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Max Verstappen’s dominance was again the story in Shanghai. After winning yesterday morning’s Sprint, the three time world champion added this afternoon’s race win to his tally. It is his fourth victory from five races so far this season, plus the …

A win and a pole position on the same day for Max Verstappen. The Dutchman made a clean sweep of it on Saturday in Shanghai, winning the first Sprint Race of the season in the morning before taking his first ever pole position at this track in the …

The first day of the Chinese Grand Prix was action-packed with plenty of surprises especially in the final part of Sprint Qualifying. After a few drops of rain began to fall towards the end of Q2, the final part was run on a completely wet track …

Milan, 15 April 2024 - The Chinese Grand Prix is back on the calendar after a five year break. 2019 was the last year Formula 1 raced in Shanghai, on that occasion hosting celebrations to mark the 1000th event in the history of motorsport’s most …

Max Verstappen added another pearl to his string of victories, with a dominant performance in the Japanese Grand Prix. This was the Dutchman’s third consecutive win at Suzuka, the 57th of his career. Sergio Perez ensured that Red Bull scored its …

Another pole position for Max Verstappen, a clean sweep across all four races held so far this season, the fifth in a row if one also takes into account last year’s final round, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The three-times world champion was quickest …

The first day of the Japanese Grand Prix, held for the very first time in the month of April, featured cold conditions and rain. Air temperature in the two sessions never climbed higher than 20 °C, while the track dropped to 17 °C by the end of the …

Formula 1 returns to Japan just over six months after its last visit to the country. This year, the Japanese Grand Prix takes place in April for the first time in its history: right up to last year the race was always scheduled for the second part …

The third round of the season ended with a one-two finish for Ferrari, Carlos Sainz claiming his first win since Singapore last September, while Charles Leclerc, thanks in part to the extra point for the race fastest lap, is second in the Drivers’ …

Max Verstappen continues on his masterful way with a third consecutive pole position this season in the Red Bull, the fourth if one also takes into account the final race of 2023 in Abu Dhabi. This is the Dutchman’s 35th career pole, the second in a …

Yellow and red, especially the latter, were the dominant colours at the first day of the Australian Grand Prix. These are the colours associated with the Medium and Soft compounds which covered over 5000 kilometres across the two free practice …

Milan, 18 March 2024 - Pirelli’s C5 tyre – the softest of the five slick compounds available this year – will make its debut at the Australian Grand Prix: round three of the 2024 season. This has been nominated alongside the C4 (as used in Jeddah) …

Milan, 14 March - Pirelli has revealed the nominated compounds available for the forthcoming grands prix in Japan, China and Miami, covering the period from April 7 to May 5. At Suzuka, one of the most demanding tracks for tyres in terms of loads, …

Red Bull has stamped its authority on the season so far with another one-two finish here in Jeddah, with Max Verstappen winning from team-mate Sergio Perez, in a repeat of last week’s race result in Sakhir. And yet again, a Ferrari driver completed …

From the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, the outcome of qualifying remains the same with Max Verstappen once again securing pole position. Whereas, a week ago in Sakhir, Charles Leclerc actually set the fastest lap of the whole qualifying, in Jeddah, …

Fernando Alonso was the fastest driver on track at the first day of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. In the second session, run in the same temperatures the drivers will encounter tomorrow in qualifying and during Saturday’s race, the Spaniard took his …

Milan, 5 March 2024 - Just a few days on from the curtain raiser in Bahrain, Formula 1 has decamped from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea for round 2, which runs from Thursday 7 to Saturday 9 March. While the distance, as the crow flies, from the …

Could there be a better way to start the season than with a Grand Chelem? That’s exactly what Max Verstappen did at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with a dominant performance that saw him not only win the race, but also take pole position, as well leading …

Max Verstappen picked up the 33rd pole position of his career, carrying on where he left off at the end of 2023, in other words by outqualifying the rest of the field. The Red Bull driver was fastest in Q3 (1:29.179), 228 thousandths quicker than …

The opening weekend of the longest season in Formula 1 history saw Mercedes write the first headline. The Toto Wolff-run team had both its drivers at the top of the time sheet come the end of the second free practice session, the one that is most …

Milan, 26 February 2024 - Just a week after pre-season testing concluded, Formula 1 returns to Bahrain for the first round of the 2024 season, from Thursday February 29 to Saturday March 2. The usual grand prix weekend schedule has been brought …

Sakhir, 23 February – Ferrari topped the testing time sheet on two days out of the three. Yesterday, Carlos Sainz was the quickest man on track, while today it fell to Charles Leclerc to go to the top of the classification. Behind the wheel for …

Sakhir, 22 February – The spotlight fell on Ferrari on the day that has just come to a close at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain. Its two drivers topped the time sheet both in the morning and afternoon sessions, firstly with Charles Leclerc who posted …

Sakhir, 21 February – It seems the 2024 season is starting the way the last one finished, in other words, with Verstappen leading the field. The three times world champion was quickest on the first of three days of testing at the Sakhir Circuit, …

In total, Pirelli’s Formula 1 tyres drove nearly eight times around Earth’s circumference throughout the 22 Grands Prix that made up the 2023 season. Specifically, 307,925.8 kilometres were travelled over 60,473 laps by the 6,847 sets of tyres that …

Just a few days after the 2023 season concludes, preparations are already underway for next year. As a result, Pirelli has already communicated the selection for the first three races next year in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Australia.All five …

With the world championship drawing to a close last Sunday, there was just one more day of testing to be completed at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, with all 10 teams running two cars each.The programme was split into two parts, with one car …

Max Verstappen produced the best possible finish to what was the best season of any driver in the history of Formula 1. Today, he took his 19th win from 22 races, bringing the triple world champion’s total number of victories to 54, which puts him …

Max Verstappen was totally dominant in the final qualifying session of 2023, fastest in all three parts, getting down to a time of 1’23”445 on his first Q3 run, enough to secure his fourth consecutive Yas Marina pole position. It was his 12th this …

The first free practice session for the final round of the Formula 1 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, featured no fewer than ten “rookie” drivers on track. Best of the bunch was Brazil’s Felipe Drugovich, the winner of last year’s FIA Formula 2 …