BRDC Formula 3 champion Enaam Ahmed has claimed his first European Formula 3 victory and the championship lead, with a win in the second race at the Hungaroring. The Hitech GP driver dominated after having grabbed the lead at the start. Ahmed’s consistent pace allowed him to build and maintain a three-second advantage over second-placed […]
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner and Red Bull Formula 1 junior Daniel Ticktum dominated from pole to win the opening race of the European Formula 3 weekend at the Hungaroring. Motopark’s Ticktum led every lap during the course of the race, progressively extending a lead over Prema Racing’s Ralf Aron in second. Ticktum only briefly lost the […]
Former Ferrari chief designer Simone Resta has been signed by Sauber to become the Formula 1 team’s new technical director. Having been Ferrari’s chief designer since 2014, Resta has had a significant influence on recent grand prix-winning machinery. He replaces Jorg Zander at Sauber, whose departure from the role of technical director was announced at […]
The 2018 Monaco Grand Prix did not feature an abundance of thrilling wheel-to-wheel moments. As so often is the case, Formula 1 delivered high-speed chess at the Principality. Bizarrely it was a race in which the midfield was faster than the leaders as Daniel Ricciardo – the weekend’s imperious frontrunner – was forced to nurse […]
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo claimed victory in Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix, holding on to the lead despite managing a power unit issue throughout most of the race. Polesitter Ricciardo led every lap of the race after maintaining his early lead through the pitstop window. On lap 18 of 78, he reported a loss of […]
Ferrari academy driver Antonio Fuoco and McLaren Formula 1 reserve Lando Norris have been handed time penalties for virtual safety car infractions during the Formula 2 sprint race in Monaco. Fuoco claimed his second F2 victory in Saturday’s race. Norris crossed the line 1.1 seconds behind in second as the race finished under the safety car. However, […]
Renault’s Carlos Sainz Jr has called his Q3 lap to qualify in eighth for the Monaco Grand Prix the “most stressful lap” of his Formula 1 career. Sainz first recorded a 1m12.266s on his first run in Q3 and was provisionally sixth. He slid to eighth at the end of the session, despite improving to […]
Ferrari academy driver Antonio Fuoco claimed victory in Formula 2’s Monaco sprint race, ahead of McLaren Formula 1 reserve driver Lando Norris who extends his championship lead. Fuoco led away from pole position. After successfully defending his lead during a safety car restart on lap nine, he built a comfortable two-second advantage over second-placed Norris […]
DAMS’s Alexander Albon has been handed a five-place grid penalty for his collision with Prema Racing’s Nyck de Vries during Formula 2’s Monaco feature race. Polesitter Albon had led the race in the opening stages, with de Vries close behind in second. When a safety car was deployed after 12 of the 42 laps, both […]
The Monaco Grand Prix is Formula 1’s blue ribbon event. It breaks with convention in many areas, one of which being that the opening practice sessions of the weekend take place on Thursday rather than Friday. Mercedes and Ferrari are probably glad that they have an extra day to mull over their practice data – […]
Renault Formula 1 development driver Artem Markelov secured his second Formula 2 victory of the 2018 season in the Monaco feature race, as Alexander Albon and Nyck de Vries collided. Markelov was third in the opening phase of the race behind polesitter and early leader Albon, with de Vries in second. The safety car was deployed […]
Alexander Albon secured pole for Formula 2’s Monaco feature race – his third consecutive pole of the 2018 season – while Formula 1 juniors Lando Norris and George Russell faltered. Qualifying was split into two groups in order to help drivers avoid traffic. Despite this, Albon – who was part of the first group – […]