Having qualified fifth for Sunday’s Grand Prix, Hamilton endured a disastrous shootout session on Saturday ahead of the sprint, losing his best time in Q1 to track limits and then getting caught up with Max Verstappen on what would have been his last flying lap. That left him 18th on the grid, and after a fraught […]
Hulkenberg holds the record for the most F1 starts (189) without a top-three finish. Extending his run of strong one-lap performances this season, he qualified fourth for the Red Bull Ring sprint race and then gained a position through Turn 3 when third-starting Lando Norris suffered a loss of traction to trigger anti-stall aboard his […]
Sainz was stuck in the garage until the final minutes of the session after reporting brake-by-wire problems on his Ferrari. He came back out in time to attempt one flying lap, which propelled him from last to first. “It was a very stressful Q1 in these conditions,” Sainz smiled. “Obviously, not ideal to be able […]
Ferrari and Red Bull being closely matched on one-lap speed this weekend has raised hopes of a possible race-long battle between them in the sprint event – if Leclerc and Verstappen repeat their qualifying result in the shootout session. Should that happen and Verstappen heads his 2022 title rival on the grid for Saturday afternoon’s […]
The wheel arch or “mudguard” concept emerged after heavy rain meant that the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix ran without any racing laps being completed. The idea is that all cars have the facility for the wheel arches to be fitted in cases of extreme wet weather in order to ensure that track action can take […]
Norris dropped from 9th place to 13th and out of the points in Montreal after receiving the sanction for what the FIA deemed was unsportsmanlike behaviour. This was in relation to what the FIA believed was a deliberate attempt during a safety car period to hold back rivals and get a buffer between himself and […]