The two F1 title contenders looked set for an intriguing battle for the win at Paul Ricard with Leclerc leading from pole defending against Verstappen, who pitted early to target the undercut, only for Leclerc to make a costly error and crash out from the lead. With Verstappen taking a comfortable victory he has extended […]
With Charles Leclerc out of the race early on following his crash, it hopes rested on getting Carlos Sainz as far forwards as possible following his back-row start due to an engine penalty. Having started on the alternative hard tyre compared to the frontrunners, the Spanish driver was switched to the medium during Leclerc’s safety […]
Following Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu stopping at the side of the track with an engine problem in the closing stages, the FIA called out a virtual safety car to allow marshals to retrieve his stricken car. Once the track was clear, race control messaged teams to let them know that the virtual safety car period […]
Russell engaged in a duel for the final podium place with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the latter stages of Sunday’s race at Paul Ricard. The pair made contact at the Turn 8 chicane when Russell made a late lunge, forcing Perez to take avoiding action and run through the corner. Russell was incensed that […]
Verstappen scored his seventh win of the 2022 season in Sunday’s French Grand Prix after Leclerc crashed out while leading towards the end of the first stint. Leclerc qualified on pole for Ferrari and had led by just over one second from Verstappen before Red Bull brought the Dutchman into the pits at the end […]
After Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc retired from the lead at Paul Ricard, Hamilton moved up to second place which he kept until the finish, crossing the line 10 seconds behind Red Bull’s winner Max Verstappen. Afterwards Hamilton, who had to take a breather in the cooldown room, revealed his drinks bottle didn’t work during the race, […]
Mercedes turned heads in pre-season testing when it arrived in Bahrain with a super-slim sidepod design, dubbed the ‘zeropod’, as one of the biggest design diversions under the new regulations. But Mercedes has struggled to match the performance of frontrunners Red Bull and Ferrari through the early part of the season, finishing a race no […]
Having headed to Paul Ricard targeting a fight for the victory, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were left further away from the front than they have been at recent races. Hamilton, who ended up fourth on the grid, was nearly nine tenths adrift of poleman Charles Leclerc, while George Russell in sixth was more than […]
The Ferrari driver stormed to pole at Paul Ricard on Saturday after taking profit of a strategy to use team-mate Carlos Sainz as a tow along the back straight in Q3. With Sainz starting at the back of the grid due to a change in power unit components, Ferrari pre-weekend planned for him to get […]
The Frenchman was also mystified as to why he was only 17th in FP3 before securing 12th in qualifying. He will actually start 10th, as Carlos Sainz and Kevin Magnussen both have grid penalties. Ocon’s teammate Fernando Alonso demonstrated the potential of the car by securing seventh on the grid. “It’s clearly a disappointing qualifying,” […]