Sergio Perez was clearly feeling a mixture of emotions after he narrowly missed out on pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to Sir Lewis Hamilton. The Mexican will line up P2 on the grid, one position ahead of his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen, and he was evidently frustrated but optimistic with the
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that Red Bull will have a “strategic advantage” over them in today’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as their two drivers will be on differing strategies and Sir Lewis Hamilton will be outnumbered. Hamilton took pole position on Saturday after Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen both made mistakes on
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Mercedes driver Sir Lewis Hamilton has said he will be keeping an eye on Pierre Gasly at this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as he is expecting the Frenchman and Scuderia AlphaTauri to be very strong at Imola. Gasly was fifth fastest in Free Practice One (FP1), and managed a lap time good enough for
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Max Verstappen has set the pace in the third and final practice session at Imola, leading McLaren driver Lando Norris in P2 and Sir Lewis Hamilton in P3. Sergio Perez ended the session fourth on the timesheet, ahead of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly in the highest-placed Scuderia AlphaTauri. Follow us on Google
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Charles Leclerc has said his Ferrari SF21 feels “very competitive” at Imola despite Friday not being an “easy day” for him. The Monegasque crashed out of Free Practice Two (FP2), with him losing control of the rear of the car in the final sector of the circuit and colliding with a barrier. Follow us on
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Ex-F1 driver Paul di Resta has been confirmed as part of McLaren’s pool of reserve drivers. McLaren have a deal with the Mercedes F1 Team to share the Silver Arrows’ two reserve drivers – Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries – this season, but di Resta gives them another option should they be unavailable due
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The stewards have decided not to penalise Sergio Perez or Esteban Ocon for the collision between the pair in Free Practice One (FP1) at Imola which ended both of their sessions and brought out the red flags. The rear of Perez’s Red Bull made contact with the front of Ocon’s car at turn five and
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Sergio Perez must accept he is slower than Max Verstappen if he is to succeed at Red Bull, British F1 journalist Tom Clarkson has said. Speaking on the F1 Nation podcast, Clarkson, the host, said he believes as long as Perez is able to accept that he won’t be able to match Verstappen’s qualifying pace,
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Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has said it is still too soon to say where Alpine stand in this year’s pecking order, especially as both pre-season testing and the season-opener took place at the same venue. Alpine’s 2021 car looked uncompetitive at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Esteban Ocon well out of the points
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2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has insisted that Mick Schumacher “completely” deserves to be in Formula One due to his strong track record in junior categories. Mick, son of seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher, is racing with Haas in his rookie season after winning the 2020 Formula Two Championship. READ: ‘We’re Not Kids’:
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