Friday night’s Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying confirmed Alpine’s fears over starting the year on the back foot following a late car concept change this winter. The Enstone team’s fortunes are not expected to change dramatically until it can bring upgrades to its A524’s base design, which could take five to six races. It means both […]
After all the talk and posturing of pre-season testing and practice, the true pace of the grid was revealed with Red Bull’s Verstappen taking his 33rd career F1 pole by beating Charles Leclerc. Leclerc, who produced a lap time in Q2 quick enough to take pole outright, will still be content with the front row […]
In an extremely tight Q3 field, Alonso’s 1m29.542s yielded him sixth on Saturday’s grid. And while he was a tantalisingly close 0.005s off Sergio Perez in fifth and just half a tenth of George Russell in third, Alonso was buoyed by the result because he had doubts about his AMR24’s one-lap speed. “It was a […]
A flurry of final hot-laps interspersed among the final 10 minutes created a changing order after the Red Bulls moved to the top for a short spell, Max Verstappen capturing a 1m31.062s over team-mate Sergio Perez. Alonso, who had been on top previously, reclaimed his advantage at the head of the field having become the […]
Meanwhile, Mercedes stole the headlines with a 1-2 for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. But while Red Bull admits its qualifying pace is not looking as strong as it would have liked, Verstappen believes lower engines modes are responsible for the gap to Hamilton. “I think it was not too bad, it was very close,” […]
Almost exactly 24 hours on from Horner being cleared of wrongdoing following allegations made by a female employee, a pair of anonymous email addresses distributed a dossier of documents that they alleged were related to the case. The emails, which contained a link to a Google Drive file containing the documents, stated: “Following Red Bull’s […]
Piastri finished FP2 in fifth, four tenths behind the leading Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and narrowly ahead of Red Bull’s Verstappen, who appeared to run with a dialled down engine as Red Hull focused on race performance. The Australian thought the times were “much closer” than expected, but was intrigued to see how much pace […]
So, it begins. Formula 1’s 2024 season has now officially kicked off after the opening two free practice sessions in Bahrain, albeit in an atypical Thursday slot, the opening two of races in the Middle East have been shuffled back by a day each to ensure that the F1 rounds do not clash with Ramadan. […]
The 2024 F1 season has fully arrived following pre-season testing in Bahrain last week, with Hamilton leading a Mercedes 1-2 at the end of FP2, while Red Bull appeared off the pace with Max Verstappen in sixth and Sergio Perez down in 10th. But with engine modes and fuel loads far from clear, all eyes […]
RB and McLaren were only joined by Sauber in running the softs in FP1, which ended with Yuki Tsunoda fourth ahead of Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen in fifth and sixth for Aston Martin and Red Bull respectively. Most of the pack headed out immediately at the start of the one-hour session where windy conditions […]