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Verstappen says race start was “critical” for his hard-fought F1 Spanish GP victory

Max Verstappen managed to win again in 2024 with his seventh win of the season coming at the Spanish Grand Prix – but it wasn’t “straightforward” according to the three-time world champion, and he believes the race start was a “critical” moment in defining the outcome of the race. The Dutchman qualified just two hundredths…

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Red Bull has been “a little bit too far away” at F1 Spanish GP regarding balance and understanding the tyres — Perez

Sergio Perez will start 11th in tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix following his 3-place grid drop carried over from Canada. He was 8th fastest on Saturday with a 1:12.061, 0.678s behind polesitter Lando Norris, and 0.658s slower than teammate Max Verstappen. The Mexican driver says that he mainly lost crucial time in the final sector in…

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“Qualifying was miles better than practice”, but Red Bull “need to bring more performance to the car” — Verstappen on P2 in F1 Spanish GP qualifying

The three-time World Champion wasn’t able to defend his pole from the last season in Barcelona, and had to concede the top starting spot to Lando Norris. After strongly leading the way in Q2, and a very impressive first attempt in the final segment that had him 0.123s clear, Verstappen improved his best effort with…

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F1 | Spanish GP | FP3 | Sainz leads Norris and Leclerc in final practice; top 5 separated by just 0.151s

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…

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Mercedes, McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull drivers reflect on close battle ahead of qualifying day at the F1 Spanish GP

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…

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F1 | Spanish GP | FP1 | Norris tops first practice ahead of Verstappen and Sainz; Leclerc down in 11th

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…

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Verstappen says F1 British GP organisers “have to look at themselves” over failure to sell all tickets after their criticism about Red Bull dominance

World Champions Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton have weighed in on claims Red Bull dominance has negatively affected ticket sales for this years British Grand Prix. This comes following comments made by Silverstone Managing Director Stuart Pringle who revealed that the circuit is struggling to sell out its stands for the British Grand Prix that…

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Perez says a return to “the podium will be the target” in F1 Spanish GP amid performance slump

After a string of subpar showings and two consecutive DNFs, Sergio Perez finds himself under pressure to deliver a strong performance this weekend as F1 heads to Barcelona.  His task will be made all the more difficult by the 3-place grid penalty imposed on him in the aftermath of his crash in the Canadian Grand…

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