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
FIA Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen continued to lead the way at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, setting the quickest lap of the second practice session for Sunday’s 2023 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Grand Prix ahead of local hero Fernando Alonso. Nico Hülkenberg took third place for Haas. Verstappen picked up where he … Read more
Max Verstappen set the pace in the first practice session for this weekend’s 2023 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, beating Red Bull team-mate Sergio Pérez by almost eight tenths of a second. Monaco Grand Prix podium finisher Esteban Ocon took third place for Alpine. With the session being run on the latest iteration of … Read more
Max Verstappen survived a long stint on fading tyres, late rain and tricky conditions to win the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso. Alpine’s Esteban Ocon took a well worked first podium of the year for the French team. At the start of the race Verstappen got away … Read more
Max Verstappen delivered a stunning final flying lap to steal pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix from under the nose of Fernando Alonso at the end of a thrilling Qualifying session on the streets of the Principality. Charles Leclerc qualified third but was later handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding McLaren’s Lando Norris. … Read more