Wolff: Vasseur and Italy deserve Ferrari F1 success after 2023 troubles Having qualified second in Melbourne, Carlos Sainz - back from surgery for appendicitis that ruled him out of the Saudi Arabian GP - executed a lap-two pass on polesitter Max Verstappen.With the Red Bull forced to retire with a right-rear brake failure, Charles Leclerc followed Sainz home for a Ferrari 1-2 - the first non-Verstappen win since Sainz claimed last year's Singapore victory.That marked ...Keep reading Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:14:32 +0000
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Williams will have two F1 cars "without too many issues" in Japan Williams faced a spate of production delays over the past winter, which led to it gambling on prioritising other items over producing a spare car in time for the start of the season.That decision came back to haunt the squad in Australia, with Albon damaging his chassis in a practice crash. Albon was then handed team-mate Logan Sargeant's car, with the American having to sit out the rest of the ...Keep reading Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:51:15 +0000
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Stella: Piastri has "gone a long way forward" and still has 'more to cash in' Piastri, entering his second season in F1, bagged fourth place in his home race in Australia last weekend following a team-orders switch to fall behind stablemate Lando Norris.Norris was faster running on fresher tyres, so the call was designed to minimise the risk of the pair clashing as Stella reckons the overtake on Piastri was already coming “naturally”.Read Also:
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Mercedes uncovers biggest clue on 2024 F1 struggles While the Mercedes W15 has been easier to handle for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, it hasn't delivered the expected performance step.Mercedes has yet to score higher than fifth, and after a double retirement in Australia, it has fallen 29 points behind third-placed McLaren.Even putting aside the two DNFs, the Brackley squad has struggled for performance and across the season start's vastly ...Keep reading Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:50:41 +0000
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Norris: "Silly" for people to still underrate Sainz in F1 Sainz's Ferrari contract won't be renewed after this season, with the Scuderia making a spectacular move for long-time Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton instead.The news initially left Sainz in a tricky position, with perhaps the vacant and hotly contested seat at Mercedes his only realistic avenue of remaining in a top team.However, his Australian Grand Prix win just two weeks after surgery for ...Keep reading Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:22:35 +0000
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How many penalty points do F1 drivers have in 2024 and when do they expire? Fernando Alonso has broken his clean record by being awarded three points on his superlicence following the Australian Grand Prix. After a lengthy discussion with the FIA, it was deemed the Spaniard had made a dangerous manoeuvre at Turn 6, which caused George Russell behind him to crash out of the race.Alonso is the third driver to already have received penalty points this season, with both ...Keep reading Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:56:10 +0000
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Steiner: Haas "wrong" to downplay 2024 F1 expectations Upon taking over from Steiner in January, new chief Ayao Komatsu cautioned that Haas would start the season near the last row on the grid after the development of its new car got held up during the course of 2023.But Haas performed well above those expectations so far, scoring points in the last two grands prix in Saudi Arabia and Australia and moving up to seventh ahead of point-less Williams ...Keep reading Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:57:28 +0000
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Ferrari F1 drivers out of "survival mode" with "huge step" on car consistency Last year, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc often had to focus on tyre management, which was made more difficult by inconsistent and unpredictable behaviour even between sets of the same compound.This year’s SF-24 has proved to be much more benign and predictable on long runs, and that was a key to the spectacular 1-2 finish for Sainz and Leclerc in Australia last weekend.Vasseur says that tyre ...Keep reading Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:50:35 +0000
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Shock F1 call-ups: 10 times that reserve drivers started a grand prix Oliver Bearman received a shock call-up to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz withdrew because of appendicitis.The 18-year-old therefore became the third-youngest driver to ever compete in an F1 grand prix after getting the opportunity due to being Ferrari’s reserve.But there have been many other occasions in the 21st Century when a team’s reserve has entered a ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:53:56 +0000
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The amazing story of F1’s most incredible win from the back It was a sunny Californian day not impacted by bad weather, there was no multiple accident to thin out the field, no clever pit stop strategy, and safety car interventions were still a decade away.So how did he do it? Quite simply it was a stunning performance by a motivated driver who was at the top of his game and had complete confidence in the package underneath him.In 1983, Watson was in his ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:12:43 +0000
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Ricciardo: I won’t be distracted by “negative stuff” in F1 paddock Red Bull chose to retain Ricciardo at the Faenza outfit for 2024 rather than opt for Liam Lawson, who showed well when he deputised for the injured Australian at five grands prix last season.However, in the early races of this year, Ricciardo has been overshadowed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, who has twice made Q3 and finished eighth in Melbourne last weekend.Ricciardo in contrast has struggled ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:59:44 +0000
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Red Bull had no F1 tyre advantage at high-graining Melbourne - Stella An overheating right-rear brake for Max Verstappen, an issue that hobbled him from the start, forced his early retirement as Carlos Sainz led team-mate Charles Leclerc for a Ferrari 1-2.McLaren split the strategies of its drivers. Lando Norris was faster late on so allowed to pass Oscar Piastri in a team orders switch at the latter’s home race, as they bagged a 3-4 result.Sergio Perez finished ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:24:50 +0000
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Wolff: Mercedes F1 relationship with Verstappen "needs to happen at a certain stage" When news broke of Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes to join Ferrari for 2025, Verstappen seemed on course to see out his Red Bull contract, which expires at the end of 2028.However, the ongoing controversy surrounding Christian Horner led Verstappen’s father Jos to claim Red Bull would be "torn apart” if the team principal remained in place.As speculation grew over the position of Red ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:34:49 +0000
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Honda opens new UK F1 engine base ahead of Aston Martin partnership After officially withdrawing from F1 at the end of 2021, having propelled Max Verstappen to his first drivers’ title, Honda has continued to supply engines until the end of 2025 to Red Bull and RB (previously known as AlphaTauri) under its Honda Racing Corporation subsidiary - before Red Bull enters its own powertrain in conjunction with Ford.Read Also:
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Krack: Alonso "would never put anyone in harm's way" amid Australia F1 penalty Alonso was handed a post-race drive-through, which was converted into a 20-second penalty, for erratic and potentially dangerous driving in the closing stages of the race at Melbourne's Albert Park.While duelling with Mercedes man George Russell, Alonso lifted much earlier in the run up to Turn 6 to get a better exit onto the following DRS straight as he battled to stay ahead against the quicker ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:30:51 +0000
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Former Haas F1 chief Steiner to be Miami GP ambassador Steiner served as Haas team chief from its inception in 2016 until last winter, when his contract wasn't renewed after the struggling outfit finished last in the 2023 constructors' championship.But the 58-year-old Italian went straight back into the paddock in Bahrain as an analyst for Sky Germany, and at last weekend's Australian Grand Prix he conducted the top three interviews.Now, Steiner will ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:01:33 +0000
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Wolff: Correlation issues, not dogmatism behind Mercedes F1 struggles The 2022 challenger was plagued by porpoising and bouncing while its W14 successor drew complaints from drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell over rear-end handling instability.That prompted Mercedes to change concept for 2024, fully abandoning a size-zero sidepod architecture in the hope of developing a platform that was more predictable and consistent.But the new W15 has also proved ...Keep reading Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:43:55 +0000
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What happens when your big F1 break spirals into a farce On paper, it sounded reasonable enough: Lola T97/30 chassis, Ford Zetec-R V8 engines and, most importantly, major corporate backing from Mastercard. But F1 teams don’t race on paper, and the reality was a total disaster.The driver of the project was Mastercard’s eagerness to launch the ‘F1 Club’ for card holders that was supposed to fund the team. It meant that the project was horribly ...Keep reading Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:12:06 +0000
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Albon: Williams 'needed to capitalise' on F1 Australian GP attrition The Melbourne race turned out to a huge chance for F1's bottom five teams, who would normally be finishing 11th at best on pace.Between the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia only Haas had managed to score a single point in Jeddah.But after the retirements for Red Bull's Max Verstappen and both Mercedes cars of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, suddenly three points-scoring positions opened ...Keep reading Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:47:58 +0000
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Komatsu: Magnussen a team player despite reason to be “pissed off” Komatsu admitted that the team had called Magnussen into the pits at the wrong time, losing the Dane two places in the process.Like in Saudi Arabia, Haas split the strategies of the two drivers, with Nico Hulkenberg running a long opening stint on the hard tyre before pitting for mediums under the VSC.With fresher tyres, Hulkenberg came up behind Magnussen who, despite his obvious frustration ...Keep reading Tue, 26 Mar 2024 15:05:20 +0000
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Ocon: Visor tear-off cost likely points finish to Alpine F1 team Ocon had made his first tyre change on lap 9 just before the tear-off became lodged in a brake duct of his Alpine A524, triggering overheating.At the time, he was in a fight with Kevin Magnussen, Alex Albon and Nico Hulkenberg, with both Haas drivers eventually finishing in the points. However, the brake temperature issue obliged Ocon to make a second stop just seven laps after his first.It ...Keep reading Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:32:30 +0000
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Ferrari’s simple F1 design tweak that helped topple Red Bull Ferrari introduced a new but simplistic solution in Melbourne, as a winglet could be found mounted on either side of the curved exhaust surround and rear wing pillar mounting on the SF-24.It’s interesting that we haven’t seen anyone place winglets here before, given it’s clearly allowable within that box region especially as Formula 1 designers have a penchant for placing aerodynamic ...Keep reading Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:29:13 +0000
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Leclerc knew Ferrari could win F1 Australian GP from FP1 Second-starting Sainz passed polesitter Max Verstappen around the outside on lap two before the Red Bull champion retired with a fiery rear-right brake failure. That enabled Leclerc to complete a Ferrari 1-2.While Verstappen’s car was ailing from the race start, which made the RB20 feel as though the “handbrake” was left on, the Ferrari duo believed they were already in contention for ...Keep reading Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:51:49 +0000
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Horner "couldn't rule out" Sainz Red Bull F1 move Still recovering from appendicitis surgery, Sainz won the Melbourne event after overtaking polesitter Max Verstappen on Lap 2 as the Dutchman hit trouble with the brakes.After Verstappen retired on Lap 4, Sainz comfortably had the measure of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc to take his first win since last year's Singapore Grand Prix, being the only driver other than Verstappen to win a race ...Keep reading Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:59:05 +0000
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Red Bull junior Iwasa to contest F1 Japan FP1 for RB The RB team is fielding an all-Japanese line-up in first free practice with Iwasa joining regular driver Yuki Tsunoda in the VCARB 01 in their home round.RB has given Iwasa the first of two mandatory rookie FP1 slots for the year, with the 22-year-old among the roster of young driver prospects that also includes reserve driver Liam Lawson and F2 driver Isack Hadjar.Read Also:
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Vasseur: Nobody expected "fantastic" F1 Australia win from recovering Sainz Having missed the Jeddah race, Sainz spent two weeks focusing on his recovery before returning to the cockpit for Friday practice in Albert Park.Although he was fit to drive, his preparations were compromised by skipping training and not running in the Ferrari simulator.Despite that he had the edge on team-mate Charles Leclerc in qualifying and having passed the ailing Max Verstappen in the ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:20:46 +0000
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Marko: Impressive Tsunoda must improve more for Red Bull F1 seat RB man Tsunoda broke through the apparent barrier between F1's top and bottom five teams by beating both Aston Martins in Melbourne qualifying. He also outqualified Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton by claiming eighth on the starting grid, just narrowly behind Mercedes' George Russell.The Japanese driver couldn't keep the faster Astons of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll behind in the race, but a ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:30:51 +0000
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The day Senna, Brundle and Bellof made their F1 debuts together It marked the maiden grand prix starts for Stefan Bellof, Ayrton Senna and Martin Brundle – as well as the less heralded Philippe Alliot and Francois Hesnault.Of the bunch, Senna qualified highest – the future three-time world champion taking 17th on the grid, albeit over 5s off the pole time, but ahead of Toleman-Hart teammate Johnny Cecotto. Brundle, whom Senna had beaten to the 1983 ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:04:20 +0000
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Ten things we learned at the 2024 F1 Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 got something of a pressure release moment with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz brilliantly winning the 2024 Australian Grand Prix and ending Max Verstappen's latest dominant season start for Red Bull.The world champion was undone by a rare mechanical issue aboard one of Red Bull's cars and Sainz picked up the pieces fantastically for Ferrari, on a day where it may have won in any case, such was ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:47:09 +0000
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Stella: Leclerc finished ahead of Norris on merit in F1 Australian GP Third-placed Norris believes that he could have deprived Leclerc of second in Melbourne if McLaren had have gone for an undercut strategy, as Ferrari and team-mate Oscar Piastri did.But when this was put to Stella, he implied Ferrari won out on merit because the SF-24 is a faster car than the MCL60. The Italian added that a team orders call to swap Norris and Piastri was about minimising the risk ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:32:57 +0000
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Sainz feared F1 Australian GP "wasn't going to happen" before flight Sainz took a remarkable victory for Ferrari on Sunday, just two weeks after undergoing surgery for appendicitis on the weekend of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which he sat out.That left the Spaniard with just a week to recover in time for the long trip to Australia.While Sainz battled to be fighting fit for the Albert Park weekend, he feared that his Australia trip "wasn't going to happen" until ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:14:51 +0000
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Perez's Australian GP compromised by tear-off stuck in F1 car floor Perez started the Melbourne race in sixth after picking up a three-place penalty for impeding, and having lost a place to George Russell at the start he recovered to finish fifth.He reported that the balance didn't feel right but it was only after the chequered flag that the team discovered that the tear-off had become lodged in the floor of the car."We went long on the first stint," said Red Bull ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:22:24 +0000
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Wolff: Mercedes hasn’t "swallowed a dumb pill" since F1 2021 The Silver Arrows camp endured a torrid outing in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The W15 suffered handling instability, Lewis Hamilton failed to progress into Q3 before retiring with an engine failure and George Russell crashed heavily two laps from the flag.While the car showed competitive pace on occasion in Melbourne, it was inconsistent - despite the switch away from the size-zero ...Keep reading Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:29:17 +0000
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Alonso slams "disappointing" penalty for Russell incident in F1 Australian GP In the closing laps of the Melbourne race, Alonso was left battling Russell for sixth place.Fearing how vulnerable he would be through Albert Park's DRS zones, Alonso claimed he tried to brake earlier for Turn 6 on the penultimate lap so he could carry more speed onto the following straight.Mercedes man Russell was caught out by his manoeuvre and crashed off in the Aston Martin's dirty air, with ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 10:54:53 +0000
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“Brutal” F1 Australian GP double DNF leaves Wolff struggling for positives Lewis Hamilton parked up with a power unit failure, the cause of which is yet to be determined, on lap 15 of a race won by Carlos Sainz after Max Verstappen retired with an early brake fire.Meanwhile, George Russell wiped out two laps from the flag - believing his car to be unsettled by Fernando Alonso immediately ahead. The Spaniard was eventually penalised by 20 seconds for changing his driving ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 10:25:24 +0000
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Perez: Sainz would have "absolutely" won F1 Australian GP against Verstappen Polesitter Verstappen reported a stuck brake from the start of the Melbourne race and after the issue made him lose the lead to Sainz on lap 2, the Dutchman's right rear brake finally gave up on lap 4, forcing him to retire.But Ferrari's race performance and the way it handled front tyre graining, which had already looked promising in practice, has prompted Perez to say that Sainz would have ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 10:17:49 +0000
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Sauber F1 team fined €5000 as pitstop woes continue in Australia After wheelnut issues caused lengthy stops for Valtteri Bottas in Bahrain and Zhou Guanyu in Jeddah, the team made what it called "containment" modifications for Melbourne, with the aim of reducing the risk of further issues.However, in Melbourne, Bottas suffered another problem on his first pitstop that cost him around 28 seconds and robbed him of a shot at scoring points, as he was running ahead ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:56:25 +0000
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Alonso penalised for "potentially dangerous" driving in F1 Australian GP Mercedes racer Russell wiped out from seventh place two laps from the chequered flag in Melbourne while chasing after the Aston Martin driver. He lost the rear axle through Turn 6 to skate over the gravel, and hit the Turn 7 wall before bouncing back into the middle of the circuit.This left the 58-lap contest to end under virtual safety car conditions as Carlos Sainz led Charles Leclerc for a ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:19:31 +0000
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Rating the 2024 F1 Australian GP race As the Red Bull driver suffered a brake problem at the start of the race, his Ferrari rival took control early on and never relinquished it, scoring his first win since last year's Singapore GP.Charles Leclerc settled for second as Ferrari grabbed its first one-two finish of the year, with McLaren's Lando Norris completing the podium ahead of Oscar Piastri and Sergio Perez, who in Verstappen's ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 08:36:54 +0000
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Norris: Not beating Leclerc to F1 Australian GP undercut cost second place The Briton had qualified ahead of Leclerc and remained ahead during the opening phase of the race, but fell behind during the opening pit phase as the Monegasque and Norris' McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri conducted earlier pitstops to claim the undercut. In an effort to chase Leclerc, McLaren conducted a swap between Norris and Piastri as the Australian's pace was slower, and Norris started to ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 08:21:23 +0000
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Piastri: McLaren F1 team orders "completely fair" in Australian GP Norris and Piastri finished third and fourth behind Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc in Melbourne after McLaren asked Piastri before halfway to swap positions with Norris.But while the Australian rued missing out on a podium in front of his home crowd, he conceded the swap was fair because had been allowed to undercut his team-mate earlier in the race, and thereafter Norris was faster ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:57:35 +0000
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Hamilton: 2024 the worst start to an F1 season I've ever had The Mercedes driver was knocked out of Q2 in qualifying and started the Albert Park race in 11th, but after a solid start, he was forced to pull over after 15 laps due to a power unit problem.The DNF caps a tough start to the 2024 F1 season, with Hamilton only seventh in Bahrain and ninth in Saudi Arabia, and led to the seven-time world champion labelling it his worst start to an F1 season in his ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:42:45 +0000
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Ranked: The 10 F1 teams at the 2024 Australian GP Instead, Carlos Sainz brilliantly controlled the events Down Under and beat Charles Leclerc for a Ferrari 1-2, showing few signs of struggle despite having surgery on his appendix just two weeks ago.Although Sainz's win was the main headline, there were plenty of other moments that defined the race in Melbourne for each of the 10 teams - all of whom enjoyed varying fortunes throughout the 58-lap ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:20:47 +0000
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Russell, Alonso under investigation over "bizarre" incident in Australian GP The pair were battling for sixth place in the closing stages of the Albert Park race, with Russell closing in on Alonso, having pitted later and with the benefit of fresher tyres.Approaching Turn 6, Russell appeared to suddenly gain on the Aston Martin ahead, which destabilised his Mercedes and sent him over the gravel and into a heavy hit with the wall.Russell has confirmed he is OK having been ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 06:43:01 +0000
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Sainz hails "rollercoaster" Australia F1 win after surgery A fortnight ago Sainz had to miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to appendicitis, facing a battle to regain fitness for Melbourne's third race of the season.But while the Spaniard admitted he wasn't physically at 100 percent, that didn't stop him from qualifying second behind Max Verstappen.And when Verstappen hit brake trouble from the start of the race, Sainz pounced to break the Dutchman's ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 06:10:44 +0000
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2024 F1 Australian GP results: Carlos Sainz wins, Verstappen retires Sainz beat Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris at the Albert Park Circuit on Sunday after polesitter Max Verstappen retired early on with mechanical troubles.2024 F1 Australian Grand Prix results2024 F1 Australian Grand Prix reportPolesitter Verstappen led the charge to Turn 1, with Carlos Sainz holding on to second in the Ferrari after a straightforward start to the race.But Sainz got a great run on ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 05:36:13 +0000
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F1 Australian GP: Sainz leads Ferrari 1-2 after Verstappen retirement After he took the lead from Verstappen on the second lap with a pass around the outside at Turn 10, Sainz maintained the lead throughout the entirety of the race - and his victory in the 58-lap race was enshrined a lap early when George Russell crashed out at Turn 6 to produce a virtual safety car.A mere two weeks after having his appendix removed which caused him to miss the Saudi Arabian Grand ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 05:36:10 +0000
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Verstappen suffered "stuck brake" from start of F1 Australian GP Verstappen started the Melbourne race from pole but couldn't hold on to his lead for long as Ferrari's Carlos Sainz swooped past on lap 2.The Dutchman immediately complained about the balance of his RB20, saying the rear started feeling loose.On lap 4 it became apparent why as his right rear corner started smoking. Towards the end of the lap Verstappen had to back off, retiring into the pitlane ...Keep reading Sun, 24 Mar 2024 05:19:47 +0000
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Tsunoda wants to 'increase his value' to other F1 teams if he misses Red Bull seat Heading into this season, the expectation was that a strong campaign for Ricciardo would make him the favourite to replace out-of-contract Sergio Perez alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull in 2025.However, the Australian has been outqualified on all three occasions so far in 2024 by RB team-mate Tsunoda - who also pipped him in the one-lap head-to-head in three of the final five races of last ...Keep reading Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:14:24 +0000
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Zhou set for F1 Australian GP pitlane start after damaging front wing Zhou qualified last at Albert Park on Saturday after he broke the left-hand side of his front wing on the Turn 10 exit kerbs on his final flyer, with the main plane cracking and the endplate eventually breaking off.At the time, Zhou was on course to be a contender for Q2, running at a similar pace to team-mate Valtteri Bottas who advanced.Instead, the Chinese driver qualified 19th and last ...Keep reading Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:09:25 +0000
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