The Spaniard earned fifth on the grid in Q3, while his teammate Esteban Ocon took ninth. Both drivers will start immediately behind a car from AlphaTauri, the team Alpine is battling for fifth in the constructors’ championship, adding an extra dimension to Sunday’s race. “I’ve been positive all weekend about the car,” said Alonso. “It […]
The Red Bull driver was on his second run in Q3 and attempting to try to knock Lewis Hamilton off the pole spot when Pierre Gasly had stopped on the start-finish straight. Having struck a kerb that ripped off the AlphaTauri’s front wing and gave him a right-front puncture, Gasly had driven slowly around the […]
The F1 drama continues to crank up as the season approaches its conclusion, with Hamilton taking his 102nd career F1 pole position in a dominant display in qualifying. Title rival Max Verstappen secured second place in his Red Bull, but he has been summoned to an FIA stewards hearing for allegedly ignoring double waved yellow […]
Like Max Verstappen, who is also under investigation, both drivers were on their final runs in Q3 when Pierre Gasly had stopped on the start-finish straight. Having struck a kerb that ripped off the AlphaTauri’s front wing and gave him a right front puncture, Gasly had driven slowly around the final corner before stopping near […]
Leclerc suffered an unusually poor qualifying display at the Losail International Circuit, getting no further than 13th in Q2 while team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr progressed to line up seventh for tomorrow’s grand prix. Afterwards Leclerc was at a loss to explain for his struggles, saying he was “very confused” when he saw the gap to […]
The warm afternoon session got off to a false start, being immediately red flagged for Nikita Mazepin’s Haas coming to a halt on pit exit. It led to the Russian remaining in the garage having also missed all of FP2. With a five-minute delay the lights sprang to green again for Qatar’s final practice session […]
After observing what happened on track and following a discussion in the drivers’ briefing Masi has adjusted the list of corners that will be monitored from FP3 onwards. On Thursday, in his regular notes issued to teams, Masi specified the exits of Turns 4, 12, 13, 14 and 16 as locations where he expected drivers […]
With the intensity of the F1 title battle between the top two teams ramping up with three races remaining, Red Bull is placing a growing focus on the behaviour of its rival’s rear wing. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner made it clear in Qatar on Friday that he felt Mercedes could be breaking the […]
On a busy opening day of track action at the Losail International Circuit, Bottas set the fastest lap of the day in FP2 of 1m23.148s to claim top spot ahead of AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly who went second fastest in both practice sessions. Max Verstappen ended FP1 with the quickest time, with the Red Bull driver […]
Mercedes and Red Bull continue to provoke one another both on and off the track this season, with the intensity turned up another notch at the Qatar Grand Prix, as Christian Horner threatened to protest his rival’s car. Red Bull has announced its dissatisfaction about the legality of the rear wing on the Mercedes on […]