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“As you start to push the car, it doesn’t like it” — Hamilton says the W15 becomes edgy when they go to the limit following P3 in F1 Spanish GP qualifying

After a difficult start to the season, Mercedes has improved its car performance since Miami by introducing several upgrades. The Spanish Grand Prix showcased the team’s progress, with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell securing the second row in qualifying, despite being three-tenths slower than Max Verstappen and polesitter Lando Norris. This result is promising for…

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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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“Eight cars have a chance of probably winning” after going “balls out” to take pole at F1 Spanish GP — Norris

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…

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F1 | Spanish GP | Qualifying | Norris beats Verstappen by 0.020s and secures 2nd career pole position

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…

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Spanish GP | F2 | Sprint Race | Track limit violations abound as Victor Martins secures victory

In hot weather, the Formula 2 Sprint Race gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The track temperature is around 40.8 degrees Celsius, and the air temperature is 25.1 degrees Celsius. The drivers are starting on the hard tyres and are expected to go to the end on these. However, high tyre degradation is expected….

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Spanish GP | F3 | Sprint Race | Mari Boya wins on home soil, with Alex Dunne following closely in second

It was just moments away from the start of the FIA Formula 3 Sprint Race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. This was also the 99th race in the Championship’s history. Yesterday, Christian Mansell of ART Grand Prix made his mark by securing his first F3 pole position. Today, Santiago Ramos led the pack from reverse…

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F1 Academy | Spanish GP| Qualifying | Strong performance by Pulling sees her start on pole for both Race 1 and Race 2

The F1 Academy qualifying condition gets underway at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Conditions are warm, with a track temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius and an air temperature of 24.8 degrees Celsius. All fifteen drivers heading out on track as the green flag falls. Carrie Schreiner (SCH) in the Kick Sauber livery sets the first lap…

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“Our strength is my engineering group” — Tsunoda credits his RB F1 engineers for strong start to 2024 season

Ahead of the 2024 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda was asked about his expectations from the car in the racing weeks ahead. F1 travels to Spain, Austria, Britain, Hungary and Belgium before the summer break. Tsunoda went on to explain that they are planning to run their car in quite a stiff way…

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Spanish GP | F3 | Qualifying | Christian Mansell takes his first pole for Formula 3’s 100th race

After a practice session that saw Martinius Stenshorne of Hitech Pulse-Eight go the fastest with a 1:28.774, it was time for the qualifying session of the fifth round of the 2024 Formula 3 season. The lights went green and the drivers made their way on to the track for their tyre preparation laps. They were…

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