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“Sums up the season” — Bottas left with mixed feelings after P11 in F1 Qatar GP

Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas had his penultimate race for the team at Qatar. Over the weekend, the team showed a strong performance in all sessions. However, Bottas was left unhappy with his P11 finish in Sunday’s Grand Prix. The Finn had a great opening day on Friday, as he finished 13th in the Sprint Qualifying….

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“I’ll get back up tomorrow and give it another shot” — Hamilton on Qatar GP struggles

Lewis Hamilton faced one of his toughest races of the season at the Qatar GP, finishing outside the top spots after a challenging day marked by multiple issues. The seven-time world champion remained candid about his struggles and his mindset moving forward. Fighting on Hamilton had been a running a distant P8 in the first…

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“Never had that much of a bad pace” — Racing Bulls duo reflect on a bad F1 Qatar GP

It was a point-less weekend for Racing Bulls, with both Lawson and Tsunoda ending the Qatar GP out of the top ten. Liam Lawson was involved in an early incident with Valtteri Bottas, earning himself a ten second time penalty which severely affected the rest of his Sunday. He spun at turn 1, making contact…

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Charles Leclerc with his trophy on the podium after finishing P2 at the F1 Qatar GP
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“We exceeded our expectations” — Leclerc on Ferrari outscoring McLaren at F1 Qatar GP and keeping title hopes alive

Despite anticipating a damage limitation weekend, Ferrari managed to outscore McLaren at the dramatic F1 Qatar GP thanks to Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finishing P2 and P6 respectively. The championship battle will now go down to the wire in Abu Dhabi with the Scuderia trailing behind the Woking-based team by 21 points.  While Max…

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Williams duo aiming to finish 2024 F1 season “on a high” after disappointing Qatar GP

Williams Racing suffered another disappointing weekend during the 2024 F1 Qatar GP, after Alexander Albon and Franco Colapinto both failed to score a single point in either the sprint or feature race. Speaking after the race, Albon described the race as “not easy.” However, he admitted that the FW46 had not been quick enough to…

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Pierre Gasly “very proud” of Alpine’s performance gains after run to P5 in F1 Qatar GP

After a double podium in Brazil and a third-place qualifying in Las Vegas—where he retired due to engine failure—Gasly had momentum heading into the 2024 Qatar GP. Starting in 11th place after narrowly missing Q3, he lost out to Magnussen and Tsunoda at the start, before clearing the Japanese driver after the first Safety Car….

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Future “consequences”? McLaren wants FIA review on how F1 penalties are handed out

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes that the FIA should review how it hands outs penalties in Formula 1. This comes following Lando Norris’s stop-and-go penalty at the Qatar Grand Prix, which could result in future “consequences”. Norris has started from third place and was going for the lead at the start for the race….

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FIA explains reasoning behind delayed safety car and Norris penalty at F1 Qatar GP

Controversies surrounding stewarding decisions have resurfaced once again at the penultimate race of the season as twenty cars hit the track under the lights at the F1 Qatar GP.  The Grand Prix weekend in Qatar marked Rui Marques’s second outing as F1 race director after he took over from Niels Wittich in Las Vegas. With…

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