日: 2024年12月1日

A defiant FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has dismissed talk of turmoil within the governing body, and told Formula 1 drivers it is “none of their business” how he runs things.Ben Sulayem has found himself under the spotlight recently in the wake of a host of high-level departures from the FIA – which has included F1 race director Niels Wittich.Furthermore, he was also sent an open letter …Keep reading

Fernando Alonso says his unexpected Q3 performance in the Qatar Grand Prix shows why he was right never to doubt himself amid Aston Martin’s recent struggles.The Spaniard, who is Formula 1’s oldest driver, has endured a challenging run of races off the back of his squad’s backward step with a new floor that arrived at the United States Grand Prix.Its difficulties have left it as the eighth …Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas has hailed the effect of his Sauber team’s latest upgrades on car performance after qualifying 13th for the Qatar Grand Prix and finishing 12th in the sprint event – but acknowledged the improvement has come rather late for him.Bottas is out of an F1 race drive next year since all the other seats are filled, and he and Zhou Guanyu are to be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg and …Keep reading

Either side of the Interlagos wildness, the other final sprint events of the 2024 Formula 1 season bear significant similarities that pile focus on Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and the Ferrari drivers. The key difference between Austin and Qatar, however, is that so far both McLaren and Mercedes have dominated the victory hunt.The prospect of a four-team win scrap over what is expected to be the …Keep reading

McLaren says it cannot be happy with its current trajectory if it is to have any hope of targeting both Formula 1 championships next year.The Woking-based team could clinch the constructors’ title in the Qatar Grand Prix today, which would be the first time it has done so since 1998 when Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard were its drivers.Having missed out on the drivers’ crown, with Lando …Keep reading

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was left frustrated after qualifying seventh for the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix, two places and two tenths of a second behind team-mate Charles Leclerc. The duo will line up for the race fifth and seventh, split by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, who had his own reasons to lament being in the back half of the top 10.Read Also:

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Lewis Hamilton insists that he has “still got it”, despite the current struggles he is having in extracting pace from his Mercedes F1 car.The seven-time world champion continues to face frustrations in getting the most out of himself in qualifying, as he again finished adrift of his team-mate George Russell in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix.While Russell put his car on the front row, Hamilton …Keep reading

Christian Horner reckons Red Bull “threw the kitchen sink” at improving its RB20 Formula 1 car in preparation for Qatar Grand Prix qualifying, which helped Max Verstappen seal pole position.Verstappen praised the team for its turnaround in fortunes, having managed only sixth on the grid for the sprint race – in which he finished eighth after a poor opening lap.This prompted Red Bull to go for …Keep reading

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has been summoned to the Qatar Grand Prix stewards for driving unnecessarily slowly during qualifying, in which he appeared to block George Russell.The Red Bull driver, who clinched his first grand prix pole since June’s Austrian Grand Prix, was on a slow lap ahead of a final flyer – but Russell caught him through the Turn 12-13-14 trio of …Keep reading