Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took his sixth pole position of the 2023 F1 season just 0.048s ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with Carlos Sainz third in a tight Qualifying session at the Red Bull Ring in which track limits violations played a major role, with Sergio Pérez being ruled out in Q2 after exceeding the limits … Read more
Max Verstappen set the pace in the sole practice session for this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix with the championship leader setting a time of 1:05.742 on medium tyres to beat the soft-shod Ferrari pairing of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc by more than two tenths of a second at the start of the second Sprint … Read more
Max Verstappen took his fifth pole of the season in tricky, rapidly changing wet, dry and wet again conditions in Montréal as Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg scored a surprise front row finish for Haas. It’s the German’s best Qualifying position since he scored pole at the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix in wet conditions. Hülkenberg will start … Read more
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen went quickest in a rain-affected final practice session for the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by almost three tenths of a second Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso set the early pace in the session with a lap of 1:32.217 despite being hampered by the slow AlphaTauri … Read more
It’s 50 years since the Safety Car made its first appearance in F1, at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix. And in the years since it has been developed by the FIA to become a key component of the Federation’s drive for improved safety in Formula 1. Following a variety of incidents at a rain-hit 1973 … Read more
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton went quickest in an extended, 90-minute second practice session for the 2023 FIA Canadian Grand Prix, beating team-mate George Russell to the top of the timesheet by just under three hundredths of a second in a session that ended with torrential rain. Earlier in the day FP1 had to be halted when … Read more
DRIVER GROUP 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Alfa Romeo), Fernando ALONSO (Aston Martin), Charles LECLERC (Ferrari), Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren), Alex ALBON (Williams) Q: Oscar, why don’t we start with you? Let’s throw it back to Spain. You said on Sunday night that it had been a dose of reality for the team. After a competitive Saturday, … Read more
1 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing 2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes 3 George RUSSELL Mercedes 4 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing 5 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari 6 Lance STROLL Aston Martin 7 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin 8 Esteban OCON Alpine 9 Guanyu ZHOU Alfa Romeo 10 Pierre GASLY Alpine 11 Charles LECLERC Ferrari 12 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri … Read more
Max Verstappen took his fourth pole position of 2023 and his first at the Spanish Grand Prix as he beat Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz by almost half a second at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Lando Norris qualified in third place for McLaren as Charles Leclerc exited the session in Q1, qualifying in 19th position. With the threat … Read more
Max Verstappen topped the timesheet ahead of Red Bull team-mate Sergio Pérez and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in a final practice that was disrupted by rain. With the skies darkening over the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the run-up to the last hour of practice, a long queue formed at the pit exit ahead of the start … Read more