Verstappen claimed pole for F1’s first race in Montreal since 2019, as he topped all three segments of a wet-but-drying qualifying session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, while his title rivals Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc qualified down the order – the former due to a crash and the latter because he did not need […]
The final hour of practice before qualifying started in cold and wet conditions after heavy rain, which had hit Montreal regularly over the past few days, arrived early enough on Saturday to disrupt proceedings. At the start of the session on a soaked Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the four cars from Haas and Alfa Romeo gingerly […]
Ferrari F1-75 front detail A look at the packaging at the front end of the Ferrari F1-75, including steering assembly, brake master cylinders and some of the inboard suspension elements. Ferrari F1-75 nose detail A look under the vanity panel on the F1-75’s nose reveals the inner body which sits on the second wing element […]
In the wake of an especially brutal Baku race for a number of drivers – with Lewis Hamilton’s back pain highlighting the battering some are facing right now – intervention by the FIA in trying to eradicate the problem has added a fresh dimension to the debate. In a technical directive sent on Thursday to […]
The seven-time champion evaluated an experimental floor in Montreal’s first session on Friday. However, that was abandoned for second practice, when he and team-mate George Russell went completely separate ways with their set-up directions. But after telling his team over the team radio that the car was left “undrivable”, Hamilton later explained just how terrible […]
With the ever-present threat of rain, the first session was busier than usual with teams and drivers maximising track time. But the rain also stayed away throughout the second session, which featured both Ferrari and Red Bull quick on the low-fuel runs. The long-run race pace was good for the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, […]
Leclerc was forced to retire from last Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix while leading the race after a failure on his engine that Ferrari has since confirmed left it “beyond repair”. It was the latest reliability setback for Leclerc in a tricky period that also featured him retiring when leading in Spain due to a problem […]
The Japanese driver has encountered a spate of engine problems over the opening phase of the season that left him on the verge of a penalty. But ahead of the Montreal race, his AlphaTauri team has elected to break his season’s limit and fit all-new Red Bull components for the weekend. Going over his limit […]
After more than a year of struggles at McLaren, where he has more often than not been in the shadow of Lando Norris, there finally appears to be a glimmer of hope that things are getting better. His improved pace in Baku put him in the window where McLaren had to intervene with team orders […]
Ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, the FIA issued a technical directive to teams to intervene on the ongoing porpoising issue amid safety concerns raised by a number of drivers. The FIA is set to focus on gathering data this weekend, but will look to apply a threshold for how much the […]