Verstappen and Ocon were part of a gaggle of drivers that backed up at the end of the main straight as they prepared to start their final laps of the session. Keen to get a clear lap and worried about complying with the FIA’s minimum delta requirements, Ocon passed Yuki Tsunoda, Zhou Guanyu and his […]
Sainz ran second quickest in the pole position shootout, falling only 0.044s short of team-mate Charles Leclerc as Max Verstappen abandoned his final flying lap to end up third. But Sainz must fight back from 12th on the grid as a legacy of taking a third control electronics package of the season to exceed the […]
Following a disrupted first day of running on Thursday night and Friday morning, most of which was held behind closed doors, fans were welcomed back into the grandstands to witness final practice on the streets of Las Vegas. With the track re-opened for road traffic during the day, action got underway at 8:30pm local time […]
F1’s long-awaited spectacle on the streets of the gambling haven of America got off to a disrupted start on Thursday when Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari suffered huge damage after striking the a loose water valve cover after just eight minutes into FP1. The session was abandoned as track workers were forced to remove all 30 covers […]
The team fast-tracked some new components through the manufacturing process and will be running them in both Las Vegas and at the season finale in Abu Dhabi that follows. The items were not expected to improve the performance of the A523 in Las Vegas. The team struggled for pace in FP2, with Gasly 15th and […]
F1’s much anticipated romp around the streets of Vegas hit an early roadblock when the cars of Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon dislodged water valve covers, which damaged both of their chassis beyond repair and led to FP1 being abandoned after eight minutes. After emergency fixes were applied to the 30 similar covers around the […]
Sainz’s car suffered severe damage after running over a water valve cover early in the opening session of practice. The team had to rebuild the car around the spare chassis, and also swap the power unit and gearbox. Unfortunately for the Spaniard, one of the damaged items was the energy store, and by taking a […]
The first F1 race weekend on the famous Strip has been blindsided after Esteban Ocon ran over a water valve cover, with his Alpine lifting it proud of the resurfaced asphalt. His Alpine sustained damage and a yellow flag was waved but Sainz still clattered over the loose cover. Ferrari has been forced to replace […]
F1’s much-hyped event in Las Vegas got off to a nightmare start on Thursday evening when the opening free practice session was abandoned early on as the result of a loose manhole cover. One of the loose drains on the main straight caused major damage to the cars of Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon when […]
If the groundbreaking, F1 promoted race around the Strip is earmarked as the series’ very own Superbowl, then it already served up a halftime show to match a day before on-track proceedings even start. F1 pulled out all the stops to produce a ceremony befitting its entertainment driven host city, featuring appearances by Kylie Minogue, […]