In a mixed weather race, Sainz admitted Ferrari “was nowhere” on pace and says both he and the team executed a near perfect race to finish fifth, holding off Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Lando Norris at the chequered flag. “I would say after looking at the Alpine [we were] more [like] the sixth-fastest car […]
The championship leader, who extended his points advantage to 138 points following his Dutch Grand Prix victory, won the season opener in Bahrain as he sought to successfully defend his title once more. But he traded blows with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in the opening four races of the season, as the Mexican chalked […]
French driver Gasly finished fourth on the road in a chaotic rain-hit race at Zandvoort but a pitlane speeding penalty for Sergio Perez bumped him up to third. The result marks Alpine’s second top-three classification in as many rounds, with Gasly also ranking third in the Belgian sprint race. This brace of headline results follows […]
Perez’s future has been the subject of endless speculation due to the large performance gap between him and team-mate Max Verstappen this year, with the Dutchman romping to his ninth consecutive victory at Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix. Recent comments by Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko further added fuel to the fire, the Austrian suggesting in […]
A rain shower hit Zandvoort on the opening lap of the race and seventh-starting Perez reacted fastest by pitting at the first opportunity to ditch soft Pirellis for intermediates. As the majority of the grid then stopped one tour later, the Mexican emerged with a 10.4 second advantage over George Russell as Verstappen fell to […]
Albon was the star of Saturday qualifying by taking fourth on the grid on the high-downforce Zandvoort loop. Rookie team-mate Logan Sargeant also claimed his best qualifying result of the season in 10th, with a Q3 crash ruling out an even better grid position. Williams has traditionally had an efficient, slippery FW45 car which has proven […]
The idea has been floating around on social media in recent days and has been mentioned by Sky F1 commentator David Croft. This year Stroll has struggled to match Aston Martin team-mate Fernando Alonso, which has led some to speculate that he might be reconsidering his future. However, the 24-year-old is adamant that he won’t […]
Hamilton only qualified 13th at Zandvoort after struggling to replicate his early Friday pace in his Mercedes W14. The seven-time world champion was caught out by several drivers blocking him on his flying laps, first by both Aston Martins in Q1 and then by AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda in Q2. But afterwards, Hamilton conceded that his […]
The stewards have ruled that the AlphaTauri driver failed to satisfactorily move off the dry racing line through Turn 13 during Q2 while preparing for a push-lap. In doing so, he impeded seven-time world champion Hamilton, who subsequently failed to progress into the top 10 shootout and will start 13th. Tsunoda, who ran 14th fastest, […]
Last week, Massa stepped up his legal battle over losing the 2008 title by sending a Letter Before Claim addressed to F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, setting out the details of his impending legal challenge over the result of the championship. Massa lost the title to McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton by […]