Alonso had been in contention for a points finish at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, only to suffer a cylinder failure while running seventh before an eventual loss of power forced him to retire from the race with six laps remaining. It came as the latest reliability setback for Alonso in what has been a frustrating […]
The test, to be held on the Tuesday following the final race of the season, will feature two cars per team. Race drivers will run the definitive 2023 Pirelli tyres in one car, and rookies will drive the other. Traditionally the Abu Dhabi running sees drivers who are moving teams for the following year gain […]
Both Hamilton and George Russell began the race on medium tyres with Mercedes trying to counter Red Bull’s start on the soft rubber, as Max Verstappen wanted to cover off the threat of a run into the first corner. Although it seemed that Mercedes was going to attempt to go long into the race on […]
Over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend, it emerged that Verstappen and the wider Red Bull team were not taking part in any Sky Sports interviews across all its regional channels in the UK, Germany and Italy. It appeared to come in reaction to a clip from Sky Sports F1’s UK coverage of the United States […]
The Alfa Romeo driver split the two works Ferraris in qualifying, outpacing the troubled Charles Leclerc for a spot on the third row of the grid. A good result on Sunday would be hugely valuable in his team’s fight with Aston Martin for sixth in the championship, which the Hinwil outfit leads by just three […]
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton fell three-tenths of a second short of Max Verstappen’s pole position lap for Red Bull but struggled on their last run in Q3. Russell called his final lap “terrible”, while Hamilton had an engine oscillation problem that impacted his last effort as he reported feeling power drop outs. Both Mercedes […]
Mercedes entered qualifying chasing only its second pole of the season after finishing 1-2 in FP3, but ultimately lost out to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in Q3 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Verstappen beat Russell and Hamilton to pole by three tenths of a second as both Mercedes drivers struggled in their final Q3 runs. […]
Russell topped both FP2 and FP3 for Mercedes at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, and looked to be in the fight for pole after sitting just 0.132s off Verstappen following the opening runs in Q3. But Russell endured a scrappy final lap, struggling with oversteer at Turn 5 before running wide at Turn 12 at the […]
The local driver was left without information on his dashboard, including lap times, and in the end he was relieved to recover to earn fourth on the grid for Sunday’s race. The electrical issue also created a DRS problem that left him seventh in Q1, although that problem was rectified for the later sessions. Perez […]
Verstappen trailed Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in both Q1 and Q2 in qualifying at the low-grip Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track, but then led from the off in the final segment before sealing pole with a fastest time at the death in Q3. That put him clear of George Russell and Hamilton by 0.304s and 0.309s, […]