Verstappen, who led both Friday practice sessions, was one of many F1 drivers to give Barcelona’s tweaked layout the thumbs up. Ahead of the 2007 edition the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was slowed down with a tight final chicane, which drastically reduced speeds through the right-hander leading onto the start-finish straight. In addition to safety concerns, […]
The seven-time world champion endured a difficult opening day of practice at Barcelona, as Mercedes had its first proper run on a regular circuit of new upgrades following their introduction in Monaco. Hamilton ended second practice 11th fastest overall, 0.642 seconds adrift of pace setter Max Verstappen, with team-mate George Russell less than two-tenths quicker […]
Max Verstappen and Red Bull did as they have for the rest of Formula 1 2023 so far and dominated the opening day of practice at Barcelona, quickest by a big margin over long runs and topping the times overall. The field appears very close behind, however, and there is hope – quite a bit […]
Following his victory in Monaco last weekend, Verstappen carried on where he left off by clocking the fastest times in both free practice sessions at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona on Friday. After gapping the field by 0.768s in FP1, Verstappen improved his best effort to a 1m13.907s in the afternoon as the only driver to […]
The current Barcelona venue has been on the calendar since 1991 and for this year, the final chicane has been ditched in favour of a return to high-speed Turns 13-14. This tweak has been devised to boost overtaking. The last time the series used this configuration was in 2006. But starting from the 2026 season, […]
At the French Grand Prix last month, over 278,000 spectators attended the extraordinary Le Mans. Moreover, it confirmed Ducati’s dominance in the world of two-wheeled racing. France, where Ducati achieved five podiums out of six possible and two victories with Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi, was also the launch pad for the brand’s first electrified […]
The German manufacturer hopes that this weekend’s event at Barcelona will deliver a better opportunity to understand the true potential of its car overhaul than it was able to gauge at Monaco. With the tight and twisty Monte Carlo layout making it almost impossible to get clear data on the progress made, the high-speed aero […]
Alfa Romeo is ending its current title arrangement with Sauber at the end of this season and has not yet finalised whether or not it will continue any involvement in F1. At the Monaco Grand Prix, a meeting between Haas team boss Guenther Steiner and Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato prompted suggestions that the team […]
During a dry first stint of a mixed-weather Monaco race, Sainz was wedged in between third-placed Esteban Ocon and Lewis Hamilton when the latter was called into the pits by Mercedes on lap 33. Ferrari opted to respond by bringing Sainz in on the next lap to avoid an undercut by Hamilton. But in doing […]
Mercedes’ long-awaited developments to the sidepods of its W14 challenger – plus new suspension arrangement, tweaked floor, rear wing and rear brake winglets – finally appeared at last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, having initially been expected to run at Imola before that race was cancelled. Evaluating upgrades at Monaco is notoriously difficult given the track’s […]