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Hamilton blames wind for Q1 error in “knife-edge” Mercedes

Just hours after Hamilton had delivered his best result of the season so far as he finished second in the Shanghai sprint, he came crashing back to earth as he failed to make it out of the first session of qualifying.

Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024

Hamilton blames wind for Q1 error as Mercedes "experiment"

Just hours after Hamilton had delivered his best result of the season so far as he finished second in the Shanghai sprint, he came crashing back to earth as he failed to make it out of the first session of qualifying.

Autosport · Apr 20, 2024

Rast: "More time" needed for BMW to emulate Porsche WEC win with LMDh

The triple DTM champion believes that the victory achieved by Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the Qatar 1812km season-opener gives BMW "hope" in the first year of its WEC programme with the M Hybrid V8 run by WRT.

Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024

F1 Chinese GP: Verstappen claims Red Bull's 100th pole, Perez second

The championship leader had rarely looked beatable throughout the session and ploughed a lonely furrow in pursuit of pole position, particularly as nobody had been able to beat his opening 1m33.977s effort - let alone his ultimate pole lap.

Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024

2024 F1 Chinese GP qualifying results: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will start ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 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.

Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024

Why Imola could bring “more chaos” to the WEC

Following a season-opening race in Qatar that ran without interruption from safety cars, there is widespread expectation that Imola’s tight and undulating nature may conspire to produce incidents that the open, flowing nature of the Losail International Circuit helped negate.

Autosport · Apr 20, 2024

Alonso hit with penalty for Sainz clash in China F1 sprint

The Spaniard was locked in a tight fight with the Ferraris for third place in the closing stages of the Shanghai sprint event, as he battled rapidly degrading tyres.

Autosport · Apr 20, 2024

Norris had no reason to apologise for China F1 sprint showing, says McLaren

Norris had started from the front after a brilliant showing in Friday’s wet qualifying session, but it all went wrong at Turn 1 of the sprint race after he came off worse in a side-by-side tussle with Lewis Hamilton.

Autosport · Apr 20, 2024

Supercars New Zealand: Heimgartner splashes to Taupo opener victory

The Auckland-born driver took the lead after the first of two pit cycles on a wet 3.3km Taupo International Motorsport Park.

Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024

Norris had no reason to apologise for F1 sprint showing, says McLaren

Norris had started from the front after a brilliant showing in Friday’s wet qualifying session, but it all went wrong at Turn 1 of the sprint race after he came off worse in a side-by-side tussle with Lewis Hamilton.

Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024