After a year out of F1, Magnussen has had only a limited time to step up his physical preparation to the required level after landing the Haas drive at the last minute. Although he had no real problems in Bahrain, the forces involved in driving around the Jeddah track tipped him over the edge come…
Schumacher badly damaged his VF-22 car in a massive accident during qualifying for this weekend’s event in Jeddah. The German escaped without injury though and, following precautionary checks at a nearby hospital on Saturday night, he was discharged and able to return to his hotel. With Schumacher declared fit, Haas could have elected to prepare…
Blaney slammed into the foam barriers during practice but about an hour later his No. 12 Ford looked no worse for wear. He advanced to the final round of qualifying by posting the fifth-fastest speed in Group A, then his average lap of 92.759 mph was enough to hold off a late run by Daniel…
The German had a huge crash in Q2 in Jeddah, and was taken to hospital for precautionary checks. He was released shortly afterwards without any injuries. Haas decided to withdraw Schumacher from the race, team boss Gunther Steiner saying “it doesn’t make sense” to build up a new car and start from the pitlane given that…
Russell and teammate Lewis Hamilton took different set-up directions prior to qualifying, and it was clear that the former had the better option. Hamilton struggled with the rear end of his car and was knocked out in Q1 in 16th place. Russell just made it through to Q3, and ultimately earned sixth on the grid.…
Hulkenberg was confirmed on Friday morning as replacement for the COVID-hit Sebastian Vettel for the second race in a row. He qualified in 18th place for the Saudi Arabian GP, ahead of AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda, who couldn’t set a laptime in qualifying due to a fuel issue, although both move up one place on the final…
During the early safety car period that was triggered when Nicholas Latifi crashed, Sainz had emerged from the pits very close on the track to Red Bull rival Sergio Perez. But, despite being ahead at the safety car line that defines who has position in the queue, Sainz lost third place on the road as…
The Kiwi was in sparkling form across the Tasmania SuperSprint as he recorded a clean sweep and took firm control of the series lead. However none of his three wins were lights-to-flag, or won purely on strategy, van Gisbergen executing multiple on-track passes on each occasion. Most of those passes were executed at Turn 6,…
The marque’s flagship #23 NISMO machine of Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda reached the magic figure in the first of four test sessions held over the course of the two days on Saturday morning, while Quintarelli was driving. That was en route to the second-fastest time of the rain-disrupted test, as Quintarelli clocked a 1m28.139s…
The fantastic fight for victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix between the Monegasque driver and Max Verstappen was swung by the effectiveness of DRS. As well as it setting up some cat-and-mouse games between Leclerc and Verstappen at the DRS detection zone before the final corner – as they each tried to trick the…
