May 4, 2024

F1 Miami GP: Verstappen on sprint pole, Mercedes out in SQ2

Norris had led SQ1 and SQ2, with a time in the middle segment that would have been good enough to top SQ3, but on the switch to the soft tyres for the final segment he fell out of contention on the red-walled rubber – the Briton particularly paying for losing 0.8s compared to Verstappen in the opening sector.Read Also:Formula 1Williams in talks with Newey about F1 …Keep reading

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2024 F1 Miami GP sprint qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez (Red Bull) after the qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Per the new sprint weekend format, which was first trialed in China, these sessions set the grid for Saturday’s sprint and have no impact on …Keep reading

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F1 team-mates’ qualifying battles: Miami GP

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Miami GP …Keep reading

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Verstappen surprised “terrible” lap was enough for Miami F1 sprint pole

Verstappen skated around the Miami Autodrome on his only lap in the final top 10 shootout, but his nearest rivals also struggled to improve on their SQ2 times despite bolting on softer tyres for the final shootout.McLaren’s Lando Norris particularly looked to have missed a chance for a second consecutive sprint pole, his table-topping SQ2 faster than Verstappen’s pole-winning effort of …Keep reading

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Norris: Miami sprint qualifying tumble down to “pushing too hard”

Norris had led SQ1 and SQ2 in his massively upgraded McLaren in Miami on Friday evening, with his time in the middle segment of sprint qualifying good enough to have beaten eventual session-topper Max Verstappen.But Norris lost 0.8s to the Red Bull in their respective first sectors on the sole runs in SQ3, which took place with the drivers running soft tyres after they had used mediums throughout …Keep reading

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Leclerc: Front row in Miami F1 sprint qualifying ‘stops people talking’

The Ferrari driver completed just three laps in practice after spinning at Turn 16 and suffering a clutch issue at the Miami track.But having been a prolific qualifier in his F1 career, with 23 pole positions, Leclerc admitted he was struggling to find the right window with the tyres in qualifying which was partly blamed for a poor run of form.Leclerc qualified seventh for the Chinese sprint race …Keep reading

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“This is a trial year”: Lia Block on F1 Academy, social media stress, and more

In a way, motorsports fans have watched Lia Block grow up before their eyes. As the daughter of famed wheelman Ken Block, she made her first on-camera appearance at the age of 13 (learning how to do donuts, of course), in a YouTube clip that drew more than three million views. But since her father’s tragic passing in January of 2023, she’s established herself as a cross-series racing star in …Keep reading

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