Alex Albon was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the hard tyres after his mammoth stint that helped him score a point at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. The Thai-Brit was disqualified from qualifying on Saturday after he ran out of fuel at the end of Q1, but he waited 57 laps to pit, stopping
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Max Verstappen suggests that there is no point thinking about the championship until his Red Bull team get their reliability issues fixed. Verstappen was running in second place for much of the Australian Grand Prix and, despite two Safety Cars neutralising the pack, he could only watch as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc sailed off into the
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Lando Norris has revealed that there was nothing significantly different with his McLaren car at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, despite the extraordinary gains they appeared to enjoy. McLaren got both cars into the final phase of qualifying on Saturday for the first time since the end of 2021, and Norris led Ricciardo home as
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz reveals that he had to change his steering wheel ahead of the start of the Australian Grand Prix, but takes the blame for the spin that put him out of the race. A red flag caused by Fernando Alonso followed by a starter issue meant that Sainz began the race in Melbourne
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has indicated that there might have been another fuel problem for Max Verstappen as he was forced to retire for the second time in three races at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. The Dutchman was trailing leader Charles Leclerc by a considerable margin in Melbourne before he ground to
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IndyCar driver Colton Herta hopes that a bit of fortune falls his way in the form of a McLaren seat, but maintains that he does not wish any misfortune on anyone personally. Daniel Ricciardo has struggled for form since joining McLaren ahead of the 2021 season, and he was out-qualified 15-7 by team-mate Lando Norris,
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Zhou Guanyu hopes to acclimatise himself to the start procedure of a Formula 1 car over the next few races as he aims to avoid a repeat of the opening lap of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Zhou will be contesting his first-ever Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend, as none of the
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen cut a visibly frustrated figure after losing out on pole position in Melbourne to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The Dutchman had been working on Friday to improve the “balance” of the car, and set 60 laps over the course of the three practice sessions, only breaking into the top two on one
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Carlos Sainz labelled his ninth-placed qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix a “disaster,” adding that he did not have sufficient time to warm up the tyres due to an issue with the starter. Sainz’s first lap in Q3 was set to be good enough to at least put him in the top five before a
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The FIA have prohibited the unique Safety Car restart employed by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, meaning that he will not be able to drive alongside his opponents ahead of green flag racing. Verstappen drove side-by-side with Sir Lewis Hamilton under the Safety Car head of his dramatic last lap move on the Briton to take
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