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Max: ‘Absolutely nothing' behind shoulder bump
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 07:10
Max Verstappen has downplayed his shoulder bump against Lewis Hamilton at Imola, saying it was nothing more than an accident. Hamilton claimed pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with Sergio Perez qualifying ...
Skeen earns pole, sets new track record in Trans Am qualifying at Laguna Seca
Racer - 1 May 2021 05:51
Mike Skeen saved his best for last Friday in Trans Am SpeedFest action at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, capturing the TA2® Motul pole (...)
Track limits changed after F1 Friday practice
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 02:30
Race control will now monitor track limits at Turn 5 Formula 1 teams have been advised that race control has changed its stance on track limits following the opening day of the Portuguese Grand Prix. Ahead of the weekend...
Video: A lap of Sonoma onboard a Ferrari 458 Challenge Evo
Racer - 1 May 2021 01:19
The drivers and teams have assembled in wine country for the second round of the 2021 Ferrari Challenge season in North America with a (...)
Horner refutes Red Bull-Porsche claims
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 00:10
Christian Horner Christian Horner has swatted away suggestions that Red Bull is set to partner with Porsche on its Formula 1 engine programme. Red Bull is in the process of standing up its Powertrains business as it brin...
Max: Portugal pole was on before Vettel encounter
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 23:30
Max Verstappen was confident of claiming pole position in Portimao…until he encountered Sebastian Vettel's Aston Martin. Qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix brought an interesting strategic duel between Mercedes a...
Dr Gordini: I remember the blood, silence and tears
GRAND PRIX 247 - 1 May 2021 23:21
Dr Giovanni Gordin was on hand when Ayrton Senna crashed his Williams and died during the San Marino Grand Prix on May 1, 1994. The doctor on duty that day, for the 118 emergency services of Bologna, was one of the medic...
Gasly unsurprised to be outpaced by Alpine
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 23:10
Pierre Gasly was not overly surprised to have been outqualified by an Alpine for the first time this season at the Portuguese Grand Prix. The AlphaTauri driver had been one of the 2021 campaign's Saturday stars so far, b...
Latifi calls Mazepin a 'dumbass' in blocking row
Planet F1 - 1 May 2021 23:05
Another grand prix, another Nikita Mazepin controversy as, for the second race weekend running, he crossed swords with Nicholas Latifi. The post Latifi calls Mazepin a ‘dumbass’ in blocking row appeared first on Plan...
Toyota takes first Hypercar win, but Alpine makes them work for it
Racer - 1 May 2021 22:34
Toyota Gazoo Racing took the opening race of the Hypercar era in the FIA WEC but it was far from a straightforward victory for the (...)
Kanaan paces IndyCar practice at Texas
Racer - 1 May 2021 22:32
It took plenty of patience to get the first NTT IndyCar Series practice under way at Texas Motor Speedway, and once the two-hour (...)
Ricciardo: I'm not really sure where it went wrong
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 22:30
Portuguese Grand Prix – It was mixed fortunes for McLaren with Ricciardo not making it out of Q1 and Norris feeling he could've done better than P7. Daniel Ricciardo's Saturday came to an unexpectedly quick end after t...
Bottas: We need to focus on the race start
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 22:30
Valtteri Bottas had a plan during qualifying for the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix and it worked a treat, as the Mercedes driver upset the form book to take pole for tomorrow's race but says the start on Sunday will be cruc...
KartCMP1: Portimao Qualifying Data Crunch
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 22:30
Valtteri Bottas secured pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday, thanks to being the fastest driver in the extremely tricky conditions that prevailed in Q3. Let's crunch the numbers from a challenging ses...
Portuguese Grand Prix Qualifying Press Conference
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 22:30
Full transcript from the FIA hosted press conference after qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix, Round 3 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship, at Autodromo do Algarve in Portimao. Featuring pole winner Valtteri B...
Portuguese Grand Prix Qualifying Press Conference
GRAND PRIX 247 - 1 May 2021 22:22
Full transcript from the FIA hosted press conference after qualifying for the Portuguese Grand Prix, Round 3 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship, at Autodromo do Algarve in Portimao. Featuring pole winner Valtteri B...
Thesis: Circuits with new asphalt must be viewed more critically by the FIA
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 22:20
Due to the enormous speeds reached in Formula 1, grip is of vital importance, but track organisations don't seem to pay much attention to this anymore with new asphalt. Time for the FIA to pay more attention to it. The F...
KartCMP1: Portimao Qualifying Data Crunch
GRAND PRIX 247 - 1 May 2021 22:17
Valtteri Bottas secured pole position for the Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday, thanks to being the fastest driver in the extremely tricky conditions that prevailed in Q3. Let's crunch the numbers from a challenging ses...
Bottas: We need to focus on the race start
GRAND PRIX 247 - 1 May 2021 22:14
Valtteri Bottas had a plan during qualifying for the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix and it worked a treat, as the Mercedes driver upset the form book to take pole for tomorrow’s race but says the start on Sunday will be cr...
What we learned from qualifying for the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 22:10
Analysis To news overview © Mercedes Valtteri Bottas took his first pole position of the 2021 Formula 1 season following a tight battle against Lewis Hamilton, while Max Verstappen was frustrated with his third place af...
Latifi calls Mazepin a ‘dumbass' in blocking row
Total F1 - 1 May 2021 22:10
Another grand prix, another Nikita Mazepin controversy as, for the second race weekend running, he crossed swords with Nicholas Latifi. It would not be a 2021 qualifying session without the Russian-born Haas driver being...
Hamilton: We have the pace to win, we'll go all in
GRAND PRIX 247 - 1 May 2021 22:08
Lewis Hamilton missed out on his 100th Formula 1 pole position by a mere 0.007 of a second, but he is not perturbed as the man next to him, in top spot, is Valtteri Bottas making it the 75th front-row lockout for Mercede...