A whopping nine rookie drivers took to the track in FP1 at the F1 Mexico City GP. The only team not to field a rookie driver was Sauber. Due to the low grip nature of the track each year, teams usually take the opportunity to field a rookie in Mexico as part of mandated running…
Max Verstappen heads into the F1 Mexico City GP weekend as the man who is dominating at the moment. P1, P1, P2, P1 (Sprint) and P1 over the last five races in four rounds has put him back into title contention. A gap of 104 points to championship leader Oscar Piastri has rapidly come down…
Ahead of the F1 Mexico City GP, Fernando Alonso did not mince his words about Aston Martin’s performance in the 2025 season. Joining the team for the 2023 campaign, the two-time F1 World Champion had a wonderful start to life at the Silverstone-based squad, scoring six podiums in the first eight rounds. Further podiums came…
An extremely frustrated Pierre Gasly was left bitterly disappointed by Alpine’s performance at the F1 US GP. He finished last of the runners in P19 at the end of the 56-lap contest. By Alpine’s recent standards, qualifying was pretty respectable as the 2020 Italian GP winner put his car in P14 on the grid. It…
Esteban Ocon finished P15 in the F1 US GP following a disappointing weekend for the Haas driver at COTA. He got knocked out in SQ1 and Q1, while Ollie Bearman made Q3 in Grand Prix qualifying. The Brit finished 9th in the race. Starting on hards from P17 on the grid, the French driver passed…
For the first time since his memorable maiden podium at the F1 British GP, Nico Hülkenberg scored points on a a Sunday with a P8 in the US round at COTA, and it was met with much delight by Sauber Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley. The German driver has been thoroughly outperformed by Gabriel Bortoleto since…
A rather angry Ollie Bearman tore into Yuki Tsunoda following the F1 US GP after a close shave on lap 34 nearly led to both of them crashing out. On softs, the British driver had better pace than his Japanese rival in the opening part of the second stint. As he looked to make a…
Carlos Sainz has been handed a 5-place grid penalty for the F1 Mexico City GP after a collision with Kimi Antonelli on lap 6 of the US GP this afternoon. The Spanaird, who finished a stonking P3 in the Sprint, looked fast in the race. He overtook Ollie Bearman on the second lap. Into turn…
Fernando Alonso will start P10 in the F1 US GP after making Q3 for the second consecutive day. A P6 in the Sprint qualifying one was a big surprise, but it was back to a more normal spot on Saturday as Ferrari got their act together, and Kimi Antonelli had a much better session as…
The recent excellent form of Carlos Sainz continued as he qualified P9 for the F1 US GP. In the Sprint earlier on Saturday, the 31-year-old avoided the chaos at the start to bag a fine P3. Speaking in the print media pen after qualifying, Sainz said his P9 grid slot for the F1 US GP…
