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Horner: Perez lost “in an excess of 20 points” of load during F1 Australian GP as Alonso’s tear-off went underneath floor

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

Christian Horner has confirmed that Sergio Perez was struggling during the Australian Grand Prix as a tear-off from Fernando Alonso got lodged under his floor during the races, costing him valuable performance and creating excessive tyre degradation for the Mexican. Running in P6 during the opening stint as he lost out at the start to…

F1 Australian GP winner Carlos Sainz: “It felt good to pass” Verstappen, reflects on “rollercoaster” two weeks

Lucrezia Costa9 months ago9 months ago08 mins

Carlos Sainz becomes for the second year in a row the first non-Red Bull race victor in a campaign. The Ferrari driver overtook Max Verstappen on lap 2. The 3-time defending World Champion was struggling with overheating brakes, which would lead to his first retirement in two years at the beginning of the race at…

Zhou Guanyu to start the F1 Australian GP from pit lane

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

Zhou Guanyu was left extremely disappointed as his front wing gave up on him after hitting the turn 10 kerb on his final lap during Q1 at the Australian Grand Prix. Heading into the final sector, he took the kerb like everyone has been throughout the weekend but the left hand side of his front…

Hamilton: “Lots of work to do” as “knife-edge” W15 sees him knocked out in Q2 at F1 Australian GP

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

It’s been a rollercoaster of a weekend for Lewis Hamilton at the Australian Grand Prix. After huge struggles with the rear end and a bad set-up call by Mercedes in FP2 where he placed P18, the seven-time World Champion was a strong P4 in final practice, less than a tenth off the fastest time. However,…

F1 Australian GP FP3 | Leclerc fastest as 0.092s covers the top 4

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago04 mins

The first driver to post a time in final practice was Sergio Perez, with the Mexican logging a 1:19.206. Verstappen responded to that quickly as he beat it by 0.615s. Both drivers were on mediums. Perez went again and smashed in a 1:17.927 to go 0.664s ahead of the Dutchman thanks to three purple sectors….

“We need to make improvements” — Red Bull’s Helmut Marko on Ferrari F1’s Australian GP Friday pace

Chiara Martin9 months ago9 months ago05 mins

Red Bull has acknowledged the need to enhance their performance following Ferrari’s strong showing during the Australian Grand Prix’s practice sessions. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets in the second free practice at Albert Park, outpacing current world championship leader Max Verstappen by 0.381 seconds. While there’s speculation about teams employing varied engine modes, Red…

“Braking” and “slow speed corners” — Tsunoda on where he holds current pace advantage over RB F1 teammate Ricciardo

Daniel Mora9 months ago07 mins

With the Australian Grand Prix weekend already underway, some drivers are trying to continue with a good streak of results that they have started this season with, while some others are trying to get the push they need to reverse this difficult start to the season that have had. Having changed its official name from…

F1 Australian GP FP2 | Leclerc comfortably ahead of Verstappen and Sainz; Albon doesn’t take part after earlier shunt

Nicolas Lopes9 months ago9 months ago013 mins

Charles Leclerc went fastest overall in the second practice session for the 2024 Australian GP, as the Monegasque looked to be very comfortable in his Ferrari in every tyre compound. Max Verstappen finished in second, nearly four tenths back, after missing out on nearly half of the session due to damage repairs in his RB20….

“Complete bullshit” — Komatsu strongly rejects Haas was unsporting with tactics in F1 Saudi Arabian GP

Melis Öktür9 months ago9 months ago09 mins

Ayao Komatsu, the boss of Haas Formula 1, has called the team’s alleged “unsportsmanlike” behavior during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix “complete bullshit.” Kevin Magnussen received a 10-second penalty for contact with Alex Albon at turn 4 on the restart, and he followed it up with another after passing Yuki Tsunoda off track at the…

Daniel Ricciardo sitting in the press conference ahead of the Australian Grand Prix

“I know I can still do it” — Ricciardo brushes off criticism of his early season performance ahead of home F1 race

Luke-John Buckle9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

Daniel Ricciardo is adamant that he is his own worst critic after recent criticism by Helmut Marko. The Australian was beaten by his RB teammate Yuki Tsunoda in both qualifying and the race last time out in Saudi Arabia. This lacklustre result prompted Marko to criticise him scathingly in his Speedweek column: “There is a…