December 7, 2024

Max Verstappen feared his huge slide out of the final corner in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was going to be “quite spicy” while he faced the wall, with his slip-up a symptom of a difficult-to-tame Red Bull Formula 1 car.In the face of McLaren’s expected dominance, Verstappen looked set to mount a solid challenge by being the only driver to save two brand-new sets of soft tyres for the …Keep reading

Fernando Alonso has taken aim at Formula One Management [FOM] for portraying him as a “grumpy guy” after a team radio rant over the performance of his Aston Martin during Friday’s practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was broadcast.The two-time Formula 1 world champion has a long list of famous team radio messages where he has voiced his displeasure, most notably when with McLaren during the …Keep reading

Formula E drivers have warned that this weekend’s season-opening Sao Paulo E-Prix could be a ‘temperature limited’ race, with car batteries set to be put under extreme heat conditions.Temperatures for the first race of the campaign are expected to be well over 30C and similar to last season’s event, which was held on 16 March 2024.During the previous outing drivers suffered from de-rating …Keep reading

Lando Norris took pole position for Formula 1’s 2024 season finale in Abu Dhabi ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz, as long-time qualifying leader Max Verstappen ended up only fifth.Elsewhere, Charles Leclerc lost his best lap in Q2 to a track limits violation for Ferrari, which boosts McLaren’s chances of netting the constructors’ title even further given its 1-2 result, while Lewis …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 Abu Dhabi GP …Keep reading

McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will start the race from the front row, with Carlos Sainz lining up right behind in the lead Ferrari.World champion Max Verstappen will take the start in fifth place.Local time Your timeEventDate Abu Dhabi GP Dec 08  17:00   …Keep reading

Lando Norris says McLaren wants to secure the Formula 1 constructors’ championship “in style” by winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after locking out the front row.The Woking-based squad is 21 points ahead of its Italian rival heading into the F1 season finale at the Yas Marina circuit on Sunday.McLaren’s performance this weekend has made it clear favourite to pull off the feat, with its MCL38 …Keep reading

Reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein began his title defence in perfect fashion with pole for the Sao Paulo E-Prix season-opener, besting Oliver Rowland by just one-tenth.The Porsche driver found himself nearly two-tenths behind Rowland after the opening sector around the street circuit in Brazil, but gradually pulled that deficit back over the remainder of the lap.His 1m09.851s was the …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton’s final qualifying for Mercedes in Formula 1 ended in a disappointing Q1 exit on Saturday after a flying bollard got trapped under his car.The seven-time world champion was on his final effort to put in a lap that would get him through to Q2 when he came upon a slow Kevin Magnussen in the Haas.The Dane, aware Hamilton was coming up behind him in the hotel section, moved off the …Keep reading