May 25, 2024

Leclerc claimed his third career F1 pole in Monaco after edging out McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in Q3 in Monte-Carlo, having topped FP2 and FP3 on his home streets.He also finished fifth in FP1, which was a session where Mercedes led the way.Motorsport.com understands the team had decided to complete its main Friday qualifying simulation efforts in FP1 due to a risk of rain that never arrived in …Keep reading

Despite heavy rain prompting two red flag periods and leading to a start/stop race, van der Linde kept his calm to convert pole position into a dominant victory over the Mercedes of Maro Engel. Defending champion Thomas Preining ended up third in the Manthey EMA Porsche, making it three different manufacturers on the podium.The race got underway at 5pm local time with the sun shining brightly on …Keep reading

Verstappen struggled throughout practice over the many kerbs and bumps around Monaco’s tight street circuit.And while the Red Bull team turned around its practice woes last week in Imola, there was little that could be done to give Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez an RB20 that could beat Ferrari or McLaren in qualifying.Verstappen’s first flyer in Q3 was good for third, but after brushing the …Keep reading

After qualifying, both Haas drivers were found to have a rear wing with a DRS clearance that exceeds the maximum permitted limit of 85mm on the outermost areas.The FIA’s technical delegate Jo Bauer flagged the issues after scrutineering, writing in a statement that “the uppermost rear wing element adjustable positions were checked on car numbers 20 and 27.”The LHS and RHS outermost area of the of …Keep reading

The veteran Spaniard had set a time good enough for 13th on his final lap but was vulnerable to progress from drivers further back, culminating in a drop into the bottom five. He couldn’t recover, having already pitted, and was out of time to set a final flying run.Citing the luck of the draw with traffic around the circuit, Alonso lent his support to a suggestion of using group qualifying to set …Keep reading

The reigning world champion enjoyed an eventful early part of the 12-lap sprint as he battled back from being shuffled down to fourth.When KTM’s Brad Binder crashed out of the lead on lap seven, Bagnaia was released into first place and looked on course to score a first sprint win since the 2023 Austrian GP weekend.But at Turn 5 on the final lap, he crashed and registered a third sprint DNF of …Keep reading

The Dane was heard to query a decision to pull out of a lap during Q2, in which he was slightly up on his delta from his opening outing of the session on the run up to Massenet. He was given the command to back out as early as Beau Rivage, and instead prepare for another attempt next time out.But this lap fell shy of his initial marker, a 1m11.725s, which consigned Magnussen to an exit from the …Keep reading

The Trackhouse Racing rider qualified a career-best third for himself and the American team on Saturday morning at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.Fernandez, riding the 2023-spec Aprilia that won last year’s sprint and GP at Barcelona, took the lead on lap three of 12 and quickly broke away from the pack by almost a second.But on lap five, Fernandez crashed out at Turn 10, which he explained …Keep reading

The Monegasque dazzled throughout the Friday and Saturday sessions in Monaco, and built up his speed over the sessions to eventually land on a 1m10.270s – a tenth shy of Lewis Hamilton’s record pole time set in 2019.”It was nice, the feeling after a qualifying lap is always very special here,” Leclerc said. “I’m really happy about the lap.””Qualifying is not everything, as much as it helps …Keep reading

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 Monaco GP …Keep reading