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Amid turmoil at Red Bull, the double world champion continued where he left off a week ago in Bahrain to lead another 1-2 ahead of Sergio Perez.Charles Leclerc led the charge for Ferrari, finishing third on a weekend where his regular team-mate Carlos Sainz was replaced by Oliver Bearman, who made his F1 debut and finished in seventh place as one of the stars of the race.Our writers give their ...Keep reading

Hamlin ended up fastest in Round 1 of Saturday’s qualifying and repeated the effort in the final round, earning the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race with an average lap speed of 132.655 mph.Hamlin, who was second fastest in Friday’s practice, will be joined on the front row by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs (132.227 mph).The Toyota front row ended a streak of Fords winning the pole ...Keep reading

The British 18-year-old got called up by Ferrari on Friday morning after Sainz was sidelined with appendicitis, meaning he had just final practice to prepare ahead of qualifying in Jeddah.After just missing out in Q3 and qualifying 11th, Bearman produced a blemish-free race to progress to seventh place at the chequered flag, ahead of fellow Britons Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton.While Bearman ...Keep reading

Newgarden, a two-time series champion and defending Indianapolis 500 winner, executed a stout lap of 59.5714s around the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit to claim the top spot by 0.0058s over Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist.“It’s an elevated level when you start out the year,” said Newgarden, who now has 17 career poles.“I didn’t know that this would come today, it was ...Keep reading

Kirkwood, who won at street tracks at Long Beach and Nashville last year, failed to progress from the first stage of qualifying and blamed a strategy call for pushing too late on the alternate compound Firestone tires, having missed the sweet spot of the rubber.His team-mates Colton Herta and Marcus Ericsson both made the Fast Six and will start fourth and sixth.“Honestly, we were just out of ...Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Marko's position had been under scrutiny after he told Austrian TV on Friday night that there was a possibility he would be out of the team in time for the Australian Grand Prix.But on Saturday morning ahead of the Saudi Arabian GP, Marko met Red Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff in Jeddah, where it appears that he was given assurances over his future at the F1 team.This comes amid claims ...Keep reading

Mercedes representative Pin had dominated proceedings in Saudi Arabia as the F1 Academy began its second season, winning both races in a controlled manner.But after she failed to notice the chequered flag at the end of Saturday’s race, Pin continued at full pace on the cool-down lap and crossed the line again, causing officials to show the red flags to get her attention.Speaking to fellow podium ...Keep reading

After taking part in practice, regular Ferrari racer Carlos Sainz was forced to undergo surgery for appendicitis to leave the team to call on the services of Prema Racing FIA F2 driver Bearman.He had narrowly missed out on a Q3 appearance in qualifying so lined up 11th on the grid before launching well to then set about executing a string of well-judged passes - capped off by a dummy on Yuki ...Keep reading

Verstappen beat his team-mate Sergio Perez, who incurred a penalty during the pitstops that didn’t impact the finishing order, and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.2024 F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix results



Cla 
 Nº 
 Driver 
 Car / Engine 
 Laps 
 Gap 


1 
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull/Honda RBPT
50
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2 
11
Sergio ...Keep reading

The six-time MotoGP world champion made his Ducati race debut on Saturday in Qatar in the first sprint of the year, finishing fifth after qualifying sixth for Gresini Racing.Marquez was a factor in the podium battle before a late mistake cut him adrift, but he still said he achieved the goal he set out for himself ahead of the season.Read Also:


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An early crash for Lance Stroll meant Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton were a factor in the lead fight after a brief safety car period where they stayed out and did not pit, but they eventually finished in the pack behind Ferrari debutant Oliver Bearman.At the start, Verstappen and Leclerc launched in unison from the front row, with the polesitter soon swinging across his rival on the run to Turn ...Keep reading

Polesitter Martin led Saturday’s first sprint of the 2024 season from start to finish to score his 10thhalf-distance race win since the format was introduced last year.Read Also:


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But the Spaniard admitted that rear chatter problems on used tyres that plagued him throughout pre-season testing reared ...Keep reading

Just over 100 days after the 2023 championship – in which Martin finished runner-up – concluded, the 2024 campaign began under the Losail lights on Saturday with the 11-lap sprint.Starting from pole, Martin – last year’s most successful rider in the sprints – led all 11 laps of the half-distance race to win from KTM’s Brad Binder.Aleix Espargaro rallied past reigning world champion ...Keep reading

The charter system has been a major talking point – and a divisive one – throughout the entirety of the IndyCar offseason, which reaching a boiling point on the first day of the season on Friday ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.“I think it's healthy for 10 owners to have 10 different things they want,” Ganassi told a small group of reporters, including ...Keep reading

Marko's future at the F1 squad had been the subject of speculation after it emerged that he was at risk of suspension amid an investigation into the alleged leaking of information surrounding the recent Christian Horner investigation.Speaking to Austrian television on Friday night, Marko had said there was a chance he could be out of the team after this weekend and not be part of the squad for the ...Keep reading

Herta lapped the 1.8-mile, 14-turn street circuit in his Honda-powered machine in 1m00.1331s, recording the fastest time of the weekend thus far.This was a regular format session after yesterday’s trial of quickfire multiple split-format sessions, with all cars running throughout the 45 minutes this time.Kyle Kirkwood set the early pace for Andretti Global with a 1m00.6821s, 0.0651s ahead of the ...Keep reading

Maini started the feature race from pole position and with two points in his pocket, by virtue of Oliver Bearman’s withdrawal from the weekend in order to replace Carlos Sainz at the Ferrari Formula 1 outfit with the Spaniard rendered unfit through appendicitis.While the Invicta driver made a perfect start, things were wild behind with Bahrain double podium winner Pepe Marti losing the rear of ...Keep reading

Ricciardo qualified half a second off his RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in Q2 after he failed to find more lap time on his final run whereas most drivers around him did.Tsunoda went on to qualify ninth, while Ricciardo will have a mountain to climb to score points in Saturday night's race."Very frustrating," the Australian said. "I think last week I was frustrated just more with myself because I knew ...Keep reading

In last week's Bahrain GP Alonso secured sixth on the grid but slipped back to a distant ninth place in the race.He has again qualified well in Jeddah, earning fourth on a day that regular Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz was absent, and Mercedes struggled with bouncing."We are surprised about the performance of this car over one lap," he told Motorsport.com. "I think it's not our natural position to ...Keep reading

Pramac rider Martin posted a sensational 1m50.789s flying lap on his first run in Saturday’s afternoon qualifying session to take the spot by 0.083 seconds over the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro.The Spanish rider, runner-up in the championship to Francesco Bagnaia last year, was on course to better his time on his final effort but his lap was cancelled due to yellow flags deployed in response to a ...Keep reading