F1 Dutch GP: Verstappen takes home win and regains championship lead

The only major threat to Verstappen’s race arrived after his first pitstop when he resumed behind Valtteri Bottas, but the Mercedes driver was soon cleared with the aid of DRS.
As Hamilton worked around an alternative strategy, which put him on the quicker medium tyres but for a lengthy stint, Verstappen held a 2.5s lead over his title rival, before a late Hamilton pitstop ensured Verstappen …Keep reading

Perez and Latifi set for F1 Dutch GP pitlane starts

Perez had a disastrous qualifying session on Saturday, failing to get round at the end of Q1 to start his final lap.
That left him in 16th and, as reported last night, the team quickly decided to give him a new power unit, so that he would have a fresh one in the pool heading to Monza.
However it has now emerged via FIA documentation that the energy store is of a different specification. A …Keep reading

Mercedes facing ‘odd’ struggles through banked Turn 3 at Zandvoort

Max Verstappen scored pole position for the second week in a row after topping Dutch Grand Prix qualifying for Red Bull, edging out title rival Lewis Hamilton by three hundredths of a second.
One of the main areas Mercedes was losing time to Red Bull was at Turn 2 and Turn 3 in the first sector, with the banked corner at Turn 3 posing a challenge to drivers with several possible lines.
The …Keep reading

Kubica thought he had tested positive for COVID-19 when Alfa called to replace Raikkonen

Kubica was expecting to wake up on Saturday to the usual reserve driver routine of sitting in on the odd debrief combined with a lot of hanging around at the Alfa hospitality building.
Instead, he found himself fast-tracked into the cockpit of Raikkonen’s C41 after the Finn tested positive for COVID-19.
Two years after his last and very frustrating season with Williams, and at the age of 36 …Keep reading