Alpine: Alonso Qatar F1 podium “a question of a few corners”

The inaugural Qatar Grand Prix proved to be a significant challenge for the Pirelli tyres due to a combination of high-speed corners and aggressive kerbs at the Losail International Circuit.
During Sunday’s race, Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, McLaren driver Lando Norris and both Williams cars of George Russell and Nicholas Latifi all suffered left-front tyre failures as they attempted what Pirelli …Keep reading

10 things we learned from F1’s 2021 Qatar Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton may still be trailing in the 2021 Formula 1 world championship battle, but the Mercedes driver laid down the gauntlet to Max Verstappen and Red Bull with a second dominant victory on the trot in Qatar.
After Verstappen’s victory in Mexico, Hamilton has come alive and with two races to go it’s still all to play for in the drivers’ championship, although a DNF for Valtteri Bottas …Keep reading

Red Bull F1 boss Horner defends ‘straight talking’ attitude

Horner received a warning from the FIA stewards after the race in Losail on Sunday for remarks where he accused a “rogue marshal” of having put out double-waved yellow flags in qualifying.
It was those flags that triggered an offence for Max Verstappen, who was handed a five-place grid penalty for ignoring the warning signals.
Horner’s comments about the marshal follow the behaviour of both …Keep reading

Ricciardo’s Qatar GP compromised by extreme F1 fuel saving

McLaren driver Ricciardo had qualified a disappointing 14th on Saturday and any chance of recovering was compromised by his team telling him to be very conservative during the first half of the event.
Later in the race he was given the go-ahead to run flat out again, but he had already dropped out contention and he finished out of the points in 12th place.
“After the start we had fuel saving …Keep reading