The second race of Formula 1’s Austria double-header proved more eventful than the first – even if the final result bore heavy resemblance to one week earlier. Max Verstappen produced another devastating display at the front, taking his third win on the bounce to extend his drivers’ championship lead and continue to turn the screw […]
Following a summit of major manufacturers – including Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault, Audi and Porsche – at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix to discuss the new rules, an outline concept of what F1 should look at was discussed. And while the specifics will take many months to formulate, Wolff says that F1 is doing the right […]
Lando Norris was hit with a five-second time penalty after he was deemed to have forced Sergio Perez off-track when fighting for position shortly after the safety car restart at the Red Bull Ring. Perez tried passing Norris around the outside at Turn 4, only for Norris to squeeze the Red Bull driver out. It […]
Quartararo won four of the first nine races of the 2021 season and holds a 34-point lead in the standings as the championship pauses for its summer break. The Frenchman has already surpassed his 2020 haul of three wins and bettered his overall podium tally to six courtesy of two thirds in France and Germany. […]
Vettel qualified eighth on Saturday before dropping back three places on the grid after being penalised for impeding Fernando Alonso at the end of Q2. While Vettel managed to move back up to eighth after the early safety car period, starting on softs meant he was always set for a two-stop strategy that would sacrifice […]
In an era when the championship has tried to encourage a ‘let them race’ mentality, the sanction given to Norris in particular prompted the biggest debate of all. With the McLaren driver having not made any contact with Perez, and the duel being not much different to similar incidents that escaped sanction in the past, […]
Norris was given a five-second time penalty and two penalty points on his licence for being deemed to have pushed Sergio Perez off the track in the early stages of the Red Bull Ring race. Those two points take his total up to 10, just two removed from the 12-point threshold which comes with an […]
Russell delivered Williams’ first Q3 appearance in almost three years on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, and started the race eighth after a grid penalty for Sebastian Vettel. Russell dropped to 12th on the opening lap after being forced to “slam on the brakes to avoid an incident” with Yuki Tsunoda, but remained in […]
Double-waved yellow flags were brought out on the final lap of the race at the Red Bull Ring after Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel crashed at Turn 5. A number of drivers were summoned by the stewards after the race for allegedly failing to adhere to the double-waved yellows by passing the crash site too […]
Perez tried to go around the outside of Norris at Turn 4 as they battled over second place following the early safety car restart. However, Perez had no room on the exit as the McLaren stuck to the racing line, and the Mexican ran across the kerbs and through the gravel trap, dropping him down […]