De Vries wins in chaotic end to wet Valencia E-Prix
Mercedes’ Nyck de Vries emerged as the winner of the first of this weekend’s two Valencia E-Prix races…
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Overtaking records in F1: most overtakes in a race, by a driver and more
Rightly or wrongly, overtaking is often used by fans as the measure of a good grand prix. More overtaking means more action and therefore more excitement, right?
Not necessarily. Who could argue that watching Daniel Ricciardo cling on to win the Monaco Grand Prix in 2018 despite losing a chunk of power wasn’t compelling? The same could be said of Lewis Hamilton’s victory in the principality …Keep reading
Not necessarily. Who could argue that watching Daniel Ricciardo cling on to win the Monaco Grand Prix in 2018 despite losing a chunk of power wasn’t compelling? The same could be said of Lewis Hamilton’s victory in the principality …Keep reading
Tsunoda’s Imola F1 qualifying crash ‘part of the rookie journey’
Tsunoda starred for AlphaTauri on debut in Bahrain last month as he fought through to ninth place, but endured a more challenging second race weekend at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Tsunoda crashed heavily early in Q1 at Imola, losing the rear of the car at the exit of the Variante Alta chicane. It meant he had to start the race at the back of the grid, and left his car in need of a new …Keep reading
Tsunoda crashed heavily early in Q1 at Imola, losing the rear of the car at the exit of the Variante Alta chicane. It meant he had to start the race at the back of the grid, and left his car in need of a new …Keep reading
Capito says Latifi has it tough alongside Russell
New Williams CEO Jost Capito says that Nicholas Latifi is up against it trying to make his mark…
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Portuguese GP likely to run without fans in stands
Next weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix looks set to be forced behind closed doors as the sport continues to…
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How a million pound crash highlighted F1’s money squeeze
After a fraught Emilia Romagna GP for Mercedes, one of team boss Toto Wolff’s main frustrations was the potential consequences of the huge accident suffered by Valtteri Bottas.
It was not the lost points that he was worried about, for Bottas was enduring a difficult race prior to being harpooned by the Williams of George Russell that was attempting to …Keep reading
It was not the lost points that he was worried about, for Bottas was enduring a difficult race prior to being harpooned by the Williams of George Russell that was attempting to …Keep reading
WRC – Ogier in front after dramatic turnaround in Croatia
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It was all-change on Rally Croatia this morning with overnight pacesetters Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe slipping to third and World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completing Saturday’s opening loop of the Croatia Rally with an advantage of 7.0s.
The dramatic change of positions owed much to the respective tyre strategies of the factory Hyundai and Toyota teams. Toyota opted for a hard-compound Pirelli tyres, while Hyundai selected a combination of hard and soft-compound Pirelli covers in the hope they would be more suitable for the conditions.
However, dry stages in the spectacular Croatian countryside and rising ambient temperatures meant the hard-compound option provided better grip and consistency, which was reflected by Toyota locking out the stage wins this morning with Ogier/Ingrassia fastest twice and Elfyn Evans/Scott Martin and Takamoto Katsuta/Daniel Barritt posting a fastest time apiece.
Having started leg two leading by 7.7s, Neuville/Wydaeghe returned to Zagreb Fair for the midday service 19.6s down on Ogier/Ingrassia in third position following a morning of frustration for the Hyundai-powered Belgians.
Evans/Martin are 12.6s up on Neuvillle/Wydaeghe with four stages of Saturday’s middle loop remaining.
Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja holdl fourth overall, 37.5s off the leading pace, with World Rally Car rookie Adrien Fourmaux fifth alongside co-driver Renaud Jamoul. M-Sport driver Fourmaux, who is stepping up from the WRC2 for Rally Croatia, started leg two in sixth position but moved ahead of Craig Breen/Paul Nagle when the Irish crew picked up a puncture barely 100 metres from the start of SS9.
Breen/Nagle’s delay dropped them to ninth overall behind Gus Greensmith/Chris Patterson and Takamoto Katsuta/Daniel Barritt. FIA WRC2 leaders and defending champions Mads Østberg/Torstein Eriksen complete the top 10 in their Citroën C3 Rally2.
After clocking his first WRC stage win on Rally Monza last December, Toyota’s Japanese development driver Takamoto Katsuta was at it again on SS10 when he beat team-mate Sébastien Ogier by 3.4s over 20.77 kilometres following an impressive effort.
Adrien Fourmaux underlined his huge potential with the second best run behind his hero Sébastien Ogier on SS9. Driving an M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC in the world championship for the first time, Frenchman Fourmaux was 2.0s down on Ogier through the 20.30-kilometre Mali Lipovec – Grdanjci test.
Nikolay Gryazin/Konstantin Aleksandrov demoted Mads Østberg/Torstein Eriksen for the FIA WRC2 lead on SS11 but dropped back to second on SS12 by 2.3s after being forced to wait on the start line for several minutes due to a stage delay. Teemu Suninen/Mikko Markkula are third.
In FIA WRC3, Kajetan Kajetanowicz leads Emil Lindholm and Chris Ingram after Yohan Rossel stopped on SS11. Martin Koči holds a comfortable advantage of 26.5s over Jon Armstrong in the Junior WRC order.
Saturday afternoon’s loop begins with a repeat of the 20.30-kilometre Mali Lipovec – Grdanjci stage from 14:29 local time. The first crews are due back at the Zagreb Fair service park for the end-of-day service at 18:18.
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Wolff worries that 2022 might prove anti-climactic
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he’s worried that next season might not live up to the high…
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F1 rule changes: In defence of making necessary improvements
Changing regulations, particularly in Formula 1, can be expensive. Invariably they come with cries of being unnecessary and sometimes the reasons for them can be debated. Lewis Hamilton has already suggested that the tweaks for 2021 were made to “peg us back” in the wake of Red Bull’s renewed challenge to Mercedes.
But rule changes are an important, integral part of motorsport, for a …Keep reading
But rule changes are an important, integral part of motorsport, for a …Keep reading
Video: Alesi revives the old red magic in Monaco
Former Scuderia stalwart Jean Alesi is in action this weekend at the Historic Monaco Grand Prix, with the…
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