Verstappen’s countryman Nyck de Vries clipped the inside wall at Turn 6 on the 10th lap which broke the front-left suspension on his AlphaTauri and left him stranded on the morsel of run-off available at the corner.Red Bull elected to pit Verstappen at the end of that lap but, as Read more
Alongside Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg, Alpine driver Ocon had completed the entire race on the hard tyre, hoping for a late red flag to give him a free, mandatory swap to a different compound.When that red flag didn’t arrive, Ocon waited until the start of the final lap to dive into Read more
Under the safety car during Saturday’s sprint, the Ferrari driver appeared to be raising the alarm about a cut to the power unit, and was publicly revealed as such on television with an on-screen graphic.Asked about his comments regarding a ‘cut’ during the official post-sprint press conference, Leclerc clarified that Read more
Leclerc claimed both pole positions on offer at the Baku round, topping Friday qualifying and Saturday’s new sprint race qualifying session, but he couldn’t convert the latter into victory as he was reeled in by Sergio Perez in the sprint.But the Ferrari driver did hold on for second place ahead Read more
Tsunoda started two places ahead De Vries but on the first lap the Dutchman got past him as the pair exited Turn 2.The Japanese driver then had a look down the outside at Turn 3, but on the exit De Vries took his line and clipped his team-mate’s front wing.While Read more
Verstappen, who had qualified third, was hounded by fast-starting Russell into the first sequence of 90-degree left-handers of the Baku City Circuit.An aggressive Russell tapped Verstappen’s sidepod into Turn 2 and caused the Dutchman to slide, which gave Russell momentum on the stretch towards Turn 3. Verstappen then had to Read more
The Mercedes driver enjoyed the stronger launch in Saturday’s sprint race to dive up the inside of fourth-starting Verstappen into Turn 1 in Baku and the duo continued to run side-by-side until the exit of the Turn 3 left-hander.In their exchange, Russell and Verstappen bumped at the apex of Turn Read more
As revealed by Autosport a loophole has emerged in the new sprint format regulations regarding the usage of tyres in the shootout.Drivers are obliged to use one set of new medium tyres in SQ1, another new set of mediums in SQ2, and then a set of new softs in SQ3.The Read more
With a 1m40.203s lap at the close of the session, Leclerc chalked up his first pole of the season – his 19th in F1 – to beat the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez to the punch.Leclerc admitted his surprise at beating the brace of RB19s to the Read more
Helped by the arrival of a tweaked floor and wing changes as part of ongoing revisions to the MCL60, Norris banked the team’s best qualifying result of the year with seventh in Baku.His time of 1m41.281s left him behind only the Ferraris, Red Bulls, Mercedes and the sixth-placed Aston Martin Read more