Seven of the 10 Formula 1 team have brought updates for this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, most of which are targeted at managing the high temperatures at the track. The high altitude and thinner air of Mexico City reduce the aerodynamic performance of the cars and make it much harder to […] More
There’s a slightly different look to the grid this weekend in Mexico and tricky conditions for the drivers to tackle, even if it remains dry and sunny, due to the altitude. So here are some of the different options that are available to the teams on race day in Mexico City. What’s the quickest strategy? […] More
1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: Max, pole position. You’d been there before, but then there was the yellow flag infringement. This time nothing’s getting in the way of you starting right at the very front. […] More
After a tight battle for the pole position in Mexico City, Max Verstappen grabbed P1 after nailing his final flying lap. Here are the best facts and stats from qualifying – Max Verstappen grabbed his sixth pole position of the year, to be the 11th different pole-sitter in 11 Mexican Grands Prix. The pole-sitter […] More
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position over the Mercedes duo of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton in a scintillating qualifying session in Mexico City. Hamilton led Q1 and repeated the feat in Q2, but his first Q3 run was chalked off for track limits, which meant Verstappen held provisional pole over Russell. Final flying […] More
The Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell topped the timesheets in Saturday’s second practice session for the Mexico City Grand Prix, putting a clear message to their rivals Red Bull and Ferrari. The Briton produced a blistering time of one minute eighteen seconds – more than one-and-a-half seconds quicker than his Friday benchmark […] More
The atmosphere was electric at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as practice got underway for the Mexico City Grand Prix, with teams – for the second successive weekend – giving up FP2 to tire testing for 2023 to pile the focus onto the data gathering in Friday’s opening one-hour session. 1. Red Bull’s pace gives Mexican […] More
Ferrari Charles Leclerc – FP1: 1:20.753, P2; FP2: 1:21.618, P7 “Not the best of Fridays, as we didn’t complete a great number of laps. Unfortunately, we had a puncture straight out of the box in FP1, so we had to pit and did just a few laps on the Soft tyres after that. “In FP2, […] More
During the second practice session at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mercedes George Russell put his car at the top of the timesheets with a lap time of 1m 19.970s on 2022-spec soft tires. Charles Leclerc crashed heavily during this extended session—which included more 2023 tire testing than usual—and as per the United States GP weekend, […] More
Just listen to the crowd noise as @SChecoPerez gets on track for the first time this weekend 😍#MexicoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/GFkwuV8RdJ — Formula 1 (@F1) October 28, 2022 Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz set the early pace of the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend in FP1, leading teammate Charles Leclerc by 0.046s, ahead of the Red Bull pairing […] More
Fernando Alonso’s penalty in last weekend’s United States Grand Prix has been overturned after Alpine succeeded in their bid to have the Haas protest that led to it dismissed. On Sunday night in Austin, Haas protested because Alonso – who took the flag in seventh place – had finished the race in a car in […] More
Aston Martin has entered an Accepted Breach Agreement (ABA) with the FIA following a procedural breach of the 2021 Financial Regulations. After the submission of financial documentation by all 10 Formula 1 teams, the Cost Cap Administration carried out a review under the Financial Regulations, and Aston Martin was found to be in a procedural […] More
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