Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen claimed pole position on Saturday for the Miami Grand Prix, to start from the front of the grid for the sixth straight race this season. The pole, Verstappen’s seventh in a row going back to last year in Abu Dhabi, adds to what has so far been a …
Formula 1 is back in the United States for the first time in six months and the first stop is the Miami Grand Prix, the race that was supposed to be the American showpiece. But the sparkling debut of Las Vegas last November was rated as one of the best races of the 2023 season, …
“The team is in danger of being torn apart, it can’t go on the way it is — it will explode.” Those were the words of Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, amid the height of the Formula One soapopera storm two months ago in Bahrain surrounding Christian Horner and the investigation into his conduct towards a …
Sergio Perez remains Red Bull’s best option as teammate for triple world champion Max Verstappen next season, according to the Mexican’s former boss Otmar Szafnauer. Perez’s contract with Formula One’s dominant champions runs out at the end of the season and the 34-year-old faces an uncertain future. Szafnauer, a former principal of Force India, Aston …
The three-time defending champion won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday starting from pole, his fourth victory in five races this season and his 23rd in the last 27 extending through last season. Only a brake failure last month at the Australian GP in Melbourne probably kept him from sweeping all five. Verstappen trailed for …
It was another all-conquering display from Verstappen, who won his fourth grand prix this season to add to his sprint victory. Only a rare brake failure in Melbourne denied Verstappen the chance of a clean sweep in all five races in 2024, as he marches inexorably towards a fourth consecutive world title. “It felt amazing, …
SHANGHAI: Max Verstappen of Red Bull has completed a Formula 1 double, taking the pole Saturday for the Chinese Grand Prix just hours after winning the first F1 sprint of the season.Teammate Sergio Perez will start alongside Verstappen on Sunday on the front row with Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin and Lando Norris of McLaren …
SHANGHAI (AP) — The Chinese Grand Prix could deliver some much-needed drama to Formula 1, and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen can’t be penciled in as the almost-certain winner on Sunday. It’s also the season’s first GP with a sprint race, which means Friday’s practice session was the only one of the weekend. Lando Norris of …
It was a second career sprint pole for Norris. McLaren’s British driver Norris claimed his best time on intermediate wet tyres. Photo: EPA “It was tricky, you are always nervous going into a session like this,” said the Englishman. “You just have to risk a lot, push and build tyre temperature and what not. “You …
Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff has named this week’s return of Formula One to China after five years an “important moment” for the sport and the brand. “As the world’s largest automotive market and second-largest economy, China is of crucial importance for the sport’s global presence,” Wolff told dpa. The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai …