June 9, 2024

Kamui Kobayashi topped the times in the first of the two three-hour sessions of the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday with a 3m28.467s lap aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar.That gave him a margin of more than seven tenths over Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who ended up on a 3m29.205s aboard the #6 963 LMDh fielded by the factory Porsche Penske Motorsport team.BMW took third sport with the …Keep reading

And it is going to take a lot more than a fifth place in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix – and a curt response to the 1997 world champion – to secure it.Unsurprisingly, Villeneuve’s takedown ahead of qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix has attracted plenty of attention.Signed by Sky Sports F1 for this weekend, presumably largely for his forthright opinions, it is difficult to …Keep reading

Following a number of trying race weekends where Aston Martin appeared to have slipped to sixth in the pecking order, the Silverstone-based team bounced back with a stronger qualifying performance in Montreal.Alonso qualified sixth just 0.228s shy of Mercedes’ polesitter George Russell, who beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in a dead heat in a scintillating Q3 shootout.The tiny gap between Russell …Keep reading

Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 world champion, caused a stir in Montreal when he told Sky that he did not know why Ricciardo, an eight-time grand prix winner, was still around the sport.He said: “Why is he still in F1? We’re hearing the same thing for the last five years. We have to ‘make the car better for him, poor him.’ No. You’re in F1. If you can’t cut it, go home.”But Ricciardo delivered the …Keep reading

However, it was the Mercedes driver who got pole position, his second in F1 following on from his maiden one in Hungary in 2022.It was the first time since 1997 that fans witnessed such a situation. What happens when two F1 drivers set the same time in qualifying?The fourth paragraph of Article 39.4 of the FIA F1 Sporting Regulations, i.e. (iv), states that: “If two or more drivers set identical …Keep reading

Key outlines for the 2026 F1 rules were released to the media on Thursday, although it became apparent that multiple F1 teams were concerned about certain aspects of the draft regulations, particularly those governing the application of active aero.It was initially unclear whether the X-mode activation, where the car’s front and rear wings enter a lower-drag state in defined straights, would be …Keep reading

Mercedes driver George Russell will start the race from pole position ahead of championship leader Max Verstappen (Red Bull).Ferrari lacked the pace to contend at the front in qualifying, leaving Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz 11th and 12th on the grid.What time does the Canadian Grand Prix start?The Canadian GP will begin at 2pm local time (-4 GMT) at Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve.Date …Keep reading