Sainz collected his second consecutive F1 pole position having managed to head qualifying in Monza, and starts alongside George Russell on the front row of the grid for Sunday’s race. The rest of the top five include Sainz’s Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, McLaren’s Lando Norris, and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen meanwhile was eliminated in Q2 […]
Stroll clipped the kerbs through the final corner at Marina Bay to unsettle the rear of his AMR23, which fired him into the outside wall before spinning back across the circuit. This shunt, which ripped the tethered front-left wheel off, in the dying moments of Q1 led to a lengthy red flag stoppage in qualifying. […]
The seven-time world champion ended up 0.501s down on polesitter Carlos Sainz at the Marina Bay track, while team-mate George Russell split the Ferraris to qualify on the front row. The qualifying battle between the Mercedes drivers has been closely fought in 2023, with Russell inching ahead 8-7 in Singapore. Hamilton scored the team’s only […]
The defending two-time world champion was eliminated in Q2 at Marina Bay, underlining the ongoing struggles for the RB19 machines this weekend, with Verstappen bemoaning an “undriveable” car that bottomed out and left him bereft of confidence under braking. Having set the 11th fastest time in a shootout topped by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz over George […]
According to F1’s sporting regulations, McLaren still had to fulfil its commitment to run a second rookie in an FP1 session later this year. It had ticked off the first one with Oscar Piastri being nominated for his F1 debut weekend in Bahrain, and had been anticipated to give its second slot to Alex Palou […]
Red Bull has been on the back foot all weekend at the Marina Bay circuit, with both Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez failing to progress to Q3 in qualifying on Saturday. Verstappen could do no more than 11th in his car, with team-mate Perez 13th, and the Dutchman said changes made to the car after […]
A new one-year deal for Zhou and exercising a contract extension option for Bottas has left Sauber junior Pourchaire to stay put as reserve driver. Pourchaire won the 2019 German F4 crown, was the 2020 F3 runner-up and ranked second in F2 in 2022. He is poised to seal the 2023 title in Abu Dhabi, […]
Ferrari had come in to the Singapore weekend braced for a tough time, with its SF-23 having appeared to struggle against the opposition at high-downforce tracks. However, Sainz and team-mate Charles Leclerc were the surprises of the opening day of action as they headed both practice sessions around the Marina Bay circuit. But while encouraged […]
Red Bull headed to Singapore undefeated this season, with the twisty and bumpy street circuit touted as the team’s biggest obstacle towards taking an unprecedented clean sweep of race wins in 2023. Friday practice provided more evidence of Red Bull’s potential struggles, with Sergio Perez and 2023 dominator Verstappen stuck down in seventh and eighth […]
The British driver ended the more representative second practice session at the Marina Bay circuit on Friday third quickest behind the pace-setting Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. He said that, while things looked very close between a number of teams and more was needed for qualifying, it had been a hugely encouraging run […]