Q1 The Sauber of Valtteri Bottas kicked things off in qualifying with a 1:18.507. Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes went out on mediums. A 1:17.203 from Lando Norris saw the Brit 0.241s clear of Carlos Sainz. Hamilton, Russell and Leclerc followed, with Piastri only P8 behind the Astons. On the soft compound tyre, Max Verstappen pumped…
For Alex Albon and Oliver Bearman, the FP1 session came to a quick end with a collision in Turn 9 on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. Albon was on the run-up to the high-speed sequence of Turns 7, 8 and 9, where Bearman was driving a Ferrari car at a considerably slower speed. The Williams…
Charles Leclerc heads into the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend as the winner of F1’s most recent race as he took out the US GP in Austin last Sunday. It was his third win of the season, equalling the total of Lando Norris in the McLaren. Ferrari is now 48 points behind the Woking-based team…
The United States Grand Prix was one of Carlos Sainz’s strongest weekends of the 2024 F1 season. A feisty, aggressive run to P2 in the Sprint was followed by 3rd in Grand Prix qualifying as he led the Ferrari charge in both. After losing out to teammate Charles Leclerc at the start as Verstappen and…
Ferrari came home with a one-two at the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Charles Leclerc won his third race of the season ahead of his teammate Carlos Sainz had to settle for P2. The Spaniard said afterwards that he enjoys racing “a lot more” due to the low tyre degradation of the SF-24. The…
Charles Leclerc has won his third race of the season at the United States Grand Prix in Austin. His teammate Carlos Sainz took the flag in second place, securing Ferrari’s first one-two in the US for 18 years. Leclerc explains that preparing the exit of Turn 1 was the winning move. The weekend went pretty…
Ferrari has locked the second row for the United States Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz leading the duo but finishing over two-tenths behind Lando Norris’ pole time. Charles Leclerc shared insights about their ‘limitations’ that hampered their chances for pole but remains optimistic about a potential win tomorrow. The Italian team set the pace during…
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was left disappointed to miss out on pole position in Sprint Qualifying at the United States Grand Prix. He explains the drop-off from a very promising practice session with the soft tyres, used in the SQ3. The Maranello based outfit led the only practice session of the weekend with a one-two…
While Charles Leclerc is more or less a spectator to the championship battle that’s raging on between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, he is capable of disrupting their momentum if Ferrari can optimise their package this weekend. Moreover, the Maranello-based outfit still has its sights set on the constructors’ championship as they seek to claw…
Since the February announcement that Lewis Hamilton had signed with Ferrari for the 2025 season onwards, there has been questions that the Brit may not be able to adapt to the Ferrari culture as well as someone like Charles Leclerc. After spending the last 12 years with British-based team Mercedes, and 6 years prior to…
