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Lando Norris led a McLaren 1-2 in qualifying for Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, with points leader Max Verstappen qualifying down in seventh.George Russell took third for practice pacesetter Mercedes.Oscar Piastri and Verstappen are set to see the stewards post-qualifying due to an incident in Q1 where the McLaren was released into the Red Bull’s path in the pits and Verstappen had to slam on the …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 Italian GP …Keep reading

Marc Marquez broke his 1000-day victory drought with top spot in Saturday’s sprint race at the Aragon Grand Prix.The 31-year-old Catalan, who had topped every single session at MotoLand, controlled the race from the opening corners to convert pole position into a dominant 2.9s win.It was the former Honda rider’s first chequered flag in more than 1000 days, stretching back to Misano in 2021, and …Keep reading

Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman drove a controlled race in the F2 Monza sprint race to back up his earlier success in the Austrian sprint outing and top the podium for the second time this year.Having started from eighth, this following a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision last time out at Spa-Francorchamps, Bearman swiftly climbed the order, going wheel to wheel with ART driver Victor …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton headlined the final free practice session of the Italian Grand Prix weekend, 0.093 seconds clear of Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate George Russell.In a closely contested session, in which the top six were all within a quarter of a second, the two Mercedes cars displaced Charles Leclerc from the leaderboard’s zenith in their final fresh soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying.Amid …Keep reading

F3 has raced with the Dallara F3 2019 since its formation in that year, bringing together GP3 and the Formula 3 European Championship.With racing that continues to enthrall with plenty of overtaking, it was somewhat peculiar that a large focus of the press release was on improving the raceability of the machinery.But this has been an area of study across the F1 pyramid, with the top-tier getting …Keep reading

Former Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg believes that Andrea Kimi Antonelli has the talent to star in Formula 1, but notes his preparation in his 2024 Formula 2 season “is anything but ideal”.Antonelli was announced on Saturday as a Mercedes driver for 2025 to partner George Russell at the team, a day after his brief showing in FP1 for the team – where he crashed at Parabolica after overdoing it on …Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has beaten Jack Doohan in taking race car number #12 next season, after both set their sights on it.Under Formula 1’s current sporting regulations, drivers have to choose a permanent number that they keep for their entire F1 career.Numbers only become available if a driver’s F1 career is deemed to have ended after two full seasons out of grand prix racing.The number 12 has …Keep reading

Formula 3 will race with new machinery from next year, with the F3 2025 confirmed to run for the next three seasons.Visually, the car has similarities to the current F1 and F2 models, with curved front and rear endplates.Although F3 has not been lacking for overtaking, the new car is said to have been designed to “boost overtaking capabilities” and has undergone a significant testing process …Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff says he decided Andrea Kimi Antonelli would be Lewis Hamilton’s successor “five minutes after” he learned of the Briton’s Ferrari move.On Saturday, Mercedes finally announced that 18-year-old Antonelli will be promoted to a race seat next year alongside George Russell as Hamilton’s replacement.The announcement brings a close to months of speculation over …Keep reading