F1 Spanish GP: Verstappen wins after holding off late Norris attack

Max Verstappen stayed clear of a late-race charge from Lando Norris to clinch victory at the Spanish Grand Prix, having got ahead of the polesitter into the first corner.Verstappen held the inside line for the opening corner to take position from Norris, although George Russell snatched the lead from both, but the Red Bull driver easily cleared the Mercedes on the third lap with DRS as Russell …Keep reading
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2024 F1 Spanish GP results: Verstappen beats charging Norris

Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in the 66-lap race.George Russell (Mercedes) led for a couple of laps at the start after a brave move around the outside of Verstappen and Norris, who ran wheel-to-wheel from the start on the long run to Turn 1.But Verstappen passed Russell to take the lead as soon as DRS became available, as Norris opted to run long on …Keep reading
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Lewis Hamilton Suffers From Repeated Issue Amidst George Russell’s Monstrous Spanish GP Start

Lewis Hamilton Suffers From Repeated Issue Amidst George Russell’s Monstrous Spanish GP Start

Ghosts from the Canadian GP have returned to haunt Lewis Hamilton in Spain. In Montreal, the 7-time champion unusually struggled in qualifying while teammate George Russell heroically took Pole position. Though Hamilton finally out-qualified the 26-year-old in Barcelona yesterday, his race start was subpar while Russell, starting in P4, took the lead easily, overtaking his […]

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Verstappen urges Red Bull to find more pace as F1 rivals catch up

Max Verstappen has urged his Red Bull Formula 1 team to bring more performance to its car after being beaten to pole for the Spanish Grand Prix by McLaren’s Lando Norris.Verstappen and Red Bull headed to Barcelona as the pre-event favourites, but the Dutchman was pipped at the end by Norris, who snatched pole away by 0.020s.While Red Bull had been expected to restore its advantage after a bumpier …Keep reading
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McLaren hopes fire-damaged F1 motorhome will return by Belgian GP

McLaren is hoping its Team Hub – their hospitality building in the paddock – can be salvaged and repaired in time before the summer break after a fire broke out at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.The blaze is believed to have started between the two floors in the team’s semi-permanent building, which made it difficult to identify the source of the fire.Staff and marshals attempted to put it out …Keep reading
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Why Spanish GP will tell us so much about F1 2024 title battle

Lando Norris’s pole position for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix, on a weekend when Red Bull had been expected to dominate, has triggered renewed hope of a super-close season.With the aerodynamic demands of the Barcelona circuit appearing to be the perfect stomping ground for the Red Bull RB20 to stamp its authority on the rest of the field once again, that Max Verstappen did not take pole has …Keep reading
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Albon to start from Spanish GP pitlane after F1 power unit changes

Alex Albon will start from the pitlane for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix after taking a new battery and control electronics outside of his allocation for the 2024 season.The Williams driver qualified 19th on the grid in a difficult session for the Grove squad, in which it locked out the back row as Logan Sargeant logged the slowest time in qualifying.Albon has since been equipped with a new …Keep reading
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The “strange” tyre delta that opens door for F1 Spanish GP strategy intrigue

Potential pre-race showers, a powerful undercut and a soft tyre that is fast but fragile have opened the door for some strategy intrigue in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.Rather than the high degradation circuit pushing teams and drivers to go conservative with a boring one-stopper, what is unfolding at Barcelona could trigger plenty of action – and even some aggressive three-stoppers.That is …Keep reading
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Arbitration panel rules in Haas court battle with Mazepin sponsor Uralkali

The Swiss arbitration court mediating the dispute between the Haas Formula 1 team and Uralkali over the former’s decision to end their sponsorship agreement following Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion has issued a ruling.The two sides had been in dispute since March 2022, when it was announced Nikita Mazepin had been let go from the team where he had raced for the previous season and to which his …Keep reading
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Hamilton: Mercedes still exposed by F1 qualifying weakness

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes’ W15 2024 Formula 1 car has an inherent weakness on tyre performance that is only exposed when pushing at the limit in qualifying.Hamilton qualified third on the grid for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona – his best result of the 2024 season so far.The seven-time world champion had previously got no higher than seventh in non-sprint qualifying this term …Keep reading
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