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Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Luke Browning took Pole position for Sunday’s Feature race during the F3 Quali Session at the 2024 Austrian GP. The Pole is the first of his Formula 3 campaign and marks the sixth driver on Pole this season. PREMA’s Arvid Lindblad and MP Motorsport’s Tim Tramnitz will start on Sunday in P2 and…
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Max Verstappen led the 2024 Austrian GP Free Practice session with a 1:05.685. followed behind by Oscar Piastri with a 1:05.961 and Charles Leclerc with a 1:06.055. The Austrian Grand Prix is home to the third sprint race of the season. There will be only one practice session, meaning this Friday session was vital for…
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As Formula 3 heads to Austria’s Red Bull Ring for Round 6, Feature race polesitter Hitech Grand Prix’s Luke Browning shares his thoughts on the championship’s challenges. Reflecting on F3’s intense competition and unpredictability, Browning discusses the series’ role in developing young talent and the unique experience of racing at Spielberg. Formula 3 Browning: Navigating…
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Paul Aron was candid about the realities of taking and maintaining the lead in the F2 championship in his rookie season, with half the season still to go. In the round table press conference prior to the Austrian Grand Prix, Paul Aron talked about the Championship battle and the pressures of taking the lead in…
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Campos Racing’s Isack Hadjar topped the times in the F2 practice session of the 2024 Austrian GP weekend. He was followed by Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Paul Aron and the DAMS Lucas Oil of Jak Crawford. AIX’s Joshua Dürksen was an early retirement after stopping on track only a few minutes in, and Pepe Martí failed to…
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In Round 6 of the 2024 Formula 3 season in Spielberg, Austria, Charlie Wurz topped the practice session. Amid significant changes to the Red Bull Ring track to address past track limits issues, Wurz set the fastest time on soft tyres with a 1:21.182, nearly half a second ahead of Leonardo Fornaroli. Santiago Ramos followed…
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Lance Stroll, son of the owner of the Aston Martin F1 team Lawrence Stroll, has signed a contract extension with the team for 2025 and beyond. The Canadian driver had much speculation about his future and whether he would be driving at all next year. Now, Stroll will be with the Silverstone-based team into the…
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Pierre Gasly has signed a multi-year contract extension with the Alpine Formula 1 team. Pierre Gasly extends his contract with Alpine This move ensures stability for the French outfit as they head into the 2025 season, following their decision to part ways with Esteban Ocon at the end of this year. Currently in his second…
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Written in collaboration with Fardeen Ahmed. Halfway through the 2024 Formula 3 Championship, this season has proved very competitive with still another five rounds to go. The result sheets have seen nine different winners in the first five rounds, with the winner of the first race of season winning again in the feature race in…
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If you’d have said this time last year that McLaren – who had the slowest car at the beginning of 2023 – was going to be quickest at an aero dependent track like Barcelona, most people would have bitten your hand off. If not for losing two positions from Pole and getting stuck behind Russell…
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The Red Bull Ring has installed new gravel traps for this weekends Austrian Grand Prix. This follows the 1,200 track limit violations which took place last year. During the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, 20 track limit penalties were handed to drivers in the race. It got so bad, the FIA said that they were not…
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Next week, Mick Schumacher will test a 2022-spec Alpine A522 at Circuit Paul Ricard. The German driver, who lost his seat at Haas at the end of 2022, has since taken on reserve duties for Mercedes while competing for Alpine in the World Endurance Championship, including a recent appearance at the Le Mans 24 Hours.…
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Pierre Gasly says he is “very pleased” with the result which Alpine recorded at the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, showing they are able to fight at the front of the midfield. The 28-year-old driver says “It was the best race of the year” so far, as the french outfit recorded their third points scoring weekend…
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As the ‘Fernando Alonso 2024 Spanish GP’ story ended, Fernando Alonso urged Aston Martin “to work harder, to talk less, and deliver more“, as they “didn’t have the pace the whole weekend“. After his P12 and Lance Stroll’s P14 finish, he admitted that they “deserved not to score any points” in Barcelona. After his P10…
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As the ‘Sergio Pérez 2024 Spanish GP’ saga ends, it was nothing short of a rollercoaster ride – a true “nightmare of a race“, as the driver himself so vividly described it. After his “quite hard” P8 grab, he revealed that he was “struggling for balance in the car“. Following a three-place grid penalty after…
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Technical Issues and Penalties Mar Performance Despite Efforts to Improve. In a candid post-race interview, Tsunoda reflected on the challenges and complications faced during Sunday’s Spanish GP. Early in the race, the VISA Cash App driver encountered a significant problem. “There was an issue in the beginning, a clear issue, and for sure that was…
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The NTT IndyCar Series brought the heat to the stunning central coast of California for a gripping race at the iconic Laguna Seca. The 95-lap, 212 total mile road course, renowned for its challenging turns like the Corkscrew and Andretti Hairpin, promised an unforgettable spectacle, that saw Alex Palou take the win. The green flag…
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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri expressed that his P7 finish at today’s 2024 Spanish GP has been a “big struggle” for him. Despite seeing it as “not a bad result”, it’s still unclear why he “didn’t have the pace to begin with”. Following a P10 run in the qualifiers, the Australian somehow managed to grab a P7…