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F1 Imola GP: Leclerc quickest in FP2 as Verstappen slides to seventh

After he had also led Friday afternoon's FP1 action, Leclerc continued as the frontrunner through the early stages of the day's second 60-minute session when the cars were split across the medium and hard tyres.

Motorsport · May 17, 2024

F1 Imola GP: Leclerc fastest in red-flagged FP1 while Verstappen struggles

Leclerc set the session’s best time – a 1m16.990s – aboard the updated Ferrari shortly after the one-hour FP1 action was stopped by Alex Albon’s Williams shutting down after he hit a kerb hard and ran down the Imola track from Piratella to Acque Minerali, where he stopped on the…

Autosport · May 17, 2024

F1 Miami GP – Start time, how to watch, starting grid & TV channel

Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from pole position as he chases his fifth win of the season, and third consecutive triumph in Miami.

Motorsport · May 5, 2024

F1 Chinese GP: Verstappen beats Hamilton to sprint win

The championship leader appeared out of sorts in the opening flurry of laps as he struggled to charge his battery with the selected hybrid settings, but a series of changes on his steering wheel appeared to rectify the issue.

Autosport · Apr 20, 2024

F1 Chinese GP: Verstappen passes Hamilton to win first sprint of 2024

The championship leader appeared out of sorts in the opening flurry of laps as he struggled to charge his battery with the selected hybrid settings, but a series of changes on his steering wheel appeared to rectify the issue.

Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024

2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint qualifying results: Lando Norris takes pole

Norris will start ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. 

Motorsport · Apr 19, 2024

2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint qualifying results: Norris takes pole

Norris will start ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. 

Autosport · Apr 19, 2024

F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen breezes to victory in Red Bull 1-2

Carlos Sainz completed the podium ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, who popped up in Perez's race and gained several places from his mid-pack grid spot by completing a rare Suzuka one-stop strategy.

Autosport · Apr 7, 2024

F1 Japanese GP: Verstappen heads Perez in final practice

Under brighter and slightly warmer conditions compared to Friday, Verstappen lined up first at the end of the pitlane and led off on a long first stint on the mediums, which meant he set the first place benchmark at 1m30.265s, but was soon supplanted by the soft-shod Hamilton.

Autosport · Apr 6, 2024

F1 Japanese GP qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more

The F1 world champion led a Red Bull 1-2 in opening practice which was red-flagged midway through as Logan Sargeant crashed heavily, which ruled him out of FP2 as his Williams car was repaired.But the American driver missed relatively little running as damp conditions meant no representative running in the…

Autosport · Apr 5, 2024