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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella praised Lando Norris’ careful approach towards his tyres in the second stint of the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP, which allowed the now one-time grand prix winner to challenge Max Verstappen in what was a thrilling finish to the race at Imola, with Norris finishing less than a second behind the…
On first glance it might have looked like a normal day in the office for Max Verstappen, but a late charge by Lando Norris gave us a dogfight that faintly reminisced of Alonso vs. Schumacher in 2006. Fortunately for the Red Bull-driver the chequered flag came before the McLaren could utilise its DRS, but for…
Fernando Alonso started from pit lane as Aston Martin made changes to his car following a nightmare Saturday for the Spaniard. The top 10 started on mediums, with Perez, Guanyu and Sargeant picking the hards. Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso went for softs. Verstappen and Norris got away very evenly but the Dutchman held the…
Saturday marked a classification with mixed fortunes in the Red Bull garage. While Max Verstappen took Pole Position and reversed the team’s difficult weekend up to that point, Sergio Perez was left out of the Top 10 on Saturday in Imola, where he will start P11 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday. The…
Sergio Perez discussed what happened behind the costly error during the qualifying at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, citing a lock-up that ended his chances of making it into Q3. Red Bull had been struggling on Friday but turn things around on Saturday, at least on Max Verstappen’s side of the garage. A small crash in…
After a race in Miami that saw the third different winner this year, and finally gave Lando Norris his long-awaited first victory, Formula 1 resumed action at the Imola circuit for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. It looked like a complicated weekend for Max Verstappen and company, when the World Champion scored P5 in FP1,…
Lewis Hamilton left qualifying feeling relatively positive as he finished 8th in the Imola qualifying session with a 1:15.504, almost three tenths behind his teammate George Russell who qualified 6th with a 1:15.234. Russell now leads the Grand Prix qualifying head-to-head 6-1 as the seven-time World Champion admitted he could not match the pace of…
After a stellar weekend in Miami, Yuki Tsunoda continues to impress in Imola. Tsunoda was on the pace pretty much straight away, finishing Friday’s FP2 session an encouraging third. Qualifying brought further excitement for RB, as Tsunoda secured his highest starting position of the season with seventh place, while teammate Daniel Ricciardo made his first…
It certainly wasn’t the Saturday Fernando Alonso had been hoping for. Aston Martin brought upgrades to Imola in a bid to find some extra performance as the championship campaign moves to Europe. However, they were unable to extract the maximum out of their package as Alonso endured a difficult Saturday, suffering a crash at Rivazza in…
For the third time in a row this season, the two Alpine drivers made it through to Q2. Esteban Ocon, despite struggling throughout the weekend with his car, managed to qualify 12th, just 0.2s behind Sergio Perez’s Red Bull. Alpine has had a tough start to the season, scoring only one point after Ocon finished…
