Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen rose from sixth on the grid to take a comfortable Belgian Grand Prix win, beating team-mate Sergio Pérez by more than 22 seconds, as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc held off Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to claim the final podium place at Spa-Francorchamps. At the start, Leclerc made a good start from pole … Read more
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen won the Sprint at the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, beating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly in a tricky 11-lap race shortened to heavy rain that required a rolling start behind the Safety Car. After a 35-minute delay caused by thunderstorms, Race Control informed teams that … Read more
Max Verstappen took pole position for the Sprint at the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, beating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in a tight and tricky wet-dry Shootout in which the top three were covered by just over two hundredths of a second. Following heavy rain through the morning, the opening … Read more
Max Verstappen topped Qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, delivering an impressive final flying lap in Q3 to beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and third-placed Red Bull team-mate Sergio Pérez by more than eight tenths of a second. But the champion will start the race at Spa-Francorchamps from sixth place on the grid after he takes … Read more
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz topped the sole hour of practice for the Belgian Grand Prix beating the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in a session that was disrupted by heavy rain. With a haze of rain falling at the start of the session, Williams’ Alex Albon set the initial pace at 2m08.394s on Intermediate … Read more
Max Verstappen made Formula 1 history as he scored a record 12th win in a row for Red Bull, with the Dutch driver taking his ninth win of 2023 ahead at the Hungarian of McLaren’s Lando Norris, while the final podium place went to Sergio Pérez who surged through the third place from P9 on the … Read more
Lewis Hamilton broke championship leader Max Verstappen’s grip on pole position, with the Mercedes driver claiming top spot for tomorrow’s Hungarian Grand Prix just 0.003s ahead of the Red Bull driver as Lando Norris took third in a tightly contested session in which the top three were covered by less than a tenth of a … Read more
Kalle Rovanperä has pulled clear on Rally Estonia, winning this morning’s quartet of stages to lead round eight of the FIA World Rally Championship by 20.3s. The defending FIA world champion, who led by just 3.0s overnight, won both passes of the high-speed Mäeküla and Otepää tests to stretch his advantage to 20.3s before the … Read more
Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheet in the final hour of practice ahead of the Qualifying for the 20223 FIA Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix, with the Mercedes driver beating Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen by more than two tenths of a second. The Red Bull driver’s team-mate, Sergio Pérez was third. With the Alternative Tyre … Read more
Charles Leclerc set the fastest lap of the second practice session for the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix, with the Ferrari driver beating McLaren’s Lando Norris by 0.015s, while Pierre Gasly finished third for Alpine. World Championship leader Max Verstappen ended the session in 11th place. At the start of the second hour of … Read more