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A critical power steering failure severely dented Ott Tanak’s hopes of a first win of the World Rally Championship season, handing Sébastien Ogier the Rally Portugal lead. Until the mechanical trouble, the Hyundai driver appeared to be in command of the rally having led the rally since Friday’s stage 2, holding off the Toyota of eight-time world champion and six-time Portugal winner …Keep reading

Marcus Armstrong suffered a major crash in Saturday morning practice, just ahead of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. The car spun, slamming the Turn 1 wall with the left-rear and left-side of the No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda in a heavy impact. Thankfully, the car did not go airborne as Kyffin Simpson did in Fast Friday practice, or like Colton Herta, who went fully upside down in qualifying …Keep reading

McLaren racer Lando Norris admitted that he made “a lot of mistakes” in qualifying for Formula 1’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix and went so far as to say that his qualifying performances over the course of the season “have not been strong enough”. The Briton will line up in fourth for tomorrow’s Imola GP, behind George Russell, Max Verstappen and team-mate Oscar Piastri – who …Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda has apologised to his Red Bull team after an “unnecessary” and “stupid” crash in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which will see him start tomorrow’s race from the back of the field.The Japanese driver crashed during the first part of qualifying in Imola after losing control of his RB21 and making heavy contact with the inside wall.Tsunoda was taken to …Keep reading

Franco Colapinto has been slapped with a grid penalty – despite crashing out of qualifying for the F1 Imola Grand Prix.The Argentine was penalised for breaking protocol after Yuki Tsunoda’s high-speed crash.Colapinto, who was making his debut for Alpine after replacing the luckless Jack Doohan, with the Aussie failing to score a single point in the opening six races.However, when …Keep reading

Colton Herta was the 14th driver on track for Indianapolis 500 qualifying on Saturday, but he never made it through Turn 1 on his first flying lap. The incident that followed ended up halting qualifying for about 18 minutes.Herta’s No. 26 Honda snapped around, sending the Andretti Global driver backwards into the wall. Facing the wrong direction, the rear of the car immediately lifted and went …Keep reading

“We are just P nowhere at the moment,” Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc muttered disconsolately into a waiting Sky Sports F1 microphone after qualifying 11th for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.  Team-mate Lewis Hamilton was 12th and, if the gap between them was more slender than it has been in recent outings, the fact remains that this was Ferrari’s most abject qualifying performance ever at …Keep reading

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has grabbed pole for Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after pipping Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in Imola qualifying.After the first salvo of Q3 runs Verstappen led the way with a 1m14.772s, half a tenth up on Piastri and two tenths ahead of Norris.On his final attempt, championship leader Piastri lost out to Verstappen in sector one, but a better second and third …Keep reading

British racer Oliver Bearman slammed the FIA after his fastest lap in qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was deleted due to a late red flag in the session. The Haas driver says he wasn’t notified of the red flag until “quite a way after I crossed the line”.Qualifying for F1’s Imola GP was hit by two red flags in the first session. An initial stoppage came when Red Bull driver …Keep reading

Qualifying for Formula 1’s Imola Grand Prix has been red-flagged a second time for a crash by Alpine driver Franco Colapinto.On his final flyer at the end of Q1 Colapinto, who is making his 2025 season debut with Alpine this weekend, dipped his wheels onto the grass on the exit of Tamburello, the first corner sequence at Imola.That error sent the Argentinian spinning into the gravel trap …Keep reading