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At the start of the race that Hamilton went on to win, the pair came very close to touching as Verstappen aggressively remained on the racing line heading into the second corner, having forced his way to Hamilton’s inside on the long run down to Turn 1 at Barcelona. The near-clash made it four races […]
Giovinazzi was the first driver to dash into the pitlane when Yuki Tsunoda’s retirement on track triggered an early safety car. However, as the team prepared to fit a new set of tyres, a crew member realised that one of them was flat. After signalling to his colleagues, the change was aborted, and a second […]
Ocon moved into F1 as a Mercedes young driver in 2016, and spent 2019 serving as its reserve driver before making a full-time return last year with Renault’s works squad. Ocon signed a two-year deal with Renault – since rebranded as Alpine – and has led its efforts so far in 2021, qualifying fifth for […]
Sainz qualified sixth for his home race in Barcelona, two places and one tenth shy of teammate Charles Leclerc. But Ferrari struggled on the medium tyres during last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix, and Sainz ultimately dropped out of the points to finish a frustrated 11th. Furthermore, he admits Ferrari’s tyre management problem is likely… Continue […]
The Russian was caught up in a bunch of slow cars ready to start their qualifying laps in Q1 at Barcelona, when Norris’s fast-approaching McLaren came up behind them to finish a quick lap. While drivers are supposed to stay in order prior to starting timed laps, Mazepin had found himself jumped by both Kimi […]
The 79-year-old politician, who finished runner-up to Nelson Piquet in the 1981 F1 world championship, was admitted to the Sanatorio Santa Fe on Wednesday after suffering a digestive haemorrhage. On Friday, the Santa Fe hospital reported the serving Argentinian senator’s condition was “clinically stable, with acceptable haemodynamic… Continue Reading on Autosport
The Japanese driver was angry after being dumped out of Q1 for the Spanish Grand Prix, having been left with no explanation as to why he was lacking pace. Tsunoda went on to suggest that the characteristics of his AlphaTauri AT02 car seemed different to those of Gasly across the garage, who managed to qualify […]
At the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the Mercedes driver narrowly edged out Red Bull title rival Max Verstappen by 0.036s to take a stunning 100th pole of his F1 career, now going 35 poles beyond previous record holder Ayrton Senna. His 100th pole position came almost 14 years after his first, at the 2007 Canadian Grand […]
Liberty Media has long been trying to expand the sport in the USA, and finally achieved its first goal when last month it confirmed that the first Miami GP will be held in 2022. Asked in a call with Wall Street analysts if a local driver on the grid in Miami would boost the sport […]
MotoGP coverage in the UK has been behind a paywall since the 2014 season, when BT Sport took over exclusive broadcasting rights from the BBC. The BBC broadcasted entire grand prix weekends across its red button and main channels from 2003 through to the end of 2013, with the series enjoying strong viewership during its […]