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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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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George Russell is baffled by Mercedes’ lack of pace during free practice in Melbourne ahead of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. And the Briton had bad news for Mercedes fans, with him revealing that the “porpoising” he experienced in Australia is the worst it has been so far this year. In search of answers to
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Charles Leclerc has praised former Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel ahead of the Aston Martin driver’s return to action at this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. Leclerc and Vettel spent two seasons together in 2019 and 2020, with the Monegasque outqualifying the four-time champion 25 times in 38 races. Following a “dream” 2019 season that yielded 10
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Aston Martin F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has received one of the more bizarre FIA summons we are likely to see this year after he commandeered a scooter during FP1 in Melbourne. Vettel has returned this weekend after missing the opening two rounds of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia through COVID, and he put
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Mercedes driver George Russell was not particularly impressed with Red Bull during the first practice session in Melbourne as two of his laps were hindered by the Milton Keynes-based team. The drivers took to the Albert Park Circuit for the first time since 2019 after the races in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to
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Ferrari have done the best job of mitigating the power deficit that comes with the new fuel blend, according to a report. As well as new ground effect aerodynamics this year, the technical regulations have seen the arrival of a brand-new E10 fuel blend which is made up of 90 percent fossil fuels and 10
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