Tag: Fernando Alonso
Verstappen on pole again for F1 Bahrain GP as Leclerc joins him on the front row
It’s time for the first qualifying session of the 2024 season. Who will start the year from the top spot of the grid, reigning champion Max Verstappen who had claimed both P1 and win in the past season, Charles Leclerc, who had done the same in 2022, or a totally unexpected contender?
Sainz leads F1 FP3 at Bahrain GP ahead of Alonso and Verstappen
Photo Credit: Scuderia Ferrari
Hamilton leads a Mercedes 1-2 in F1 FP2 at the Bahrain GP
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FIA Race Director rolls back on plans to strictly monitor drivers even more that go too slowly in F1 qualifying
Formula 1 will more strictly monitor drivers going too slowly in qualifying this season. The FIA attempted to regulate this in 2023 by issuing a maximum time drivers needed to stay under between the pit lane exit and entry. From 2024, each car’s speed compared to that lap time will be monitored at each marshall…
Alonso says 19 F1 drivers already know they won’t win the 2024 F1 title: “This is a brutal sport”
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F1 Testing Bahrain 2024: Fastest laps for each driver, total laps completed by every team
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F1 Bahrain Testing 2024: Leclerc leads Russell and Zhou on the final day of running
The final day of testing took place in Bahrain on Friday ahead of the 2024 season starting next week. However, the action was soon halted as a loose drain cover appeared at the exact same spot that caused an early end to yesterday morning’s running. This time it was Sergio Perez who ran over it…
Alonso would “love to have a little bit more downforce” and straight-line speed with the F1 AMR24
With the AMR24 improvement program, Fernando Alonso is certain that his Aston Martin Formula 1 team will avoid making the same mistakes as last year. Starting 2023 on a podium streak, Alonso was regularly Red Bull’s closest rival, scoring six podiums in the first eight races and pushing Sergio Perez for P2 in the standings…
Perez disagrees with Alonso’s proposal for modified F1 pre-season testing format
Sergio Pérez dismissed Fernando Alonso’s idea to extend testing to four days given the already “brutal” calendar