Speaking of comeback drives, Hamilton’s performance during an eventful visit to Interlagos in 2021 has to be amongst his most iconic. After being disqualified from qualifying due to a technical infringement on his rear wing, the world champion started Saturday’s Sprint from t...
March 27, 2014 · 11:12 am Fernando Alonso: “It’s not been the perfect start…” Fernando Alonso says that Ferrari can still fight for the World Championship this year, despite the impressive form shown by rivals in Australia. In recent years Alonso has had to fight with what was oft...
A Sprint weekend is still a three-day affair with the Grand Prix as the main event, but the Sprint Qualifying session (which sets the grid for the Sprint) replaces FP2 on Friday afternoon. The Sprint itself takes place on Saturday (instead of FP3), before ...
Vettel (240) has turned his lead to 13 points over Alonso (227) on the championship after Indian GP with three races remaining. Sebastian Vettel looks like sacred in India with dominating the first positions in three practices and qualifying. The German has his 35th pole positions after setting...
Giancarlo Fisichella took over as Alonso's teammate in 2005, winning the opening race of the season in Australia after rain affected the qualifying session. However, it was the Alonso who really triumphed during the year, winning the following three races. Although Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren ba...
It is known for its scenic views of Albert Park Lake and skyline of Melbourne’s central business district. Qualifying on pole position is not always a positive. Between 2014 and 2019, the Briton took pole at the Australian Grand Prix in every season, but converted only one of those pole...
"Because by the time we got to Australia we knew there was probably going to be a protest over the double diffuser, so it was a case of whatever you do, don't go and win the race by a lap. I think the instruction for Jenson was win by five seconds -- get to the fron...
bodywork we’ll see on track: teams will typically hide or disguise innovative features until the first day of pre-season testing, which takes place on February 26 in Bahrain this year. More significant changes may also take place before the first races of the year in Australia on...
Kevin Magnussen joined the team in Perez's place for 2014, while Dennis returned as CEO. The team's best result was a second-place finish in Australia. Return of Honda engines McLaren ended their engine deal with Mercedes in 2015, buying back the 40 per cent stake the German manufacturer ...
I was very happy with the level I was performing at and I think I showed some pretty clear progress from last season. I think mainly in qualifying, I've made life too difficult for myself this year. But I think last year in a lot of the races, I wouldn't have had the tools to...