Felix Rosenqvist claimed pole for the Rome ePrix in a chaotic qualifying session in which four drivers failed to set a 200kW lap. The Mahindra driver was second in the group qualifying session, behind the Techeetah of Andre Lotterer, but managed a time 0.6s faster than any other driver in the super pole shoot out, […]
Sebastian Vettel pipped Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen to pole for the Chinese Grand Prix. Raikkonen, who had looked the strongest of the pair all weekend, was on provisional pole when the chequered flag fell in qualifying, but a last minute effort from Vettel put the four-time champion ahead by just 0.087s. Both Ferraris were comfortably […]
Sparks were flying in the first night race of the 2018 Formula 1 championship. After hitting lucky in Australia, Ferrari appeared to be in control in Bahrain, with Sebastian Vettel taking his second victory of the year in his 200th career grand prix, though the weekend was one to forget when a botched pit stop […]
Valtteri Bottas admitted there’s a lot of work to be done at Mercedes after an “eye opening” Bahrain Grand Prix. The Finn finished second – a positive after a disappointing season opener in Melbourne – but said it’s too early to know where he stands in the championship fight “It’s difficult to say about the […]
Ferrari locked out the top positions in the second free practice session ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Kimi Raikkonen a hundredth of a second faster than team-mate Sebastian Vettel. With FP2 the most representative practice session for the Bahrain night race, Ferrari running half a second faster than Mercedes is promising for the […]
Prema Powerteam’s Mick Schumacher topped the times in the second pre-season test ahead of the 2018 European Formula 3 championship. The 19-year-old topped the times in the second day of testing at the Red Bull Ring, ending the two-day test a tenth of a second faster than Carlin’s Ferdinand Habsburg. Schumacher and Habsburg were the […]
After a long winter break, Formula 1 was back this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix. Preseason testing left a lot of questions to be answered: would Ferrari be able to compete with Mercedes? Would Red Bull be able to challenge at the front? And who would be worse off, Honda or McLaren? The first […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton backed out of the battle for the race win to preserve his engine, the reigning champion has revealed. Drivers are limited to just three power units this season, meaning Hamilton needs to make this engine last at least seven races to avoid grid penalties later in the season. The Mercedes driver was […]
Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton takes pole for the Australian Grand Prix after team-mate Valtteri Bottas crashes out of qualifying. Lap times had been close in the first two parts of qualifying, but a stunning lap in the final moments of Q3 put Hamilton 0.6s ahead of the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, awarding him his seventh […]
A last minute dry-tyre lap put Sebastian Vettel top in the final practice session ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Vettel was one of just three drivers to set a lap time on slick tyres, along with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson. His 1m26.067s lap, his final lap of the session, put him […]
Alex Palou led a Hitech GP one-two in the second day of European Formula 3 preseason testing at the Hungaroring. The GP3 race winner’s best time, set in the morning session, was two tenths of a second quicker than team-mate Enaam Ahmed and just 0.004s slower than the best time of the test – set […]
Prema Powerteam’s Mick Schumacher topped the times in the first preseason test ahead of the 2018 European Formula 3 championship. The 18-year-old set his fastest time of the day within the first hour of testing at the Hungaroring, but none of the 22 other drivers testing were able to match his time. Alex Palou, making […]