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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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel has slammed the FIA for fining him after he ventured out onto the circuit on a scooter during Friday practice. The German missed the first two rounds of the 2022 season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia having tested positive for COVID-19, so track time was indispensable for him as he made
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Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll are being ridiculed on F1 social media after their awkward collision during qualifying in Melbourne, with one joking that they make Nikita Mazepin look like Ayrton Senna. It was a busy Saturday for Stroll in Australia as he crashed at Turn 11 in the third free practice session, giving his
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Max Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton had an amusing exchange surrounding the rule prohibiting jewellery being worn in the cockpit during races. In 2005, the FIA introduced a ruling prohibiting jewellery being on a driver’s person during events due to safety concerns. They imposed “an immediate ban on the wearing of jewellery (body piercing and heavy
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Sebastian Vettel has received a 5,000 euro fine from the stewards after he commandeered a scooter during Friday practice at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Vettel managed to put 18 laps on the board during the first free practice session on Friday before an engine failure put an early end to his running. It subsequently
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Max Verstappen admits that Ferrari have the edge over Red Bull this weekend after a strong performance from the Scuderia throughout practice and qualifying thus far after Charles Leclerc took pole. Leclerc and Carlos Sainz set an impressive 131 laps between them over the course of free practice, romping to the quickest lap times in
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc reveals that he has “worked hard” this weekend to optimise his performance through Turn One and Turn Six, ultimately helping to his 11th pole position at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. The Monegasque set a stunning late lap time to beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole position, which perhaps came as a
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Red Bull driver Sergio Perez is pleased with what he described as a “decent” qualifying result at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix, but wishes he had gone with a different set of tyres in the final phase. His team-mate Max Verstappen was left frustrated by his second place as he missed out on pole position
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