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F1 | Mexico GP | Race | Sainz storms to commanding victory after Verstappen’s meltdown drops him to sixth

After a scintillating lap in qualifying it is Carlos Sainz who starts from pole, followed by title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, with team mate Charles Leclerc in fourth. Hometown hero Sergio Pérez and Oscar Piastri had an abysmal qualifying, prompting both to start from 18th and 17th respectively. Esteban Ocon opted to change…

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Carlos Sainz secures first pole of 2024 at F1 Mexico GP, says Q3 laps “almost perfect”

Carlos Sainz will start from Pole Position for the first time in the 2024 F1 season after a strong Mexico City GP qualifying performance. Q3 became dramatic when Verstappen’s first attempt was deleted for exceeding track limits. Ferrari briefly held the top two spots, with Sainz ahead of Charles Leclerc by 0.360 seconds. However, during…

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Qualifying on low grip tracks “probably not one of my strengths” — Leclerc on P4 in F1 Mexico GP qualifying

Charles Leclerc will start P4 for the Mexico City Grand Prix as he struggled in qualifying on Saturday afternoon in Mexico, finishing 0.319s off polesitter and stablemate Carlos Sainz. After sitting out first practice to give Ollie Bearman a run as part of the mandatory rookie running, the 27-year-old had to do the Pirelli tyre…

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“It’s not his fault” — Albon says about F1 Mexico GP FP1 collision with Bearman

For Alex Albon and Oliver Bearman, the FP1 session came to a quick end with a collision in Turn 9 on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. Albon was on the run-up to the high-speed sequence of Turns 7, 8 and 9, where Bearman was driving a Ferrari car at a considerably slower speed. The Williams…

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F1 | Mexico GP | FP2 | Sainz on top as Russell crashes out; more trouble awaits Verstappen

The second practise session of the day will be 90 minutes long due to the extra time allowed for the testing of the new Pirelli tyres and the extensive amount of young drivers implemented in the previous on track session. Following his FP1 crash involving Oliver Bearman, Williams announced that Alexander Albon will miss the…

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Sainz: Lower F1 tyre degradation “made me enjoy racing a lot more this year” after P2 finish in US GP

Ferrari came home with a one-two at the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Charles Leclerc won his third race of the season ahead of his teammate Carlos Sainz had to settle for P2. The Spaniard said afterwards that he enjoys racing “a lot more” due to the low tyre degradation of the SF-24. The…

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Vasseur says set-up choices key to Ferrari 1-2 at F1 US GP, teases car updates to come

Asked about rumored upgrades to the SF-24 that didn’t end up on the car in Austin, Frederic Vasseur said that the team would be “creative” in the timing of their installation, and erred on the side of caution for the United States Grand Prix—a caution that paid off with Charles Leclerc leading Carlos Sainz to…

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