Dutch driver Max Verstappen led Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez to a one-two in qualifying at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday. The defending Formula 1 World Champion claimed his 21st career pole position, edging out Perez by 0.138s, a statement showing Red Bull remain the team to beat this season. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc only completed a single run in the final segment of qualifying...
Seven-time Formula One world champion insists he remains committed to Mercedes after Damon Hill and Jenson Button suggested he might be considering retiring from the sport. The 38-year-old’s contract with the Brackley-based team expires at the end of the year and there is no indication he will be signing anytime soon. The former McLaren driver had a torrid 2022, where he failed to win a race...
Red Bull Racing driver Sergio Perez outpaced Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton as Formula 1 pre-season testing came to a close in Bahrain on Saturday. The Mexican's time of 1m30.305s was set on the soft tyre and was two tenths quicker than Charles Leclerc’s pole position time from last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Perez finished 0.359s clear of Hamilton, who briefly led after setting Mercedes' best lap of...
Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu left it late to end day two of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain on top of the time sheets, while Mercedes were hit with mechanical issues. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen had led the way for most of the afternoon in his Red Bull before Chinese Zhou bolted on soft tyres in the closing stages and set a time of 1m:31.610s to...
Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen was fastest on the opening day of the 2023 pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday. The Red Bull Racing driver topped the morning session in a time of 1m 32.959s and found further improvement in the afternoon with a time of 1m 32.837s after completing 157 laps on the first day of the three-day event at the Bahrain International Circuit....
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