F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen tops slippery, windy practice from Sainz

Verstappen bolted on the soft tyres in the final part of the session to leapfrog long-time session leader Fernando Alonso, setting a 1m27.428s. The championship leader – who can sew up the title in Saturday’s sprint race – then saw off an initial attempt from Charles Leclerc as the Monegasque suffered a snap of steering in his opening sector.Sainz drew close with a 1m27.762s, but this was only …Keep reading
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Only three teams bring F1 upgrades to Qatar as sprint race format bites

The limited practice opportunities offered on a sprint race weekend, with just one practice session before cars get locked into parc ferme conditions, allied to the tricky conditions at Losail, have clearly steered many teams away from wanting to waste time checking out developments.Seven squads have brought no modifications to their 2023 challengers, with the three outfits that have only making …Keep reading
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Hamilton: Wolff involved in every Mercedes F1 meeting despite injury layoff

Last year Wolff skipped the Japanese and Brazilian races to create an opportunity to delegate to others and to demonstrate that the team could operate without him on site.This year a knee operation obliged him to miss Suzuka, and he is also absent from this weekend’s Qatar GP as he continues his recuperation.Hamilton said that despite Wolff not being present on-site, the Austrian remains fully …Keep reading
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Rodin: F1 didn’t back up “rhetoric” on wanting something new from 11th team

Dicker launched an application with Rodin to join the F1 grid as a new team, with plans to build and design the car in New Zealand before shipping them to the UK to be operated from the Carlin facilities in Surrey.Rodin Cars purchased a majority shareholding of the British outfit at the start of the year.Rodin had pledged to employ a female driver to one of the seats, citing Jamie Chadwick as an …Keep reading
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Verstappen: Sprint “gamble” makes F1 races boring for fans

The Dutchman, who has never been a fan of the sprint rules, is set to clinch his third world championship title in Saturday’s event in Qatar.The sprint weekend rules put cars under parc ferme conditions following FP1, which means that teams cannot make changes for main race qualifying, the shootout, the sprint, and Sunday’s grand prix.In Qatar, a big change in conditions after the afternoon …Keep reading
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