it to the podium and finished P4. The Australian regretted his qualifying performance putting him…
When the lights went out to signal the start of the 2024 F1 Dutch Grand Prix, it looked as though Max Verstappen might drive his way to a fourth consecutive victory at his home circuit of Zandvoort. Verstappen had lined up next to Lando Norris on the front row of the grid, and immediately beat…
After a disappointing P6 in qualifying, 9 tenths off the pole sitter Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc mentioned it will be a miracle to get up to the podium places as the McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull just showed more pace in Zandvoort than Ferrari. However with the perfect strategy, far better race pace compared to…
There was another late change to the grid as Kevin Magnussen started from the pits due to engine component changes. 16 of the 20 drivers started on mediums, with Tsunoda, Hamilton and Bottas on softs. Magnussen began on the hards. Max Verstappen got the perfect launch, with both McLarens struggling off the line with wheelspin….
The MCL38 is clearly the car to bet on this race weekend, as both McLaren drivers managed to make an appearance in the top three of Dutch Grand Prix qualifying. While Oscar Piastri steadily built on his confidence throughout Q1 and Q2, a messy final run in Q3 ruined his chances of challenging his teammate…
The mixed weather conditions down at Zandvoort made this qualifying a gamble with every fast lap. Turn 9 and 10 were a key struggle commonly spread through the grid which affected the lap times. Alonso felt like the lap in Q3 where the wind decreased for the time being helped him start P7 tomorrow. “It…
After Carlos Sainz failed to make an appearance in the final segment, hopes of the Tifosi rested on Charles Leclerc as he continued to wrestle the unruly SF-24 in Q3. However, the best he could extract from the car was a lap time of 1:10:582, leaving him just over nine tenths behind pole man Lando…
