Alex Albon started from pit lane as Williams changed power unit elements on his car ahead of the Grand Prix. All 19 drivers on the grid picked softs for the start, with Albon going for the mediums. Lando Norris got this elbows out at the start, holding off Verstappen after the initial launch. However, George…
The fall of the flag for 2024 Formula One Spanish GP qualifying saw Charles Leclerc end up in P5 for Sunday’s race, narrowly behind the Mercedes drivers, and fractions ahead of Carlos Sainz. The Scuderia Ferrari driver was candid with regard to his struggles in the weekend so far. The 26-year-old was in bother on…
The British driver has secured the second pole position of his Formula 1 career by a very tiny margin over reigning champion Max Verstappen, only 0.020s! After a quiet first segment of qualifying and getting P2 in Q2, the first attempts in Q3 went in favor of the Dutch driver. However, it was Norris’s time…
The Spanish GP Qualifying session begins – and tensions are high for Carlos Sainz, driving for Ferrari in front of his home crowd for the final time this weekend. The Spanish driver finished fastest in FP3, hoping to secure a podium position for tomorrow’s Grand Prix. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya track temperature is 10 degrees…
Final practice for the 2024 Spanish GP got underway in sunny conditions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as drivers and teams started to make their final preparatiojs ahead of an all important qualifying session on a circuit that’s notoriously difficult to overtake at. An interesting pattern in the first 20 minutes of the session was…
Ahead of this weekend’s race, much is expected to return to what we have become accustomed to over recent times, as Red Bull come into Spain hot favorites, largely due to the traditional nature of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which is expected to suit the RB20. Despite this, championship leader Max Verstappen has played down…
Cars are back on track again for the second practise session of the weekend. Among the first drivers lapping in Barcelona there was the Mercedes duo, with RB’s Ricciardo a bit late due to some final set up tweaks. After the first set of attempts Norris leads with a 1:14.197s ahead of Russell and Verstappen,…
Lando Norris topped first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz. George Russell set the fourth quickest time ahead of Mexican driver Sergio Perez in the opening session of the weekend. A flurry of cars joined the circuit at the start of the one-hour FP1 session in Spain. Ollie…
Lando Norris is optimistic that McLaren is very close to challenging Red Bull consistently after an upturn in form. The British driver won in Miami, pulling away from Max Verstappen in the closing stages and was very competitive last time out in Canada. Victory in Montreal slipped away from Norris after staying out when the…
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella believes Mercedes had already shown flashes of potential and strong lap times with its W15 even before their strong showing at the Canadian GP, which he described as “not a surprise”. Speaking after the qualifying session in Montreal last week – which saw George Russell take Mercedes’ first…
