Sainz converted his practice pace into pole position at Ferrari’s home race, beating Max Verstappen by just 0.013s in a thrilling qualifying. Charles Leclerc also narrowly missed out in third, just 0.067s off pole, which sets up a Ferrari fight against Verstappen who is aiming for a record-breaking 10th consecutive F1 win. Ferrari was made to […]
A year on from losing a podium on home soil for miscounting how many laps he had remaining, Espargaro made up for this by beating world champion Bagnaia by just under two seconds. Strong all weekend at Barcelona, Espargaro ran fourth on the opening lap having dropped from second on the grid but would take […]
While there are other high-speed tracks on the F1 calendar, the ‘Temple of Speed’ remains an outlier because so much of it is straights, and this necessitates a standalone downforce package. But the approach of teams is not uniform, as some have gone the extra mile in delivering a new package while others, perhaps limited […]
Aprilia continued to top every session up to Q2, after RNF’s Miguel Oliveira was fastest in third practice despite a crash, plus he topped Q1 to advance to the pole shootout. Setting the early pace, Espargaro would ultimately be denied a second home pole by Ducati’s Bagnaia after the latter fired in a 1m38.639s to […]
Links between Norris and Red Bull have increased over the Italian Grand Prix weekend after Norris admitted he would not be against teaming up with his friend Verstappen at some point. “It’s definitely something I would be open to in the future,” he said. “I think I can happily say Max is probably one […]
Perez went off at the exit of the iconic Parabolica corner, bringing out a second red flag in the session topped by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Perez was fortunate to escape with only minor contact with the outside barriers, tapping the wall with his rear wing. Explaining the crash Perez said: “I understeered off on the […]
On his 29th birthday, Sainz topped second practice by 0.019s from McLaren’s Lando Norris in an eventful session stalled by two red flags; the first early on for Lance Stroll stopping with a suspected fuel system issue in his Aston Martin and the second late in the session for Sergio Perez crashing at the Parabolica. Despite […]
Aleix Espargaro topped both sessions on Friday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, heading factory Aprilia team-mate Maverick Vinales. The double grand prix winner set a new circuit lap record on his way to top spot in FP2 with a 1m38.686s, beating the existing record he set on his way to pole last year at the […]
Both the overall pace order and the long run averages are even more fraught with peril at Monza – in addition to the usual caveats about practice fuel loads and engine modes. This is because the teams were trialling various downforce levels and specific set-up tweaks around the ATA requirements. Then there were the […]
A brief statement from the PBM team said Bird died earlier on Friday having been hospitalised with illness. “PBM is deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of Paul Bird, the team owner of Paul Bird Motorsport. “Paul Bird died earlier today at the age of 56 following a short time in hospital with illness. […]