Following a crash in qualifying, Sebastien Buemi — who was due to start P11 — missed the second race of the weekend as his survival cell was too damaged for him to take part. Off the line, Frijns got the better launch on the dirty side of the track and took the lead from Rowland…
After signing a new long-term deal to stay with McLaren F1 for an undisclosed amount of time post-2025, Lando Norris is adamant the Woking squad has “what it takes” to challenge for the title in the near future. He also explained why a possible move to Red Bull alongside reigning three-time world champion Max Verstappen…
A sunny but cooler afternoon greeted the drivers as the second qualifying session of the event got underway in Saudi Arabia. Group A A 1:11.276 from Mitch Evans saw the New Zealander lead the way ahead of the final attempts in Group A. He led Robin Frijns by 0.233s. De Vries and Fenestraz completed the…
The final day of the Diriyah double header began with the final, third practise session of the weekend. It’s a cooler day in the Saudi Arabian desert compared to yesterday, and all drivers immediately came out on track to assess the different climate conditions in the 30 minutes session. After the first set of attempts,…
Da Costa dropped three spots from his qualifying position following contact with Nico Müller in Mexico, starting P20. Vergne got away superbly, with Sergio Sette Camara lunging Evans for P2 into the opening turn. However, the New Zealander held it around the outside to stay in 2nd. Reigning champion Jake Dennis snuck through to take…
George Russell has said while the W14 was done in a hurry, he feels more confident with the 2024 car concept.
McLaren Racing have announced that Lando Norris has signed a contract extension with the F1 squad to keep him in the team for “multiple years to come” after his current deal expires at the end of the 2025 season. In another piece of the driver market that falls into place ahead of the new set…
The first qualifying session of the weekend is underway in Diriyah. Group A gets on track featuring both Jaguar, ABT and Mahindra drivers, as well as Dennis, Wehrlein, Frijns, Rowland and Hughes. Hughes is the first to sign a lap, quickly bested by the ABT drivers. The McLaren jumps back at the front with a…
Logan Sargeant delved into Formula 2’s shortcomings as a championship, particularly as a feeder series for Formula 1.
Cars are out on track again in Diriyah for a second practise session, the first of the weekend held in daylight conditions, thus resembling more the scenery drivers will encounter in Qualifying rather than in the actual race. Yesterday the drivers had mentioned the dusty track surface as reason behind the initial laps being much…
