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Lando Norris feels he “didn’t deliver” in challenging for pole at Formula 1’s British Grand Prix, where George Russell and Lewis Hamilton knocked him off the race’s front row.Norris, who over the last two weekends has topped F1 qualifying in Spain and was second twice against the clock in Austria, had set the pace in Q2 at Silverstone.The McLaren racer then surged ahead of team-mate Oscar Piastri …Keep reading

Max Verstappen was told the floor damage caused by his run across the Copse gravel trap in Q1 for Formula 1’s British Grand Prix robbed him of 100 downforce points.Amid the threat of a rain shower in the opening segment of qualifying, Verstappen had been pushing hard on slicks when he hit a damp patch at Copse – pitching him off the circuit and through the gravel.Although he was able to keep …Keep reading

Mercedes has locked out the front row for the British Grand Prix, with Spielberg winner George Russell claiming pole from team-mate Lewis Hamilton.Lando Norris will line up third for McLaren, making it an all-British top three on the grid, with Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen starting fourth.Ferrari endured a dreadful qualifying, leaving Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc seventh and …Keep reading

Kyle Larson beat van Gisbergen in Saturday’s practice session on the 2.2-mile, 12-turn course through the Grant Park area of downtown Chicago.Larson had the top overall average lap speed at 89.549 mph while van Gisbergen was close behind at 89.434 mph. Both drivers ran in the first 20-minute session of the day. Earlier in the day, van Gisbergen edged Larson for the pole in Saturday’s Xfinity …Keep reading

George Russell led an all-Mercedes front row for the British Grand Prix as he beat Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole by 0.171 seconds.A thrilling fight for pole eventually boiled down to a duel between the two Mercedes drivers. Neither Hamilton nor Russell had improved on their first sectors, but started to turn up the dial as their laps progressed.Hamilton logged a 1m25.990s to lay down …Keep reading

Russell will start ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Lando Norris after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.British Grand Prix grid: Russell on pole from HamiltonCla  Nº  Driver  Car / …Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli admits to feeling the pressure since being tipped as the driver to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes before his breakthrough maiden Formula 2 win in the Silverstone sprint race.After winning the Formula Regional European title, the 17-year-old skipped Formula 3 in favour of competing in the more senior category, but the spotlight grew infinitely when Hamilton …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 British GP …Keep reading

Liam Lawson is set to test Red Bull’s current Formula 1 car at Silverstone next week, Motorsport.com has learned, as the rumour mill intensifies over Sergio Perez’s future at the team.Perez is under pressure to lift his game off the back of a disappointing run of form that has left his team bosses frustrated.The Mexican has not finished on a non-sprint podium since the Chinese Grand Prix, and …Keep reading

Rene Rast came out on top of a mixed-weather first race at the Norisring today, calling the conditions exactly right to win for Schubert Motorsport and BMW.The start was cleaner and tidier than some seen during the course of the Norisring’s long DTM history. Behind poleman Jack Aitken (Emil Frey Racing Ferrari), Rast’s team-mate Sheldon van der Linde slotted dutifully into second with Mirko …Keep reading