Perez crossed the line in eighth place after appearing to lunge up the inside of the Williams driver into the sharp Turn 13 left-hander. The pair made contact at the apex and Albon, who was deflected off-line, had to hit the brakes and lock up his tyres to avoid the outside wall. Both drivers were […]
Norris had been running third in the lead train of cars during the second stint of the Marina Bay race, as polesitter Carlos Sainz controlled the pace at the front to bunch the field up. But Norris found himself promoted to second when George Russell ahead of him, and Lewis Hamilton behind him, were switched […]
Norris finished second to Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz at the Marina Bay Circuit after a tense end to the 62-lap race, as fresher medium tyres brought Russell and Lewis Hamilton onto the tail of the two leaders struggling on older hard compound rubber. In his efforts to keep Russell at bay on the final tour, Norris […]
To close up a grey area in the rule book over tyre pressures, after numerous teams were found last year to have been running under the recommended minimum set by Michelin, MotoGP introduced a stricter enforcement on the matter for 2023. From the British GP, the rule was officially mandated, whereby riders must run at […]
Sainz collected his second consecutive F1 pole position having managed to head qualifying in Monza, and starts alongside George Russell on the front row of the grid for Sunday’s race. The rest of the top five include Sainz’s Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, McLaren’s Lando Norris, and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen meanwhile was eliminated in Q2 […]
Stroll clipped the kerbs through the final corner at Marina Bay to unsettle the rear of his AMR23, which fired him into the outside wall before spinning back across the circuit. This shunt, which ripped the tethered front-left wheel off, in the dying moments of Q1 led to a lengthy red flag stoppage in qualifying. […]
The seven-time world champion ended up 0.501s down on polesitter Carlos Sainz at the Marina Bay track, while team-mate George Russell split the Ferraris to qualify on the front row. The qualifying battle between the Mercedes drivers has been closely fought in 2023, with Russell inching ahead 8-7 in Singapore. Hamilton scored the team’s only […]
The defending two-time world champion was eliminated in Q2 at Marina Bay, underlining the ongoing struggles for the RB19 machines this weekend, with Verstappen bemoaning an “undriveable” car that bottomed out and left him bereft of confidence under braking. Having set the 11th fastest time in a shootout topped by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz over George […]
According to F1’s sporting regulations, McLaren still had to fulfil its commitment to run a second rookie in an FP1 session later this year. It had ticked off the first one with Oscar Piastri being nominated for his F1 debut weekend in Bahrain, and had been anticipated to give its second slot to Alex Palou […]
Red Bull has been on the back foot all weekend at the Marina Bay circuit, with both Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez failing to progress to Q3 in qualifying on Saturday. Verstappen could do no more than 11th in his car, with team-mate Perez 13th, and the Dutchman said changes made to the car after […]