In May McLaren announced that Andretti Autosport driver Herta, a seven-time race winner in the IndyCar Series, will be part of the team’s testing programme with the 2021 MCL35M car. The team has now revealed the 22-year-old American will test at Portimao’s Algarve International Circuit on Monday and Tuesday, with McLaren’s simulator driver Will Stevens […]
Red Bull driver Perez qualified fourth at the Red Bull Ring on Friday, but was placed under investigation by the stewards at the end of Q2 for a track limits breach. Typically, times are deleted straightaway, meaning the penalty is automatically issued. The stewards found that Perez had exceeded track limits and opted to delete […]
At last week’s British Grand Prix drivers were fighting on the limit for large spells of the race with little intervention from the FIA stewards, even though several drivers forced others off the circuit. The belts were tightened in Spielberg’s sprint race on Saturday, with Williams’ Albon being penalised for pushing McLaren’s Lando Norris off […]
The FIA summoned Aston Martin F1 driver Vettel on Saturday evening after the sprint race over an alleged breach of the International Sporting Code relating to behaviour in the drivers’ briefing. It is understood that tensions flared over the current implementation of rules and officiating, resulting in Vettel storming out of the meeting. Following a […]
The reaction of a crowd that is heavily populated by Dutch fans was very obvious after Hamilton crashed in the decisive Q3 session. The incident came after Verstappen was the subject of regular booing during the British GP weekend. A spin in the wet qualifying session also generated cheers, as did news of his problems […]
The Red Bull driver dominated the second sprint race of the season to convert his qualifying pole position into top spot on the grid for Sunday’s grand prix, and picked up the maximum eight points for the sprint race win. Verstappen’s charge was aided by the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz battling […]
Officials were forced to abandon the start procedure for the 24-lap sprint at the Red Bull Ring when Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu slowed and lost power at the final corner. It resulted in an extra formation lap being called, giving time for Zhou to get his car back going and rejoin at the back […]
Zhou escaped from a horrifying crash just after the start at Silverstone when he was flipped over on the run away from the lights. His Alfa Romeo skidded upside down along the asphalt circuit before skipping across a gravel trap and rolling over a tyre barrier at Abbey. While F1’s safety structures ensured Zhou did […]
Q3 was twice red flagged when Hamilton and then Russell suffered similar incidents of a snap of oversteer aboard the W13 to crash into the wall and end their credible threat for sprint race pole, which was claimed by Max Verstappen. Hamilton careered across the gravel at Turn 7, the car suddenly gripping after he […]
Verstappen saw off Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to clinch pole ahead of the sprint race by just 0.029s, in a final segment of qualifying that was stopped twice due to separate crashes for Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Leclerc will join Verstappen on the front row for the sprint race, […]