Just a fortnight on from their collision at the British Grand Prix, the cynics suggested that Hamilton’s leisurely holding up of Verstappen was a bit of a psychological offensive – and potentially aimed at trying to time out his Red Bull rival from getting a final Q3 run in. When Verstappen made it across the […]
Hamilton recorded the 101st pole of his F1 career by beating Bottas by 0.315s in Q3 of qualifying, as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen trailed in the final segment of qualifying to only manage third place. During the build-up to the final runs in the pole position shootout, Hamilton was seen going slowly on his preparation […]
Hamilton will start ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying results: Hamilton on pole from Bottas What happened in Q1? […]
What should have been a normal pitstop for Benetton rookie Verstappen turned into near disaster when petrol sprayed out of the refuelling hose and was ignited on a still hot car. Captured live on television at the time, the drama of the moment has been further sealed by what is now a world-famous photograph of Benetton […]
After the British Grand Prix’s sprint format debut, practice reverted to a pair of one-hour Friday sessions in Budapest. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest ahead of Bottas in FP1 but he struggled with his car’s balance in FP2, and Bottas led team-mate Lewis Hamilton in setting the fastest times of the day overall. Read […]
After seeing Max Verstappen lead FP1 for Red Bull, Valtteri Bottas headed up a sweep of the top two places for Mercedes in second practice at the Hungaroring. Bottas pipped Hamilton to P1 by just 0.027 seconds, with Verstappen finishing almost three-tenths off the pace in third. With the air temperature well above 30ºC and […]
After Max Verstappen topped the opening free practice session for Red Bull at the Hungaroring, Mercedes fought back in FP2 with Bottas producing a 1m17.012s to take top spot by 0.027s from team-mate Lewis Hamilton. However, the day’s main focus was on the fallout from the FIA’s rejection of Red Bull’s review request over Hamilton’s… […]
Verstappen was involved in a high-profile accident at Copse on the first lap of the British Grand Prix after contact with Lewis Hamilton, with the back of his Red Bull completely destroyed after impacting the tyre barriers at high speed. Despite the sizeable damage, which Red Bull estimated cost the team over $1.8 million, Honda […]
The Finn bolted to the top of the times towards the halfway stage of the one-hour stint when he ran to a 1m17.012s benchmark on soft tyres to put himself two hundredths clear. While Hamilton was able to recover time through the final sector compared to his team-mate, a quicker opening half of the lap […]
If the past 18 months have taught us anything, it is that sports and social issues absolutely do mix. “Stick to sports” has been a retort wrongly aimed at those eager to use their platform to speak out about important matters that impact all of society. We saw this no clearer than during last year’s […]