But, as the team radio messages sent to both drivers prior to the incident revealed, the unnecessary incident was the result of simple miscommunication in the heat of the moment during a complicated end to Q2. Both drivers had been released from the pits on a slightly different run plan, with Russell scheduled to finish […]
Gasly initially ran to the fourth fastest time in Q3, with his 1m12.816s flying lap placing him 0.544s off Red Bull’s runaway polesitter Max Verstappen. That effort might have marked Gasly’s best starting position since he lined up in second place for the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix. However, he has been hit with two lots […]
Teams were braced for inclement weather, with thunderstorms fast approaching Barcelona from the Pyrenees in the north. The session started on dry-weather tyres, but spots of rain were soon reported around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. That completely disturbed the teams’ usual run programmes in FP3, with all drivers rushing out of the pits at the […]
The Monaco Grand Prix weekend lifted the lid on the underfloor designs of the Mercedes and Red Bull cars as they were craned away following accidents for Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez. Teams are very secretive about these designs as they can’t be seen under normal circumstances, and therefore snapshots of the floors generated a […]
Verstappen, who led both Friday practice sessions, was one of many F1 drivers to give Barcelona’s tweaked layout the thumbs up. Ahead of the 2007 edition the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was slowed down with a tight final chicane, which drastically reduced speeds through the right-hander leading onto the start-finish straight. In addition to safety concerns, […]
The seven-time world champion endured a difficult opening day of practice at Barcelona, as Mercedes had its first proper run on a regular circuit of new upgrades following their introduction in Monaco. Hamilton ended second practice 11th fastest overall, 0.642 seconds adrift of pace setter Max Verstappen, with team-mate George Russell less than two-tenths quicker […]
Max Verstappen and Red Bull did as they have for the rest of Formula 1 2023 so far and dominated the opening day of practice at Barcelona, quickest by a big margin over long runs and topping the times overall. The field appears very close behind, however, and there is hope – quite a bit […]
Following his victory in Monaco last weekend, Verstappen carried on where he left off by clocking the fastest times in both free practice sessions at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona on Friday. After gapping the field by 0.768s in FP1, Verstappen improved his best effort to a 1m13.907s in the afternoon as the only driver to […]
The current Barcelona venue has been on the calendar since 1991 and for this year, the final chicane has been ditched in favour of a return to high-speed Turns 13-14. This tweak has been devised to boost overtaking. The last time the series used this configuration was in 2006. But starting from the 2026 season, […]
The German manufacturer hopes that this weekend’s event at Barcelona will deliver a better opportunity to understand the true potential of its car overhaul than it was able to gauge at Monaco. With the tight and twisty Monte Carlo layout making it almost impossible to get clear data on the progress made, the high-speed aero […]