Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes’ “peaky” 2024 Formula 1 car is running at its “maximum” performance level without more upgrades and only responds to one set-up.Hamilton finished third in Sunday’s 2024 Spanish Grand Prix – 17.8s behind winner Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and Lando Norris following closely for McLaren and with the polesitter feeling he should have been victorious.The result is …Keep reading
Fernando Alonso has given a frank assessment of his Aston Martin team’s performance in the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, and has called on the team to talk less and deliver more.Alonso finished a disappointing 12th in his home race after only qualifying in 11th and pulled no punches in his post-race verdict saying the team “did not deserve to score any point”.It comes after a poor run for the …Keep reading
Max Verstappen says his Spanish GP victory was made by his first-lap move down the inside of polesitter Lando Norris, and swift clearance of leader George Russell.Verstappen threaded his Red Bull down the inside of Norris into Turn 1 after briefly losing momentum through having a wheel on the grass on the run to the first corner.Although the Dutchman wrested position from Norris, it ultimately …Keep reading
Lando Norris has revealed his frustration at losing ground to Max Verstappen in the race for the Formula 1 drivers’ title after failing to convert pole into victory at the Spanish Grand Prix.The Briton also claimed that McLaren was “the quickest car” on track at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya having tracked Red Bull’s Verstappen to a gap of 2.2 seconds by the end of the 66-lap race.Norris had …Keep reading
Lando Norris stood there looking up at McLaren’s iconic motorhome as smoke billowed out of the back of it and an acrid smell filled the air.He was dressed in a white t-shirt and black trousers and just his socks – in the haste to evacuate the building, he’d left his shoes and possessions in his drivers’ room on the bottom floor of the building.Just minutes before, he’d been chilling in his private …Keep reading
Lando Norris reckons eight drivers have the potential to win Formula 1’s 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, after a close qualifying fight where he pipped Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole.McLaren driver Norris took his second F1 career pole with a 1m11.383s at the end of Q3 at Barcelona, which put him 0.020s clear of Verstappen.Lewis Hamilton finished 0.318s back for Mercedes, with the rest of the top six …Keep reading
George Russell has explained his frustration over team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s outlap in Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, explaining both Mercedes drivers were angling for the same slipstream.On the first of two runs in the final Q3 shoot-out, Russell was behind Hamilton on their preparation laps as they were kept abreast of Alpine driver Esteban Ocon closing in on his flyer.Russell was …Keep reading
Carlos Sainz thinks bouncing in the high-speed corners is what has derailed Ferrari’s prospects at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.The Spaniard and team-mate Charles Leclerc had hoped to be in the fight for pole position at Barcelona but ended up on the third row as McLaren’s Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen to the top spot, with both Mercedes right behind them.While Ferrari had hoped a major …Keep reading
Lucky? A little bit. That Charles Leclerc and Lance Stroll walked away from FP3 at Barcelona without receiving anything more than a reprimand for what can be charitably described as ‘avoidable contact’ left something of a sour taste in the mouth.The end of the final practice session at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was suffused by something of an ill-tempered air, as a series of drivers …Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes topped the times as practice at Formula 1’s 2024 Spanish Grand Prix got under way, while Red Bull and Max Verstappen appeared to be struggling.But, digging beyond the headline times in FP2 reveals that Verstappen and co are far from panicking – with a major set-up change coming for his RB20 on Saturday that will bring both one-lap and long-run gains.At the same …Keep reading