With rain falling steadily right at the start of Q3, all the drivers knew that their best opportunity to put in a time would come right at the beginning of the session.Magnussen, who led the cars out of the pits, had the best of the conditions and pulled off a Read more
Magnussen scored the first pole position of his F1 career at Interlagos on Friday after making the most of his track position advantage at the start of Q3 in damp conditions.Magnussen’s early lap time put him on provisional pole, two tenths of a second clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Read more
The Haas driver scored his and the team’s maiden F1 pole after being the first on the track in Q3 as the rain intensified, before George Russell’s off triggered a red flag which meant nobody could set a time before the track got too wet. As a result, Magnussen’s opening effort Read more
Magnussen will start Saturday’s sprint race at Interlagos from pole position after topping Q3 on Friday evening, getting in a lap early in the session before a red flag caused by George Russell’s off and rain meant no other driver could improve.Magnussen took pole by two-tenths of a second ahead Read more
FTX is facing bankruptcy if it cannot raise billions of dollars to get itself out of a liquidity crisis that erupted at its affiliated Alameda Research company this week.An initial plan for it to be rescued by rival exchange Binance, which is a sponsor of the Alpine team, collapsed after Read more
The Dutchman, and his entire Red Bull team, did not take part in any Sky media commitments over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend as the result of what it claimed was “disrespectful” reporting.As well as this involving Sky’s F1 channel, it included the company’s regional channels in the UK, Germany Read more
This weekend’s third and final sprint event of 2022 has reopened the debate about the attraction of sprints.World champion Max Verstappen has, in particular, been especially critical about the concept as he has long argued against the shorter Saturday races.He reiterated his stance in Brazil on Thursday when he said Read more
Williams confirmed over the United States Grand Prix weekend that so long as Sargeant gets an FIA superlicence, he will claim the second seat alongside Alex Albon for 2023.The FIA made clear in its handling of Colton Herta’s recent push for a superlicence that it will not make exceptions for Read more
The AlphaTauri driver has been reprimanded with penalty points six times this season, taking his total to 10 – two shy of a race ban.His most recent offence came during the Mexican Grand Prix, when the French racer was adjudged to have left the track and gained an advantage while Read more
While grand prix racing looks set to abandon a push to reduce tyre warming temperatures for next year as a precursor to the blanket ban, there remains every intention to remove the heating aids from the start of 2024.Such attempts to ban tyre blankets, motivated on cost and sustainability grounds, Read more