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Toto Wolff says he won’t use George Russell’s strong showing at Sakhir as “bargaining power” to sway Mercedes’…
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Yuki Tsunoda won a rollercoaster Sakhir Grand Prix feature race, as Guanyu Zhou managed an incredible P2 after starting out of the top 10. Meanwhile, the championship fight is now down to the Sprint Race, as Mick Schumacher finished the race in P7, while his championship rival, Callum Ilott, finished just ahead in P6. In…
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Haas rookie Pietro Fittipaldi was ecstatic to be back behind the wheel of an F1 car on Friday,…
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The pendulum swung to and fro between the pair through three mountain speed tests near Lake Como. Ogier, who realistically must win to stand any chance of claiming a seventh FIA World Rally Championship title, led the Spaniard by 6.7sec.
WRC leader Elfyn Evans was just 0.8sec further back as the Welshman doggedly hung on to Toyota Yaris team-mate Ogier in his quest to seal a maiden championship crown.
The already tight situation at the front after Friday’s first full day became even closer when leader Sordo and second-placed Esapekka Lappi were hit with a late-night 10sec penalty for missing the same chicane in yesterday’s closing Monza test. Just 2.0sec covered the top three as they restarted.
Although much of the snow that blanketed the region melted overnight, there were significant patches across the loop that demanded extreme caution.
Ogier immediately grabbed the lead in the 25.06km Selvino special stage with a stunning fastest time.
Sordo retaliated with victory in the 11.09km Gerosa to reclaim the advantage as Ogier was too cautious. But the Frenchman picked up the pace and was back in front after the morning’s final 22.17km Costa Valle Imagna.
Evans climbed from an overnight fourth to third in Selvino and fended off Ott Tänak’s i20. Fastest time in the final stage provided much-needed breathing space as he returned to mid-leg service in Monza with an 8.2sec advantage over the Estonian.
Lappi could not match the pace of those around him and dropped to fifth in a Ford Fiesta, 18.5sec from the lead. He lost more valuable seconds after sliding into a bank at a final stage hairpin.
Kalle Rovanperä was sixth in another Yaris, the Finn yielding time after losing control in the snow and swiping a wall. The impact knocked his car’s steering out of line and cost more time across the rest of the loop.
FIA WRC3 leader Andreas Mikkelsen and Oliver Solberg were next up, while Mads Østberg not only wrestled the FIA WRC 2 lead from Pontus Tidemand, but climbed to ninth in his Rally2-specifications Citroën C3. Emil Lindholm completed the leaderboard.
Thierry Neuville did not restart following his retirement yesterday as Hyundai Motorsport elected to keep the Belgian off the mountain roads, while Ole Christian Veiby dropped three minutes after sliding off and getting stuck on a snow-covered bank.
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Sebastian Vettel labeled his second practice session on Friday as “horrible” and caused in part by overly aggressive…
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Romain Grosjean considers himself very lucky to be alive today. The driver had a huge shunt at turn 3 of the opening lap at Bahrain GP. The car not only broke in half but also caught fire in the part that he was in. He was in the fire for 28 seconds, any longer, and…
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Williams rookie Jack Aitken says he built “some solid foundations” on his first day of running at Sakhir…
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Mick Schumacher is all set to enter the Formula scene next year. Fans have been eagerly anticipating to see him drive an F1 drive for some time now. Haas has done them a huge favor by officially confirming his place on the grid for the next year. Being the son of the legendary Michael Schumacher,…
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Back in the early 2000s, NASCAR superstar Jeff Gordon and F1 superstar Michael Schumacher were some of the biggest names in racing. Apparently, fans almost got a chance to witness the two racing giants go head-to-head in Paris, around December 2004. Sadly, a nasty bout of the flu sidelined Gordon and fans were denied an…
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A feisty Cyril Abiteboul punched back at those criticizing the FIA for allowing Renault to run Fernando Alonso…
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