Lando Norris was extraordinarily downbeat after finishing third at the Bahrain Grand Prix while his team-mate, Oscar Piastri, claimed victory.“I’m surprised I’m achieving anything at the minute with how I feel in the car,” the Mclaren driver told Sky Sports after the race. “I’m not comfortable, I’m not happy and Read more…
Nico Hulkenberg has been disqualified from the Bahrain Grand Prix after his rear skid was measured as being below the minimum thickness.This was the same issue that led to Lewis Hamilton’s disqualification from the Chinese Grand Prix. Hulkenberg had finished the Bahrain GP in 13th place.According to a technical report issued Read more…
Max Verstappen had a race to forget in Bahrain after Red Bull suffered a spate of uncharacteristic errors.The reigning world champion started seventh and only managed to make up one position by the time he crossed the chequered flag on Sunday night. “It was not to our standard,” he told Read more…
Red Bull’s key management has held crisis talks after a disappointing Bahrain Grand Prix in which Max Verstappen finished a distant sixth.After having qualified seventh in Sakhir the reigning world champion was powerless to move up the field, with Red Bull’s miserable car performance and handling issues compounded by struggling Read more…
Lewis Hamilton cut a hangdog figure after qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix – possibly the most downcast he has looked since qualifying nearly half a second off George Russell, then his team-mate, in Qatar last year.In Bahrain Hamilton toiled to ninth on the grid, 0.931s slower than Oscar Piastri’s Read more…
A deflated Max Verstappen says Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying shows he’s just “taking part” in this year’s Formula 1 world championship rather than fighting for the title.Verstappen finished a lowly seventh in Bahrain qualifying after having already scraped through to Q3 alongside team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, with the Dutchman complaining about Read more…
The delta between Oscar Piastri’s first Q3 run and his second sat at 0.392s, which rather demonstrates the progress made possible on a fresh set of tyres. Had Lando Norris improved by the same amount, we’d be talking about how the margin (which would have stood at less than 0.2s) Read more…
Pierre Gasly was surprised by his strong qualifying performance in Bahrain, which will see him start tomorrow’s race on the third row of the grid.The Alpine driver was just 0.3s off the pole position pace, finishing fifth ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen respectively – promoted to fourth on Read more…
Mercedes drivers George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have received a one-place grid drop each for a Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying infraction.Russell loses his front-row spot to Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, while Alpine driver Pierre Gasly is promoted to fourth on the grid at Antonelli’s expense.After Q2 was red-flagged for Read more…
McLaren finished at the top of the timesheets in both FP1 and FP2 ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, but Lando Norris felt the team’s pre-season testing data could be “thrown in the bin” as he lamented the change in conditions.The Bahrain International Circuit is home to both pre-season testing Read more…