It will be the Mexican’s fourth of the season, and a multiple change or elements will thus automatically send him to the back of the grid. However, it adds a fresh power unit to his pool just prior to the Italian GP at Monza, traditionally the race where teams prefer to run a low mileage […]
Although some teams were planning to run the freshest power units today anyway, others were obliged to change from its original plans. The move is understood to be a reaction to the issue that Lewis Hamilton suffered in Friday’s FP2 session, when his car lost power and the F1 world champion was told to stop […]
The Dutchman was summoned to see the stewards on Saturday morning when it emerged that he had passed Stroll in the second session after the red flags were brought out for Lewis Hamilton’s stranded Mercedes. Footage of the incident showed that Verstappen had been on a quick lap, with Stroll driving slowly, when he overtook […]
The home hero endured a frustrating day at times on F1’s first visit to the circuit since 1985, as many of his quick laps had to be aborted because of the numerous red flags that were brought out in the two practice sessions. Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr ended up top of […]
Leclerc’s timesheet-topping effort of 1m10.902s was enough to give him top spot at the end of the second free practice session, edging Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr by 0.154s, as F1 returned to Zandvoort for the first time in 36 years. Both Friday practice sessions were disrupted by red flags, with Sebastian Vettel suffering engine… […]
Albon looks set to make a full-time return to F1 next year as both Williams and Alfa Romeo have shown an interest in signing the Anglo-Thai driver, who raced for Red Bull from mid-2019 until the end of 2020. Red Bull F1 boss Horner said on Friday afternoon that a decision on Albon’s next step […]
Last Sunday Yamaha confirmed 15-time MotoGP race-winner Dovizioso will end his sabbatical in this month’s San Marino Grand Prix when takes over the SRT M1 to be vacated by factory team-bound Franco Morbidelli. Dovizioso is due to continue with SRT in whatever guise it becomes in 2022 following the Malaysian squad’s MotoGP exit at the […]
This weekend marks the first Dutch Grand Prix since 1985 after changes were made to the Zandvoort track to bring it up to F1 spec, capitalising on the massive levels of support for Max Verstappen. As part of the changes, three corners – Turn 1 (Tarzanbocht), Turn 3 (Hugenholtzbocht) and Turn 14 (Arie Luyendijkbocht) – […]
With 21 minutes of the hour-long session remaining at Zandvoort, Leclerc became the first and only driver to dip under the 1m11s barrier as he ran to the top of the timing screens. The Ferrari driver posted a 1m10.902s benchmark to depose Ocon before Leclerc was swiftly joined by team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr, who ran […]
Norris fitted his third and final Mercedes power unit of the season for last weekend’s Spa-Francorchamps event, but it took a hit when the British driver smashed into the barriers at Eau Rouge on Saturday. The impact forced McLaren to fit a new gearbox on to Norris’s car, and the team reverted him to his […]