Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race with Mercedes’ seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton coming in second and Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez in third.
There had been much whinging by teams about the formats of the various sprint races during the 2023 Formula One season and Formula 1 has decided to make some changes to the format of sprint races for the 2024 season. Going forward in the 2024 F1 season, free practice and sprint qualifying will be on […]
Formula One announced that there will be six venues for the sprint race events in the 2024 season – at the grands prix in China, Miami, Austria, Austin, Sao Paulo and Qatar – along with the likelihood that changes to the current format would also occur in those race events. Changes to the current sprint […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix sprint race ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez. Norris began the race on pole position but Verstappen passed him on the first turn and never was challenged for the lead after that. Norris, meanwhile, was briefly passed by Mercedes’ George Russell, […]
McLaren’s Lando Norris claimed pole position for today’s 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix sprint race. The first qualifying session saw Alpine’s Esteban Ocon spin out and clip Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in the process. The spin eliminated Ocon from the session. The second qualifying session saw Norris as the fastest while Aston Martin elected not to […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen led start-to-finish to win the 2023 USA Grand Prix sprint race over seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the third and final podium position. Verstappen began the race on pole position and once he fended off an attempt from Leclerc on the first […]
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix sprint race shootout, fending off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who clinched the 2023 Formula One season title with his second place finish. Piastri started on pole position of the 19-lap race and held off Mercedes’ George Russell, Verstappen and his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris for a […]
Formula One’s official tire manufacturer, Pirelli, has issued tire-life limits for tomorrow’s 2023 Qatar Grand Prix due to safety concerns after a post-qualifying session analysis of tire degradation – imposing a 20-lap limit for new tires and 22-lap limit for used tires in the race. Additionally, track limits have been revised in Turns 12 and […]
After a lengthy delay due to rain and wet track conditions, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the sprint race at the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix. Once the race began after numerous formation laps, Verstappen elected to remain out on the track on his heavy wet tires while McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, starting behind him, decided to […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen easily won the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race over his Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez in a snoozefest. 2023 Austrian Grand Prix Sprint Race – Top 10 Finishers 1] Max Verstappen Red Bull 2] Sergio Perez Red Bull +21.048 seconds 3] Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari +23.088 4] Lance Stroll Aston […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed the pole position for this weekend’s 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez, was surprisingly eliminated in the second qualifying session for exceeding track limits and subsequently having his lap time deleted. Perez joined Mercedes’ George Russell as surprise Q2 eliminations. In other surprises, McLaren’s Lando Norris […]
Red Bull was fastest in the first practice session for this weekend’s 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen doing the honors on medium tires compared to soft tires for some of the others in the Top 10 as the field prepares for a sprint race format weekend – with a sprint race qualifying session […]
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was victorious over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – the pole-sitter – in the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Sprint Race Shootout. AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda crashed on the first lap of the sprint race, bringing out a yellow flag that caused a rolling re-start where Perez took advantage and eventually passed Leclerc with the […]
Charles Leclerc repeated his pole position performance of yesterday, taking the pole position for the sprint race shootout at the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. There was only a minor change in the order of the Top 10 drivers behind Leclerc as the two Red Bull drivers switched positions, with Sergio Perez in second and Max […]
Formula One has introduced a new set of convoluted sprint race rules – even more convoluted than the previous sprint race rules – due to go into effect at this weekend’s 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The shorter ‘sprint’ race – typically held on Saturday prior to the main grand prix – has now been separated […]
Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Qatar and the USA [Austin] are the six race venues selected by Formula One to host ‘sprint’ events in the 2023 racing season – the format of the sprint race events will remain the same as the sprint weekends this season with a short sprint race on Saturday, with grid set […]
Mercedes placed first and third in the sprint race to establish the grid for tomorrow’s 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, with George Russell claiming pole position and seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton moving up to third with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, Jr. sandwiched in between them. Haas’ Kevin Magnussen began the 24-lap sprint race […]
Haas’ Kevin Magnussen reaped the full benefits of going out early on a wet/dry track and laying down a fast time just before a crash by Mercedes’ George Russell brought the entire sprint race qualifying session to a close with a red flag. That give Magnussen his first-ever pole position in a sprint qualifier and […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the sprint race qualifier and claimed the pole position for tomorrow’s 2022 Austrian Grand Prix ahead of the two Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, Jr. 2022 Austrian Grand Prix – Top 10 Qualifiers 1] Max Verstappen Red Bull 8 points 2] Charles Leclerc Ferrari 7 3] Carlos Sainz […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen grabbed pole position for tomorrow’s 2022 Austrian Grand Prix sprint race ahead of both Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, Jr. 2022 Austrian Grand Prix – Top 10 Qualifiers 1] Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:04.984 2] Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:05.013 3] Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:05.066 4] Sergio Perez Red […]