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New on Motorsport.com: after every F1 qualifying session, we'll publish each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.Read Also:


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Verstappen failed to improve with his second Q3 run, dropping two tenths, but he could still rely on an earlier 1m27.472s flying lap to land top spot over Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc and Red Bull RB20 team-mate Sergio Perez.The reigning three-time F1 world champion said that his first and fastest run had put him in mind of 2021, when he wiped out at the final corner of the Jeddah street circuit ...Keep reading

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.Saudi Arabian Grand Prix grid: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc Read Also:


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Verstappen produced a 1m27.472s on his first run in Q3 but did not improve on his second attempt so that stood as the time to beat.Leclerc had only been fourth a massive 0.8s down after the first runs, where he had tried an additional warm-up tour to cure a handling problem he was suddenly feeling with new softs.On his second attempt with just a single warm-up effort, he cut Verstappen's advantage ...Keep reading

Rain hit the track at around 7pm local time in Losail, an hour before the scheduled start of the session and while the final Moto3 practice session of the day was running.Although the rain lasted for a brief period, it left the circuit too wet to allow any MotoGP running on slick tyres, prompting race control to reduce the length of the session and not count it towards qualifying groups.Despite ...Keep reading

In a dramatic development to the saga surrounding Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, it has emerged that Marko may face disciplinary action as the result of a fresh investigation that has been launched against him.Just 24 hours after the female employee at the centre of the allegations made against Horner was suspended as a consequence of the findings of the probe into the matter, Marko is ...Keep reading

With the track being declared wet on Friday evening due to a short but heavy burst of rain, MotoGP will instead refer to the final practice on Saturday morning (officially referred to as Free Practice 2, despite being the third session in the order) to determine who all will gain an automatic entry into Q2.Rain hit the Losail circuit for the first time around 7pm local time, catching the Moto3 ...Keep reading

The 20th edition of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg signals the start of the 2024 IndyCar season, with opening practice beginning at 2:45pm ET on Friday, 8 March.Drivers will take to the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit that will feature some subtle changes.The biggest change comes in smoothing out the bumps in Turn 3, which proved to be a trouble spot for competitors last year ...Keep reading

Trident driver Verschoor put a scoreless Bahrain season-opening weekend behind him as he left all the action to those behind him on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. It was his second win for current team Trident, with his first coming in the inaugural race of 2023.Dennis Hauger was second for MP Motorsport while polesitter Paul Aron made it back-to-back podiums for Hitech.Read Also:


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The world motorsport governing body revealed its proposed roadmap for the future of rallying last week which includes changes to technical and sporting regulations, alongside a plan to improve the championship's promotion.The vision includes changes that will be implemented from next year chief among them the removal of hybrid power from Rally1 cars. The cars, introduced in 2022, will also undergo ...Keep reading

The new IndyCar season commences on Sunday with its traditional St. Petersburg season-opener. And all eyes will be on Alex Palou, as he seeks to defend the title he won in imperious fashion last year with Chip Ganassi Racing. The Spaniard had been expected to line up this season with Arrow McLaren SP, but a U-turn on that planned switch to remain with Ganassi will ensure it has the champion ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc finished second for Ferrari, with Sergio Perez third in the other RB20 and Carlos Sainz's replacement, Oliver Bearman, taking 10th in the second of the Scuderia's machines.Sauber's Valtteri Bottas ventured out on track first, with plenty of attention already on Bearman – a crowd of cameras and photographers clustered in front of what is now his garage.Bottas posted the initial ...Keep reading

As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this week, Audi has approved plans for a full takeover of the shareholding of the Sauber team from current owner Islero Investments AG. This had initially only been expected to be completed by 2026.Audi has also outlined further commitment to the project, having appointed Oliver Hoffmann, its former chief development officer, to become chairman of the board of ...Keep reading

Following two pre-season tests in February, the 21-round 2024 MotoGP campaign began this weekend in Qatar.Last year’s championship runner-up Jorge Martin topped the times by 0.047 seconds in a largely unrepresentative opening session from Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro.But it was Tech3 GasGas rookie Acosta who stole the show, going fastest in the session on several occasions and ending up third on ...Keep reading

The 2024 Super Formula season kicks off this weekend at Suzuka, so here is how and when you can watch this weekend's action.Ritomo Miyata won the championship in Super Formula after a competitive season last year and after his success, has switched to Formula 2 in the new season.Although the defending Super Formula champion will be absent, the defending 2023 F2 champion Theo Pourchaire will be ...Keep reading

Bearman's even younger Prema team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been all the rage recently as Mercedes ponders its driver options for 2025, but Bearman is equally seen as a superstar of the future.Following success in karting and Formula 4, the Chelmsford native was invited to the Ferrari Driver Academy Scouting World Finals in 2021, where he impressed Ferrari enough to earn a spot in its ...Keep reading

My first ideas for the top 10 female race and rally drivers of all time included entries from all over the world, maybe with one or two unsung heroines and some historical pioneers. However, looking at the cold, hard statistics of the best and fastest women of their day gave a different picture. Motorsport has had a far bigger share of female success than we think, and that’s even in the modern ...Keep reading

As revealed by Motorsport.com earlier this week, Bell ended his association with Alpine shortly before it was announced that he had joined Aston Martin as its new technical executive director.Read Also:


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In his new role, he will oversee the technical, engineering and performance functions of the Silverstone-based squad ...Keep reading

Sainz reported feeling unwell earlier in the week, which made him sit out his media commitments on Wednesday.He took part in Thursday's two free practice sessions, setting the seventh-fastest time in the latter, but still reported he couldn't push to the limit in the car after a "tough" 24 hours.It has now emerged that the Spaniard is struck by appendicitis, which rules him out for the remainder ...Keep reading

As the second season of the all-female F1 Academy gets under way in Saudi Arabia, the Silverstone Museum lifted the covers on a month of extensive activities that is has planned in October for this year’s #GirlsWill campaign.Marking International Women’s Day, the museum revealed a series of panellist events which will feature female sports stars, with activities supported by More Than Equal ...Keep reading