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Marko celebrates Red Bull’s 100th pole at F1 Chinese GP: “We did everything right” after fixing “certain problems in FP1”

Chiara Martin10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

In a qualifying session that saw Max Verstappen achieve the 100th pole position in Red Bull’s history, team advisor Helmut Marko expressed his satisfaction with the team’s performance. With Sergio Perez securing the second spot, Red Bull’s dominance was firmly underlined at the event. Speaking to Sky Germany, Marko discussed the critical factors that contributed…

“I feel very confident in qualifying compared to last year” — Verstappen delighted as he takes sixth consecutive Grand Prix pole for F1 Chinese GP

Lucrezia Costa10 months ago10 months ago06 mins

The championship leader achieved Red Bull’s 100th pole position in China, also becoming the first driver since Mika Häkkinen in 1999 to take P1 in qualifying at the first 5 races of the season. Following his Sprint race win, the Dutchman took a dominant pole on a dry track leading all three Qualifying segments and…

F1 Chinese GP | Qualifying | Verstappen takes Red Bull’s 100th pole position in dominant fashion at Shanghai; Perez and Alonso complete the top 3

Nicolas Lopes10 months ago10 months ago012 mins

After winning the Sprint comfortably despite starting down in fourth position, Max Verstappen continued his domination of Saturday at the Shanghai International Circuit by leading a dominant Red Bull 1-2 in qualifying for the grand prix, over three-tenths clear of Sergio Perez and 0.488s ahead of Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin in P3. Q1 Before the…

Verstappen admits F1 Chinese GP Sprint went “much better than I thought it ever would” after taking a crushing victory

James O'Connor10 months ago10 months ago03 mins

Max Verstappen took an extremely dominant win in the F1 Sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix from his P4 starting spot. The Dutchman gained a spot on the opening lap as Lando Norris got overly ambitious at turn 1 trying to hang it around the outside of Lewis Hamilton who had made a better start….

F1 Chinese GP | Sprint Race | Verstappen wins ahead of Hamilton and Perez

Marika Petracca10 months ago10 months ago06 mins

A big Saturday for Formula 1 in Shanghai, as the day around the paddock begins with the first Sprint Race of the season and goes on until the afternoon when Qualifying for the Grand Prix will take place. Yesterday’s Shootout certainly was a matter for elite wet-weather drivers, as it started off on dry asphalt…

Max Verstappen says P4 start for F1 Sprint “quite deserved” following struggles in wet SQ3 at Chinese GP

Editorial Staff10 months ago10 months ago04 mins

Many have wanted a shake up in the 2024 season, something different than the typical Red Bull dominance, and the Chinese Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying did not disappoint for them. After Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez put their cars in P1 and P3 in SQ2, it looked like this would be a normal qualifying. But…

F1 Chinese GP | Sprint Qualifying | Norris takes a surprising pole in the rain ahead of Hamilton and Alonso

Lucrezia Costa10 months ago10 months ago07 mins

It’s time for the first qualifying session of the weekend as Formula 1 is returning to China for the first time since 2019. Will Verstappen start from pole position in in tomorrow’s Sprint Race, or will someone else take the spotlight away from him? A new Sprint format is debuting this weekend, with Sprint Qualifying…

F1 Chinese GP | FP1 | Stroll leads Piastri and Verstappen as grass catches fire

James O'Connor10 months ago10 months ago06 mins

The Haas of Kevin Magnussen posted the first time of the session as he logged a 1:41.422 on mediums. Home hero Zhou Guanyu was tentative on his first attempt, posting a 1:42.487. On his first lap, Max Verstappen clocked a 1:39.497, going fastest by over a second from Pierre Gasly. Unsurprisingly with surface changes and…

“It takes a lot of dedication” — F1 rivals give their thoughts on Fernando Alonso’s contract extension and racing into their 40s

Magdalena Put10 months ago10 months ago012 mins

Fernando Alonso recently signed a multi-year contract extension with Aston Martin, which will see him racing through 2025 and, notably, 2026, when the new technical regulations come into effect. Having initially retired from the sport at the end of the 2018 season, Alonso made waves by announcing his return to the sport just a few…

Drivers voice concerns over Chinese F1 GP Sprint weekend format

David Coath10 months ago10 months ago09 mins

F1’s return to China already has momentous moments ahead as it is Zhou Guanyu’s first time racing in front of his home crowd in F1 and also a 20-year celebration of the circuit. Whether it also needed to be an F1 Sprint format will be long debated but as far as the top three finishers…