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After qualifying, both Haas drivers were found to have a rear wing with a DRS clearance that exceeds the maximum permitted limit of 85mm on the outermost areas.The FIA’s technical delegate Jo Bauer flagged the issues after scrutineering, writing in a statement that “the uppermost rear wing element adjustable positions were checked on car numbers 20 and 27.”The LHS and RHS outermost area of the of …Keep reading

The veteran Spaniard had set a time good enough for 13th on his final lap but was vulnerable to progress from drivers further back, culminating in a drop into the bottom five. He couldn’t recover, having already pitted, and was out of time to set a final flying run.Citing the luck of the draw with traffic around the circuit, Alonso lent his support to a suggestion of using group qualifying to set …Keep reading

The reigning world champion enjoyed an eventful early part of the 12-lap sprint as he battled back from being shuffled down to fourth.When KTM’s Brad Binder crashed out of the lead on lap seven, Bagnaia was released into first place and looked on course to score a first sprint win since the 2023 Austrian GP weekend.But at Turn 5 on the final lap, he crashed and registered a third sprint DNF of …Keep reading

The Dane was heard to query a decision to pull out of a lap during Q2, in which he was slightly up on his delta from his opening outing of the session on the run up to Massenet. He was given the command to back out as early as Beau Rivage, and instead prepare for another attempt next time out.But this lap fell shy of his initial marker, a 1m11.725s, which consigned Magnussen to an exit from the …Keep reading

The Monegasque dazzled throughout the Friday and Saturday sessions in Monaco, and built up his speed over the sessions to eventually land on a 1m10.270s – a tenth shy of Lewis Hamilton’s record pole time set in 2019.”It was nice, the feeling after a qualifying lap is always very special here,” Leclerc said. “I’m really happy about the lap.””Qualifying is not everything, as much as it helps …Keep reading

The Trackhouse Racing rider qualified a career-best third for himself and the American team on Saturday morning at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.Fernandez, riding the 2023-spec Aprilia that won last year’s sprint and GP at Barcelona, took the lead on lap three of 12 and quickly broke away from the pack by almost a second.But on lap five, Fernandez crashed out at Turn 10, which he explained …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 Monaco GP …Keep reading

The Mexican driver managed to find his way into fifth after Saturday’s earlier FP3 session, although brusquely noted that his Red Bull was “nowhere” ahead of the run-in to qualifying.Although Red Bull made changes to the set-up of his RB20, these were not enough to help Perez progress any further into qualifying and he ultimately shook out in a lowly 18th, only outqualifying the Saubers.Reflecting …Keep reading

Barnard became the seventh different F2 race winner this season, taking the chequered flag by over five seconds from Gabriel Bortoleto despite the final segment of the race being a five-lap dash after a late red flag.Read Also:FIA F3F3 Monaco: Tsolov takes maiden win in disrupted sprint racePrior to the Monaco race, Barnard was the only driver without a point to his name …Keep reading

Set to end a barren sprint run without a win on Saturday since last year’s Austrian GP, Bagnaia fell off his factory Ducati at Turn 5 on the last lap of 12 while eight tenths clear of Aprilia’s Espargaro.Espargaro, who started from pole but got beaten up in the early laps, had recovered to second on lap eight and was promoted to the lead when Bagnaia crashed.It marks his first sprint win of …Keep reading