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Credit: Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo’s Chinese GP was looking optimistic, in P9, at what looked like a competitive pace, until disaster struck in the safety car restart. Heading into turn 14, Lance Stroll hit the back of Ricciardo, giving the RB substantial floor damage and ending Daniel’s race. Immediately, Lance’s radio claimed “he (Daniel) braked…
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P9 might not be the result a driver like Lewis Hamilton would want to aim for, but that’s how things went at the Chinese GP. After lining up for today’s race in 18th position and the struggle with soft tires in the first stint, the 7-time world champion was grateful to even get to the…
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Credit: Red Bull Max Verstappen crossed the line to claim his 58th Grand Prix victory – and his first in China– just over 13s ahead of Lando Norris in another dominant display. The result was never really in doubt after yesterday’s sprint, with the RB20 far superior to any other car in dry conditions. Many in…
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We were treated to our second qualifying session of the weekend on Saturday as the cars took to the track to decide the grid. Lewis Hamilton had been a standout performer in the Sprint Race getting a much needed podium place. However, a mistake at the Turn 14 hairpin cost Hamilton as he broke a…
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Charles Leclerc has said that Carlos Sainz was “a bit over the limit” in their battle for fourth in the Chinese GP sprint. Photo: Scuderia Ferrari Sainz, who had been stuck behind Fernando Alonso for much of the race, attacked his compatriot on lap 16, with the pair touching twice as Alonso adopted aggressive manoeuvres…
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Max Verstappen dominated the Chinese GP sprint race ahead of his old rival Lewis Hamilton with Sergio Perez coming home third. It marks an eighth sprint win for the reigning champion, who navigated a difficult first few laps before unleashing his Rocketship RB20. Hamilton V Norris Off the line Hamilton accelerated away better than Norris…
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Lando Norris secured pole position for tomorrow mornings sprint race in an “all or nothing” lap at the end of the session in difficult conditions at the Shanghai International Circuit. The Brit, who had his lap deleted, then reinstated after he was found not to have gained an advantage running wide at the last corner…
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Kelvin van der Linde will replace Nico Mueller for Rounds 9 and 10 of the Formula E season, on 11 and 12 May. The regular driver will be competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship the same weekend. Van der Linde is Reserve and Simulator driver for ABT CUPRA and he had his chance to…
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Oscar Piastri has admitted his team are in for a ‘tough weekend’ ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix returning this week. The McLaren driver has been in great form this season building on his rookie year in 2023. The Australian currently sits in 6th place in the drivers standings just below his teammate Lando Norris.…
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Lance Stroll has labelled his illustrious teammate an “inspiration” ahead of this weekends long-awaited return to the Chinese Grand Prix. The Canadian was speaking about Fernando Alonso’s contract extension that will see him remain with the team until 2026. It will be a big year for the sport with a new range of technical regulations…
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Once again we have a new race winner who is also a F3 rookie on the grid. Martinius Stenshorne survived a late safety car to claim the top spot of the Sprint Race in Australia this weekend ahead of Arvid Lindblad and Laurens van Hoepen. Its an early start for the round 2 of Formula…
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It was almost a perfect race for Isack Hadjar who came across the finish line after leading every lap, managing a collision at the start, and two safety car resets to take the win but its not F2 without some post race penalties to the race winner and few other drivers on the grid. With…
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Felipe Massa is suing the FIA, FOM (Formula One Management) and Bernie Ecclestone regarding the 2008 ‘crashgate’ scandal. The Brazilian driver who most famously drove for Ferrari from 2006-2013 has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the result at the infamous 2008 Marina Bay (Singapore) circuit that year should be voided. Massa lost the 2008 World…
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Following an impressive win in the F1 Academy Saudi Arabia 2024 Race Two to make a perfect weekend for the Mercedes junior, Doriane Pin has been demoted from the top spot following a 20-second penalty added to her elapsed race time. Alpine’s Abbi Pulling is now the winner with Ferrari’s Maya Weug in second and…
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Van Amersfoort Racing’s Enzo Fittipaldi secured his maiden feature race win in the Saudi Arabia F2 Feature race, driving seven seconds clear of Kush Maini of Invicta Racing. MP Motorsport’s Denis Hauger charged through the pack to finish on the third step of the podium; his second podium of the weekend. Enzo Fittipaldi clinched his…
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After yesterday’s impressive Race 1 win, Doriane Pin has made a perfect start to the 2024 F1 Academy season with another victory in Race 2 here in Saudi Arabia. It was a repeat podium trio, as Alpine’s Abbi Pulling came second (+1.430) followed by Ferrari’s Maya Weug (+4.664) at the Jeddah Cornice Circuit. Pin had…
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Richard Verschoor has been disqualified from the F2 Jeddah Sprint for a technical violation. Despite a dominating win today for the Dutchman, Denis Hauger has been promoted to P1 after both Trident cars were disqualified. Paul Aron is promoted to P2 and Enzo Fittpaldi now takes third. A fast getaway at lights out saw rookie…
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Max Verstappen takes pole position at Jeddah, while Fernando Alonso fought hard for P4, and Ferrari only has one car in the top 10 for tomorrow at the Saudi Arabian GP Saudi Arabia GP Qualifying All cars took the grid for the second qualifying session of the season. With Verstappen topping 2/3 practice sessions, and…
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Doriane Pin has won the opening race of the 2024 F1 Academy season after topping the timesheets in Qualifying to gain double pole positions for the opening weekend’s two races in Saudi Arabia. Alpine’s Abbi Pulling came in second (+0.848) while Ferrari junior Maya Weug finished third (+6.070) at the Jeddah Corniche circuit. After an…
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Fernando Alonso went fastest in Free Practice 2 in Saudi Arabia as other drivers struggled with traffic issues. Alonso set a lap that would definitely put a smile on the Spaniard of 1:28.827, faster than George Russell in second by 0.230. After topping FP1, Max Verstappen found himself third, 0.331 off Alonso. Charles Leclerc and…