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The FIA stewards have explained why Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg advanced to Q2 with a lap that exceeded track limits, an incident that robbed Williams driver Alex Albon of a spot in the second round of qualifying in Bahrain.Hulkenberg’s third and final push lap in Q1 yielded a 1m31.998s, enough to dump Albon out by a mere 0.042s. The German then went on to qualify 13th in Q2, before his …Keep reading

Mercedes drivers George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have received a one-place grid drop each for a Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying infraction.Russell loses his front-row spot to Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, while Alpine driver Pierre Gasly is promoted to fourth on the grid at Antonelli’s expense.After Q2 was red flagged for a crash for Haas driver Esteban Ocon, both Mercedes …Keep reading

Marc Marquez reclaimed the lead of the MotoGP world championship after leading every lap from pole position in the sprint race at the Qatar GP.The victory marked his fourth successive sprint win over his brother and previous championship leader Alex Marquez at the start of 2025.Franco Morbidelli came home in third for the VR46 Ducati team, while Marquez’s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia …Keep reading

Helmut Marko revealed that a “massive problem” led to Max Verstappen’s disappointing qualifying session in the Bahrain desert Saturday night. The Dutchman could only secure P7, and will start tomorrow’s grand prix just one place behind his championship rival Lando Norris.“It was worse than expected because we changed a few things on the car which we thought would be an improvement …Keep reading

George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have both been summoned by the Bahrain Grand Prix stewards for entering the fast lane of the pitlane before a Q2 restart time was officially declared in Formula 1 qualifying.The intermediate stage of qualifying was interrupted by Esteban Ocon’s crash at Turn 3, which enforced a short hiatus in running to extricate his Haas from the gravel and check the …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri beat George Russell to pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen down in sixth and seventh.Piastri looked the quicker of the two McLaren cars from Q2 and after being fastest on the first run of Q2, and he then cemented his pole on the deciding run on a rapidly improving Bahrain international Circuit.Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari ahead of the …Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.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.McLarenOscar …Keep reading

KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer has hit out at critics claiming that the brand’s MotoGP project is struggling as a result of the financial problems for the Austrian manufacturer.Speaking on the world feed on Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, Beirer said in no uncertain terms that the road bike factory’s well-documented money problems were no issue for the MotoGP campaign, and added that …Keep reading

Marc Marquez claimed yet another 2025 pole position on Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, edging his brother Alex (Gresini Ducati) into a familiar second place.Two major shocks emerged from the baking hot afternoon session at Losail. One was Marquez’s factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia falling on his final run, condemning himself to a lowly 11th position on the grid and making a …Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri blew away the rest of the field in third practice for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix, with unrepresentative daytime conditions causing drivers to struggle for grip.With 10 minutes to go in the final one-hour practice session, Piastri’s soft-tyre lap of 1m31.646s went unanswered by his rivals, with the Australian six tenths quicker than team-mate Lando …Keep reading