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The Ferrari driver was involved in the late red flag incident at the end of Q3, when Perez crashed at Portier after losing the rear of his Red Bull on cold tyres.Sainz was the first driver on the scene and clipped the Mexican when he tried to avoid the stricken machine.Sainz said he saw the initial yellow flags for Perez’s crash at the last moment and, due to the high walls around the …Keep reading

Tsunoda was summoned by the stewards after second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix over an incident with Magnussen exiting the tunnel.Heading into the Nouvelle Chicane, Magnussen went straight on and ran close to Tsunoda as the AlphaTauri driver negotiated the left-hand turn.The stewards met with both drivers following the conclusion of practice, and found that Tsunoda had been given …Keep reading

The Dane and his Mercedes rival came together at Turn 4 on the opening lap at Barcelona last weekend as he tried an overtaking move around the outside.On the team radio immediately afterwards, Magnussen reckoned that Hamilton had deliberately opened up his steering, although he later clarified that those remarks were simply made in the heat of the moment.But having watched the incident …Keep reading

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Bottas stayed in the United States following the Miami Grand Prix, taking time to travel with his partner and professional cyclist, Tiffany Cromwell.Bottas posted a picture to his Instagram showing him swimming in a stream in Aspen, Colorado, with his bare bottom poking out of the water.The stir it caused on social media …Keep reading

A range of upgrades brought to last weekend’s race at Barcelona helped Mercedes to its most competitive outing of the season so far.George Russell finished third to grab his second podium of the year, while Lewis Hamilton recovered from a first lap puncture that dropped him almost to the back to come home fifth.The pace of the W13 prompted Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff to declare the …Keep reading

Verstappen was the last driver to go to the grid before the pitlane closed at 2.30pm – leaving his garage just seconds after Pierre Gasly of sister team AlphaTauri headed out onto the track. Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull had set off only slightly earlier.Red Bull has said Verstappen’s late arrival at the grid was due to DRS issues, and indeed the team was observed checking the rear …Keep reading

Norris had looked unwell all weekend and said on Saturday that he had been “suffering with my throat and my eyes and seeing”, saying it was something other than COVID-19.On the grid before Sunday’s race, Norris continued to look out of sorts, but once the visor went down the Briton produced a solid race to finish eighth, with teammate Daniel Ricciardo down in 12th.After a sweltering race …Keep reading

The Spaniard will start the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix in third place after qualifying 0.416 seconds adrift of polesitter Leclerc, with defending champion Max Verstappen splitting the pair.That result was determined by Leclerc recovering from an early Q3 spin to post the fastest time of the weekend while Verstappen abandoned his final lap owing to a DRS problem aboard his Red Bull …Keep reading

While the Silverstone-based team had been open in recent weeks that a major revamp was coming, few had been expecting it to have adopted much of the concept that Red Bull has put to use so far with the RB18.But while even Red Bull has admitted that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and teams have long copied each other’s ideas in grand prix history, F1’s rule book has got stricter …Keep reading

With the German manufacturer having data from pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya when it ran with its launch spec sidepods, the event will also be critical to understanding if it needs to change its car concept.Following a filming day run at Paul Ricard on Wednesday, where the team revealed little about its Barcelona plans, the scope of what it is changing for this …Keep reading