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SAP previously had a long involvement with McLaren that ran between 1997-2020 and saw the company involved in F1 world championship titles for Mika Hakkinen in 1998 and 1999, and Lewis Hamilton in 2008. The company was also a supporter of the now defunct Mercedes Formula E outfit, in an arrangement that began in 2018. […]
Red Bull has produced one of the most dominant seasons in Formula 1 history, with Max Verstappen having cruised towards a third drivers’ world championship in 2023. He and team-mate Sergio Perez have a combined 20 victories this year with the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, won by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, the only time Red Bull […]
A disappointing qualifying for the Woking team saw the Australian start only 18th, but after avoiding the first corner mayhem he made good progress up the order and even ran in third place. However, the strategy of running the opening two stints on hard tyres after a clash with Lewis Hamilton triggered a premature first […]
Most of the riders in the premier class avoid openly criticising the French brand. They say that each of their denunciations will sooner or later be followed by a warning that will be more or less severe, depending on the harshness of their words. Last Sunday in Qatar, Jorge Martin did not mince his words […]
Ricciardo qualified 15th and eventually finished 14th of the 17 cars still running at the chequered flag, having struggled for grip for much of the race. With his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda retiring, the race was the first time in four events that the Faenza outfit failed to score, having previoulsy narrowed the gap to seventh-placed Williams to just […]
The reigning world champion heads into this weekend’s final round of the 2023 season 21 points clear of rival Jorge Martin, after the latter struggled to 10th in the Qatar Grand Prix with a tyre issue. Bagnaia can secure the 2023 title in the sprint race on Saturday in Valencia if he outscores Martin by at least […]
Ferrari is only four points behind the Brackley-based team, having gained a further 16 in Las Vegas, helped by Charles Leclerc’s last-lap pass for second on Sergio Perez. Carlos Sainz backed his team-mate up with sixth, the Spaniard having overcome a grid penalty and a first-lap spin to add eight points to the team’s rally. […]
On an extremely slippery circuit, Verstappen went deep into Turn 1 and forced polesitter Leclerc to go off the track with him, coming out of the corner in front of the Ferrari driver. The incident was soon investigated by the FIA stewards but rather than giving the position back to Leclerc, Red Bull decided to […]
The event timetable was later than any in the history of the sport, both to shift local road closures to later in the day, and to accommodate TV viewers in Europe. The FP2 and qualifying sessions were due to run from midnight to 1am on Friday and Saturday mornings respectively, although the latter actually finished […]
The championship battle took a dramatic swing in the Qatar Grand Prix as a new MotoGP winner took to the top step of the podium. There was a lot at stake coming to the penultimate round of the championship, with Francesco Bagnaia facing his first match point having held a lead of 14 points over […]