Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne threw up some great racing and exciting statistics. Here are some of them: Leclerc leads the drivers’ championship by a more significant margin than anyone in the 2021 season – 34 points. Leclerc takes first Ferrari grand slam since 2010 No Ferrari driver has led the championship by more […] More
A capacity crowd descended on Albert Park, Melbourne hosting its first Australian Grand Prix in 1,100 days. After action-packed free practice and qualifying sessions, they were treated to another thrilling show on Sunday afternoon. The driver of The Day Leclerc kept his rival Verstappen at bay through two Safety Cars – the first when teammate […] More
Even as the drivers take to the newly remodeled circuit to fight for glory for pole on Sunday, here are some areas to watch when the action gets underway at Albert Park. Leclerc vs Vesrtappen Two races into the season, it’s already clear that Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen are going to be battling for […] More
FERRARI Charles Leclerc, 1st, 1:17.868 “I’m happy with my result today. This circuit is really tricky and I’ve always struggled here in the past. It may not have seemed like it this weekend because we’ve been quite fast, but I’ve done a lot of work to optimize my performance. “The team did a great job. […] More
PART ONE – TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Frédéric VASSEUR (Alfa Romeo), Otmar SZAFNAUER (Alpine) Q: Welcome to you all. We’re back at Melbourne, racing for the first time since 2019. Can we start just by getting all of your thoughts on being back here in Albert Park. Toto, perhaps we could start with you? […] More
Melbourne’s Albert Park will continue with three DRS zones for the rest of the 2022 Australian Grand Prix weekend, the FIA’s Race Director Niels Wittich stated on Saturday morning. Amid sweeping track changes ahead of its return to the 2022 calendar, Albert Park was scheduled to feature four DRS zones, adding a new one between […] More
Lando Norris set the fastest lap for McLaren ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the final practice session of the Australian Grand Prix. Numerous drivers went off-track in difficult conditions—both Aston Martin drivers crashing out in separate incidents. The session was interrupted when, after 20 minutes, FP2 absentee Sebastian Vettel (who was also fined €5,000 […] More
Formula 1’s governing body the FIA has confirmed the updates teams have brought with them to the Australian Grand Prix. As part of F1’s new format for the 2022 season, teams have to declare any new updates they plan to race with at each Grand Prix on Friday and saturday. The declared changes confirm that […] More
FERRARI Charles Leclerc – FP1: 1:20.377, P2; FP2: 1:18.978, P1 “For me, today was a bit of a harder Friday. FP1 was a bit tricky, I improved in terms of driving in FP2, but there is still quite a bit of work to do. “I don’t think that anyone really put their lap together. Qualifying […] More
The 2022 Australian Grand Prix kicked off on Friday in Albert Park, Melbourne with two free practice sessions. Ferrari duo of Sainz and Leclerc had plenty of paces on the topping the first and second practice sessions respectively with world champion Max Verstappen just hanging in there to complete the top three. Here are 4 […] More
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won FP2 ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Clouds unfurled over Albert Park but there was no rain. Medium-tyred runs came first, FP1 leader Sainz setting the early pace, before soft tires were equipped and Leclerc shot to P1. Verstappen jumped to second with under 20 minutes left, his opening soft-tired runs […] More
The formula one weekend kicked off with the Scuderia duo of Sainz and Leclerc finishing 1-2 in the first practice session of the weekend. The Spaniard clocked a 1m 19.806s on the Pirelli’s softest tire – the C5, with Leclerc just 0’571s behind, the standings leader having run wide and into the gravel on his […] More
