Max Verstappen takes yet another win, proving the RB19 to be the most dominant car in F1 history, while Mercedes snaps up second in the constructors’ championship from Ferrari.But why did Carlos Sainz finish in the pits? Could Leclerc’s strategy to let Perez pass him have worked? And what was the issue with the F1 […]
Perez was on the receiving end of a five-second penalty for hitting McLaren’s Lando Norris when he tried to overtake the Briton. The Red Bull driver argued Norris was to blame as he felt he was ahead, while Norris said he was actually making room to let Perez pass on purpose, although the Mexican crashed […]
Running in second place behind leader Max Verstappen, Leclerc attempted to give third-placed Sergio Perez a slipstream in the final laps to help him pull clear of Russell, who was on course to give Mercedes second in its fight against Ferrari. Perez needed to finish five seconds clear of Russell after being handed a five-second […]
In a tight Q2 session, Hamilton could only muster 11th and reported on the radio afterwards that “there’s something not right with this car”. Meanwhile, team-mate George Russell went on to qualify fourth in Q3. Hamilton and Russell have been plagued all year by a capricious Mercedes W14 that is hard to trust. Hamilton felt […]
The McLaren driver had looked on course to emerge as Max Verstappen’s main challenger in the fight for pole position on Saturday, but a lurid slide through the hotel complex at the Yas Marina circuit ruined his chances. Norris reckoned the moment had cost him four tenths, and meant that rather than lining up alongside […]
Russell believed he had a realistic shot at pole position at Yas Marina after topping the final practice session on Saturday afternoon, but he wound up fourth in the evening shootout – lapping 0.343 seconds shy of Red Bull polesitter Max Verstappen. While Russell reckoned that, in isolation, fourth place was no mean feat, the […]
Sainz made the comment after he found himself stranded in 16th place on the grid for the Abu Dhabi GP after hitting traffic in his last run in Q1. The Spaniard’s weekend had already been made difficult by a crash in FP1 after he bottomed out on a bump in Turn 3. Sainz suggested that […]
The reigning world champion secured the final pole of the season by seeing off a late challenge from Charles Leclerc in qualifying, taking top spot by 0.139s. Oscar Piastri claimed third place for McLaren while George Russell made it four different teams on the front two rows for Mercedes. Lando Norris was left to rue […]
Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc What happened in Abu Dhabi […]
The Mercedes team principal and his Ferrari opposite number, Fred Vasseur, were called to face the FIA stewards ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for incidents of swearing during an official press conference in Las Vegas. The instances were in the same session, with Vasseur venting over the damage caused to Carlos Sainz’s car […]