Alfa Romeo driver Guanyu Zhou appeared to trigger anti-stall when he attempted to launch from fifth on the grid after starring in qualifying. As he worked to recover, he nosed into the back of the returning Daniel Ricciardo under braking into the Turn 1 downhill right-hander. This projected the AlphaTauri into Ocon and the rear […]
The Chinese racer managed his best F1 qualifying effort to date on Saturday to start fifth but was swamped by the pack after a sluggish getaway, before running into the back of Daniel Ricciardo’s AlphaTauri under braking for Turn 1. Ricciardo then inadvertently punted Esteban Ocon into Pierre Gasly, with both Alpine cars eliminated as […]
Leclerc eventually finished the race in seventh after he was delayed by a wheelgun issue at a pit stop and received a five-second penalty for pitlane speeding, the latter costing him a place to George Russell after the flag. The Monegasque was also heard during the race questioning the timing of a strategy call, but […]
Perez charged back from ninth on the grid with several crucial passes to join winner Max Verstappen on the rostrum, as Red Bull broke a 35-year record by scoring its 12th victory in succession. The Mexican’s race came after he’d ended a run of five races in which he’d started outside the top 10 on […]
The trial of the new Alternative Tyre Allocation rules at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix has prompted some debate about whether or not the move to improve sustainability is the right direction. For the Hungaroring weekend, F1 has reduced the number of dry tyre sets available to drivers from 13 to 11, with teams also […]
As a result, the Red Bull F1 driver crossed the timing line in Q3 with seven seconds left to run but having circulated 0.02s slower than his previous effort. That left the door open for Lewis Hamilton. In a shootout where track evolution was pronounced, he was the last person over the line and bolted […]
Zhou Guanyu qualified an impressive fifth for Alfa Romeo at the Hungaroring, split from his team-mate Valtteri Bottas by Leclerc in the Ferrari. The Monegasque driver’s team-mate Carlos Sainz didn’t even make it to Q3, ending the Q2 session in 11th place after missing out by just 0.002s. Asked if he was concerned about the […]
Ricciardo qualified 13th in Budapest for AlphaTauri, with his team-mate and main reference Yuki Tsunoda failing to make it out of Q1 in 17th place. The Australian admitted that returning to the cockpit had been a challenge, but he felt “relaxed” and “happy” doing it. “Of course coming into the weekend I knew there would […]
For the round at the Hungaroring, F1 changed the rules governing tyre allocation and restricted each car to just 11 sets of slick Pirelli rubber over the weekend. This also locked the teams into running hard tyres in Q1, medium tyres in Q2, and softs in Q3. The side-effect of the reduced allocation was hindered […]
Norris headed the Q2 times on medium tyres, as F1 rolled out a new ‘alternative tyre allocation’ trial that stipulated which compounds teams must run in each qualifying segment, but came up just short in Q3 following the switch to the soft rubber. The Briton was denied a second career F1 pole as he clocked […]