The world champion was attempting to snatch second from Hamilton at the early safety car restart, but came to blows with his Mercedes rival at the Senna Esses. Having attempted to go around the outside of Hamilton at Turn 1, he then found himself squeezed at the apex of Turn 2 before the pair clashed. […]
On the first lap of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Ricciardo appeared to make a late lunge on the Haas driver into the tight Turn 8 right-hander. Ricciardo tried to back out of the move but misjudged the situation and couldn’t avoid tagging Magnussen’s right-rear, which sent the Dane into a spin. Magnussen’s car then […]
Russell scored his maiden grand prix win at Interlagos on Sunday after controlling proceedings to lead home a 1-2 finish ahead of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. It ended Mercedes’ winless season with one race to spare, and came two years after Russell was cruelly denied a likely victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix when he […]
George Russell won the short race after passing Max Verstappen, who struggled with his medium tyres compared to the Briton’s softs. Russell and Lewis Hamilton will start from the front row on Sunday, with Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez immediately behind. Although Mercedes showed great pace in the sprint, trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin cautioned […]
The Spaniard made contact twice with Ocon on the opening lap of the Brazil GP sprint race at Interlagos on Saturday. Having been forced wide at Turn 4 on the opening lap, he slid into the side of Ocon on the exit. Then, further around the lap as they neared the start/finish line, Alonso damaged […]
Despite Red Bull and Ferrari flying out of the gate while it suffered severely with porpoising and extreme drag, all the way to the summer break Mercedes insisted repeatedly that it could win a grand prix in 2022. But the opportunities to break that barren spell appeared to be running out. It was hurt by […]
Gasly was among six drivers summoned after the 24-lap sprint race that set the final starting grid for the Brazilian Grand Prix for various incidents. Gasly was alleged to have driven too slowly during his reconnaissance laps to the grid, not meeting the maximum time set by race director Niels Wittich in his event notes. […]
Alonso and Ocon appeared to make contact twice on the opening lap of Saturday’s 24-lap sprint race in Brazil, the first moment coming at Turn 4 when they went side-by-side into the corner. Alonso was forced wide at the exit of the corner, but the more dramatic incident came as they completed the lap when […]
Starting on the medium tyres, Verstappen soon passed shock polesitter Kevin Magnussen, as did the other frontrunners. But as Saturday’s 24-lap sprint race unfolded Verstappen started struggling with tyre wear and saw Russell soon close the gap. By virtue of Red Bull’s superior top speed, the two-time world champion managed to hang on until the […]
Perez was fastest in FP1, held on Friday morning, while Ocon set the pace in Saturday’s FP2, which was run after the eventful qualifying session topped by Haas driver Kevin Magnussen but ahead of the sprint race. Brazilian Grand Prix FP1 results: Perez fastest from Leclerc What happened in Brazilian GP Free Practice 1? Perez set the […]