The outfit has endured a challenging start to the campaign, with Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly qualifying on the back row at the F1 season opener before finishing 17th and 18th. But as well as the on-track difficulties, the French manufacturer is now facing the prospect of a major reshuffle of its technical department with […]
George Russell led the Silver Arrows charge with fifth place in Bahrain as team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished the season-opener in seventh, the pair having started third and ninth respectively. Russell had climbed as high as second with an outside pass on Charles Leclerc on lap four to sit just 1.7s behind eventual dominant Red Bull […]
RB was tipped to be one of the surprise packages for 2024, having built on a strong end to its 2023 campaign under its previous AlphaTauri guise. And while Ricciardo had played down the hype around his rebranded team ahead of the Sakhir event, RB did prove to be a Q3 contender after Yuki Tsunoda […]
The Mexican finished the Q3 session 0.358 seconds off Verstappen, with Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Carlos Sainz all just pipping him. Perez heads into this season knowing that he has to perform in order to retain his Red Bull seat for 2025 and beyond. Despite his campaign getting off to a frustrating start, he […]
Although Red Bull had been predicted to resume its 2023 dominance after testing, Verstappen had not headlined any of the sessions leading up to the final stage of qualifying as Ferrari and Mercedes largely took the limelight. Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc headed Q1 and Q2 respectively, but the Ferrari duo could not beat Verstappen […]
Friday night’s Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying confirmed Alpine’s fears over starting the year on the back foot following a late car concept change this winter. The Enstone team’s fortunes are not expected to change dramatically until it can bring upgrades to its A524’s base design, which could take five to six races. It means both […]
After all the talk and posturing of pre-season testing and practice, the true pace of the grid was revealed with Red Bull’s Verstappen taking his 33rd career F1 pole by beating Charles Leclerc. Leclerc, who produced a lap time in Q2 quick enough to take pole outright, will still be content with the front row […]
In an extremely tight Q3 field, Alonso’s 1m29.542s yielded him sixth on Saturday’s grid. And while he was a tantalisingly close 0.005s off Sergio Perez in fifth and just half a tenth of George Russell in third, Alonso was buoyed by the result because he had doubts about his AMR24’s one-lap speed. “It was a […]
The 2024 RS-GP turned heads when the covers came off it at the Sepang test at the start of February courtesy of its radical aerodynamic concept. The bike continued to make headlines as Espargaro finished fifth in Malaysia and third at the Qatar test. Espargaro won two grands prix in 2023 on his way to […]
A flurry of final hot-laps interspersed among the final 10 minutes created a changing order after the Red Bulls moved to the top for a short spell, Max Verstappen capturing a 1m31.062s over team-mate Sergio Perez. Alonso, who had been on top previously, reclaimed his advantage at the head of the field having become the […]