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Albon says he lost “six or seven seconds of race time” in fight with Alonso as leaders passed him in F1 Azerbaijan GP

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago06 mins mins

Williams had their finest day of the 2024 season at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Alex Albon and the incredibly impressive rookie Franco Colapinto finished in P7 and P8, giving them ten valuable points and moving them ahead of Alpine in the Constructors’ Championship. The Thai explained how pleased he was with their weekend’s work….

Verstappen felt a “connection” again with RB20 F1 car before they “paid the price” for set-up changes that led to P6 finish in Azerbaijan GP

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago05 mins mins

Max Verstappen lost another three points to Lando Norris in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as he could only finish P5 following a very disappointing race for the Dutchman. The three-time defending champion was well off his usual standards on Sunday, struggling with the balance of the RB20 and lacked pace compared to teammate Sergio Pérez….

Sainz: “I was the quickest out there” in F1 Azerbaijan GP

James O'Connor1 year ago02 mins mins

Carlos Sainz was left to rue what could have been as he crashed out of the Azerbaijan GP on the penultimate lap battling Sergio Pérez for P3, and there was even the possibility of finishing 2nd had that unfortunate incident not happened. Once he cleared Norris and Albon following his only stop, the Spaniard managed…

Piastri says he “ignored” team instruction on tyres in order to win F1 Azerbaijan GP

Nicolas Lopes1 year ago07 mins mins

Oscar Piastri put in a phenomenal drive to win for the second time in his career with victory at the 2024 Azerbaijan GP, after pulling off a sensational overtake on Charles Leclerc at the start of the second stint – and admitted he had to “ignore” his team’s instructions about saving tyres in order to…

Stella: Piastri “made the difference” in McLaren that wasn’t fastest at F1 Azerbaijan GP

Nicolas Lopes1 year ago1 year ago05 mins mins

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes Oscar Piastri’s excellent driving at the 2024 Azerbaijan GP made the difference for McLaren to win the race, in a day in which the Woking squad “did not enjoy any advantage” over its closest rivals Ferrari and Red Bull. Piastri qualified in second for the grand prix, over three…

Pérez and Sainz reflect on painful collision on penultimate lap of F1 Azerbaijan GP

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago04 mins mins

It was a crushing end to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Carlos Sainz and Sergio Pérez as they collided on the penultimate lap of the race fighting for P2 with Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque driver ran out of tyres in the closing laps after getting stuck in the DRS zone of the Aussie for over…

F1 | Azerbaijan GP | Race | Magnificent Piastri fends off Leclerc to win in Baku

James O'Connor1 year ago1 year ago05 mins mins

Making engine component changes, Lewis Hamilton and Esteban Ocon started from pit lane, leaving 18 drivers on the grid itself for the start. 14 of the 20 drivers had mediums on at the start, with Albon, Ricciardo, Norris, Zhou and the Alpines going for hards. Leclerc got a perfect launch, taking the lead. Piastri maintained…

Lewis Hamilton to start from pit lane at F1 Azerbaijan GP after engine change

Harshpreet Kaur1 year ago03 mins mins

Although the Mercedes team looked contender for a better starting position after the Friday sessions, Lewis Hamilton qualified P7 for the 2024 Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix. When asked about this discrepancy between the Friday sessions and Saturday’s results, Hamilton said, “Yeah, I mean, every Saturday is the same, so I’m not really surprised.” The…

“Hopefully I can get some clean air and that would be good” — Piastri on what would help him secure a victory from P2 at F1 Azerbaijan GP

Senjuti Jash1 year ago04 mins mins

After the disappointing Q1 exit of Lando Norris during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, McLaren’s hopes rested entirely on Oscar Piastri as he managed to advance into Q3. While he successfully pipped Carlos Sainz for the front row by 0.119 seconds, the pole position remained out of his reach by a significant margin of…

George Russell says run to P5 “kind of felt like everything” he had in F1 Azerbaijan GP qualifying

Gabriel Diamante1 year ago1 year ago02 mins mins

Mercedes F1 driver George Russell qualified 5th with a 1:41.874, 0.509s behind pole-sitter Charles Leclerc, stating that he was ‘really happy’ with the car after a very tough Friday with a lack of feeling in the W15, as well as some unreliability. The Mercedes driver said he was reasonably happy with the result of qualifying,…