At July’s Austrian Grand Prix, eight drivers were penalised (Alpine’s Esteban Ocon four separate times) post-race after the FIA had sifted through 1200 potential track limits transgressions. Although the Qatar event included a similar heavy focus on the number of track limits infractions the drivers were accruing in the event won by Max Verstappen, the […]
Sargeant was one of several drivers suffering from severe dehydration and heatstroke during what has been described as the most physically demanding race in recent times. The American rookie was initially keen to push through, but after consulting with his team he opted to retire on lap 42. Among others, Sargeant was checked and released […]
Hamilton tangled with Russell into Turn 1 at the start of the Losail race, being spat out into the gravel by the contact that broke his right-rear wheel and ended his race. While the race was under the safety car Hamilton then crossed the live circuit from the outside of Turn 1 to the pitlane […]
In a physically gruelling Qatar Grand Prix where some drivers were reportedly close to passing out and others taken to the medical centre in the extreme heat, Perez climbed from a pitlane start to score a point in 10th place. His pitlane start followed being taken out in a Saturday sprint race shunt with Esteban […]
Sainz was due to start from 12th position after a disappointing qualifying on Friday, in which he missed the cut to Q3 by 0.031s. But just an hour before the race the Ferrari team announced that the Spaniard would not make the start at all, after encountering a fuel system issue on the car. Ferrari’s […]
The Mexican was eliminated on lap 10 of 19 in the Saturday sprint race at the Losail circuit to confirm team-mate Max Verstappen as a three-time world champion. When Esteban Ocon passed Nico Hulkenberg on the inside, he could not see Perez’s car on the far right, so did not leave the Haas with enough […]
During the Friday qualifying shootout for the grand prix, Stroll was eliminated in 17th place – his fourth Q1 exit in a row. When he returned to the pits, he threw his steering wheel out the car and seemed to shove trainer Henry Howe aside as he made his way out the back of the […]
The Dutch driver celebrated sealing his third F1 world title by finishing second in Saturday night’s Qatar sprint race, which was won by Oscar Piastri, and has the perfect opportunity to toast his championship triumph in Sunday’s grand prix. PLUS: 10 moments that won Verstappen the 2023 Formula 1 title But all teams and drivers could […]
Typically when Red Bull has won a race, it celebrates with a full team picture to immortalise the moment, which concludes with team staff soaking each other in Red Bull’s eponymous caffeinated product. The Milton Keynes-based squad usually holds these celebratory moments in the F1 pitlane – either with the main straight of the track […]
As the F1 paddock filled up on Saturday morning ahead of the Qatar event’s sprint race action, the FIA announced that Pirelli had discovered a serious risk of potential dramatic punctures during Sunday’s main race following its post-practice analysis of tyres that had completed over 20 laps in Friday’s FP1 session. In this communication, it […]