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Williams’ Paddy Lowe believes the team could have gotten both cars into the second part of qualifying, if it weren’t for yellow flags. Lance Stroll managed a 1m05.264s lap in the first part of qualifying, enough to put him through to Q2 in P15. But team-mate Sergey Sirotkin could only manage a 1m05.322s, putting him […]
Ferrari brought the fight to Mercedes in the final free practice session ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel topped the session, but ended the morning just 0.029s faster than Lewis Hamilton. It was Vettel’s team-mate Kimi Raikkonen setting the pace early in the session and, though he was initially knocked down the order […]
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told journalists in Austria Carlos Sainz Jnr’s 2019 seat will depend on whether the team has “a requirement for him”. He explained that the 2019 driver market will fall into place once Mercedes confirms its line-up, and Red Bull will speak with Sainz once the situation is clear. “I […]
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton hopes Mercedes’ first major aerodynamics upgrade of the season will “frighten” the team’s rivals. A week after introducing its upgraded engine in France, Mercedes will run updated sidepods, bargeboards, and rear wings at the Austrian Grand Prix, as it aims to pull away from Red Bull and Ferrari. Hamilton and team-mate […]
Ross Brawn believes 2019’s aerodynamic regulaitons will be signed off at the Strategy Group meeting next week. The regulations are expected to improve overtaking with the introduction of the simplified front wing and brake ducts. The initial concept was rushed through for the April 30th deadline, after which any changes would need unanimous support from […]
Toyota #8 leads the 24 Hours of Le Mans after 18 hours of racing. Kazuki Nakajima passed Kamui Koboyashi in the sister Toyota just before the two-thirds distance. Overnight, Fernando Alonso drastically reduced the gap to the #7 car before handing over to Nakajima. Koboyashi was briefly able to extend his lead over the #8, […]
Sebastian Vettel retakes the championship lead with a dominant victory from pole at the Canadian Grand Prix. After losing out to Daniel Ricciardo in the pit stops, Lewis Hamilton needed to retake the Red Bull to retain the points lead, but was forced to settle for fifth in Montreal. After an early safety car – brought […]
Sebastian Vettel secured pole for the Canadian Grand Prix while championship leader Lewis Hamilton could only manage fourth quickest. The Ferrari appeared to have the pace throughout qualifying, with Vettel fastest in Q1 and second in Q2. He managed to set a 1m10.776s lap on his first run in the final stage of qualifying, before […]
Max Verstappen tops the times in the final free practice session ahead of qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver jumped from sixth to first in the second half of the session, with a 1m11.599s time on the hypersoft compound of tyre. Ferrari spent most of the session top of the order, […]
Lewis Hamilton felt “conflicted” by his uninspiring drive in Monaco. The championship leader found he couldn’t push to challenge Sebastian Vettel due to tyre graining. “It’s just insane how little I was pushing, the least that I can ever remember,” he told journalists at the track. “Just trying to stop the fronts [tyres] from gaining […]
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo claimed his second career pole position in qualifying for the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix, while team-mate Max Verstappen failed to make the session after crashing in FP3. Ricciardo topped all three practice sessions and continued to set the pace in qualifying. After setting the fastest times in Q1 and Q2, he […]
Valtteri Bottas believes it would have been possible to challenge Sebastian Vettel even if the Ferrari hadn’t taken a second pit stop. Bottas narrowly missed out on taking second during the first round of pit stops, when a slow stop put him behind Vettel. He was gifted another opportunity when the Ferrari was forced to […]