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“Bouncing an intrinsic weakness of the car” since the beginning of the year — Sainz on Ferrari’s lack of pace at F1 British GP

Syrine Ferchichi5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

Since bringing upgrades to the Spanish Grand Prix last month, Ferrari has regressed backwards, with both drivers mentioning bouncing in the fast corners, and a plain lack of overall speed. To mitigate this issue, Ferrari reverted to older floors for the British Grand Prix, a fast-paced circuit with many corners in the middle sector that…

“Really noticeable and very positive” — Hülkenberg pleased with VF-24 upgrades as he starts P6 for F1 British GP

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

Nico Hülkenberg carried on his fine form from the Austrian Grand Prix as he qualified a superb P6 at Silverstone, beating Carlos Sainz in the works Ferrari. Qualifying had almost finished before it really got started, however. “Yeah, much too close for comfort, or too close for comfort,” he said, when asked about having almost…

Hamilton admits it’s “incredibly satisfying” to “actually compete with McLaren and Red Bull” as he completes Mercedes 1-2 on home soil at F1 British GP

Magdalena Put5 months ago5 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton had a strong showing in qualifying on home soil at Silverstone, completing a Mercedes 1-2. “It was a great session,” Hamilton confirmed. “Probably the best session that we’ve had as a team. Just had the real pace to be able to actually compete with the McLarens and the Red Bulls, which I think…

Norris “confident that we can go forward” as he starts P3 for F1 British GP

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago011 mins

Lando Norris will start Sunday’s race from third position, behind Mercedes’ George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. The McLaren driver, whose fastest lap time was only 0.211 seconds more than that of pole-sitter George Russell, was asked about his mistake at Chapel in his final qualifying lap. “I just ran wide out of turn 14 and…

P4 in F1 British GP qualifying a “positive surprise” after losing 100 points of downforce in Q1 off — Verstappen

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago010 mins

Max Verstappen had an eventful qualifying day at Silverstone as he ended up P4 on the grid for Sunday’s British Grand Prix. It was almost game over for the 3-time defending World Champion in Q1 as he pushed a bit too hard into Copse as it started to rain, losing the car and taking a…

“These conditions really got the car into a perfect window” — Russell reflects on his F1 British GP pole lap

Magdalena Put5 months ago5 months ago011 mins

George Russell secured pole position ahead of the British Grand Prix, leading a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Russell, fresh off his win in Austria last week and buoyed by the support from the home crowd, claimed his second pole in four races, shading Lewis Hamilton by 0.171s….

F3 | Sprint Race | British GP | Lindblad dominates at Silverstone

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

Van Amersfoort Racing’s León starts from pole position ahead of Prema’s Lindblad for the Formula 3 Sprint Race in Silverstone, after the top twelve from yesterday’s qualifying is flipped for this race. Tsolov, Meguetounif, Esterson, and Boya have all been handed three-place grid penalties following incidents of impeding during qualifying. They will now be starting from…

F1 | British GP | Qualifying | Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 in Silverstone; Verstappen P4 as Perez goes out in Q1

Nicolas Lopes5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

Q1 After a rain-hit FP3 session and some more rain in between the sessions, the start of qualifying for the British GP saw the sun come out between the clouds, but the track was still damp from the earlier weather. Most drivers headed out on the green-walled intermediate tyres in the damp circuit. But Valtteri…

F1 | British GP | FP3 | Russell tops a wet session ahead of Hamilton and Norris

Marika Petracca5 months ago5 months ago05 mins

Last free practice session before this afternoon’s qualifying for the British Grand Prix – home of quite a few drivers – and weather certainly does not look like we are in the middle of the summer: grey sky, raindrops and only 11 degrees. On Friday it was Lando Norris who topped both FP1 and FP2…

Zak Brown sharply criticises Horner and Red Bull Racing following F1 Austrian GP fall out

Anna Elizabeth Krausová5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

After the contact between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris during the race in Austria last weekend, many opinions about it appeared. The ultimate truth is that the incident saw Norris DNFing due to damage and Verstappen dropping out of the lead to finish in P5 with a 10-second penalty for moving under braking, according to…