While Verstappen has signed a contract at Red Bull that carries him through until 2028, the recent internal turmoil at the Milton Keynes-based squad has opened up the prospect of him potentially walking away. Those chances increased over the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend when, after it emerged there was a possibility that Verstappen ally […]
Amid turmoil at Red Bull, the double world champion continued where he left off a week ago in Bahrain to lead another 1-2 ahead of Sergio Perez. Charles Leclerc led the charge for Ferrari, finishing third on a weekend where his regular team-mate Carlos Sainz was replaced by Oliver Bearman, who made his F1 debut […]
Russell was second-fastest aboard the Mercedes W15 during FP2 at the Jeddah street circuit before qualifying in seventh place, but he would only go on to gain one position during the 50-lap race. That place came courtesy of one-time leader Lando Norris dropping to eighth after running out of sync, the McLaren driver having stayed […]
From his sixth-placed grid slot, Norris briefly jolted forward before the five red lights went out as he prematurely released the clutch, but swiftly stopped again in his grid box before the start signal. Norris’ movement was immediately reported on the team radio by Mercedes’ George Russell, who started alongside him in seventh. But, while […]
After taking part in practice, regular Ferrari racer Carlos Sainz was forced to undergo surgery for appendicitis to leave the team to call on the services of Prema Racing FIA F2 driver Bearman. He had narrowly missed out on a Q3 appearance in qualifying so lined up 11th on the grid before launching well to […]
Ricciardo qualified half a second off his RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in Q2 after he failed to find more lap time on his final run whereas most drivers around him did. Tsunoda went on to qualify ninth, while Ricciardo will have a mountain to climb to score points in Saturday night’s race. “Very frustrating,” the […]
But beyond the impact of what could be a significant change at the top, the development has shone a spotlight on what now appears to be a war for control of the squad. What originally started as the story of an isolated complaint by a female employee against the behaviour of Red Bull boss Christian […]
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Hamilton wasn’t happy on Thursday and switched to a bigger wing for Friday that gave the car more stability, but cost time on the straights. He progressed through the first two qualifying sessions in 11th and 10th positions, and then took eighth when it mattered in Q3, a place behind team-mate George Russell. Max Verstappen […]
Bearman made his full F1 debut in place of the appendicitis-addled Carlos Sainz at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday, jumping into an SF-24 with only FP3 to prepare ahead of qualifying on the high-speed, walled layout in the Red Sea coastal city. He finished 11th in qualifying – knocked out in Q2 […]