Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will both start Sunday’s Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix from the pit-lane after Sauber elected to make changes to both vehicles under Parc Ferme regulations. It was another miserable qualifying session for Sauber on Saturday as both Bottas and Zhou succumbed to Q1 exits, with the latter posting the slowest […]
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Yuki Tsunoda is convinced that he could have qualified higher than eighth place for Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix had a gust of wind not cost him on his final run. RB announced on the eve of the session that it has activated an option to retain Tsunoda amid an impressive start to the term […]
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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has rubbished Mercedes’ claim that the side’s latest Formula 1 updates have been a “downgrade” that has blunted its competitiveness. The Austrian squad’s dominance with the current ground effect regulations has been tested more in recent times as the chasing pack has begun to reduce the deficit. Ferrari and McLaren […]
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For the first time since 1997, two drivers set an identical pole position time in a Formula 1 qualifying session, but why did Geroge Russell get top billing over Max Verstappen in Canada on Saturday? Russell guided a resurgent Mercedes machine to a 1:12.000s lap time around the Montreal Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve and Verstappen matched him […]
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Fernando Alonso couldn’t resist a tongue-in-cheek dig at his former Formula 1 employer Ferrari after beating both scarlet red cars to Q3 in Saturday’s Canadian Grand Prix qualifying session. Ferrari gambled on rain interfering during the latter stages of Q2 and went out early on new tyres, but when the rain didn’t come Carlos Sainz […]
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Kamui Kobayashi was the fastest driver in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid after the opening three-hour session on the 24 Hours of Le Mans Test Day. The first track action saw the 62-car grid take to the Circuit de la Sarthe to open the pre-event test ahead of the 92nd running of the Le Mans […]
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Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has asserted that Sergio Perez’s recent struggles are “psychological” as he slumped to a Q1 exit for Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix. Perez entered the weekend having renewed his deal with the team, but the boost failed to deliver an upturn as he was dumped out in Q1 at the […]
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Carlos Sainz has explained how pre-empting a forecasted rain shower was behind Ferrari’s decision to use new tyres earlier in Q2 at Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari endured a nightmare qualifying session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as both drivers struggled with grip and were unable to progress into the top-10 shootout. Charles Leclerc […]
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Lewis Hamilton was bemused by the sudden grip loss he experienced from FP3 to qualifying with an unchanged Mercedes Formula 1 car at the Canadian Grand Prix. Mercedes emerged as the standout team in drier conditions in final practice and it was Hamilton who led the charge with a sizeable 0.374s gap over Max Verstappen. […]
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Max Verstappen hints that setting the same lap as George Russell’s pole position time in Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix flattered Red Bull’s overall competitiveness. Verstappen had been unable to match the pacesetting Mercedes drivers during the final practice session but recovered to end up engaged in a dead heat with Russell. However, the Dutchman […]
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