Verstappen handed warning for VSC incident in Azerbaijan GP
Max Verstappen has avoided punishment for overtaking under a virtual safety car after the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The world champion and several other F1 drivers were investigated for overtaking under virtual safety car conditions after the finish of a thrilling race in Baku. The VSC came out for a crash on the penultimate lap […]
Norris help 50% of Piastri Baku win, as McLaren takes lead in constructors’
McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andrea Stella believes Lando Norris blocking Sergio Perez played a crucial part in Oscar Piastri’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory. Piastri was shadowing Ferrari’s leader Charles Leclerc in the first stint of a one-stop race when third-placed Sergio Perez attempted to undercut the McLaren driver by being the first to pit […]
Leclerc rues not defending harder against Piastri Azerbaijan Turn 1 move
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc admitted he didn’t defend well enough against Oscar Piastri as he lost an Azerbaijan Grand Prix win to the McLaren driver following a scintillating duel. Leclerc started on pole for the fourth consecutive time on the streets of Baku, but after the only pitstop sequence of the race second-placed Piastri made […]
Gasly disqualified from Azerbaijan qualifying over fuel flow infringement
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly has been disqualified from Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying for falling foul of the FIA’s fuel flow regulations. After qualifying 13th in Baku, Gasly’s car failed scrutineering as FIA sensors revealed the Frenchman’s engine «exceeded the instantaneous fuel mass flow» during Q2. Gasly was thrown out of the results soon after, […]
Leclerc at a loss to explain Azerbaijan GP qualifying record
Charles Leclerc has admitted there is no “magic answer” to his Baku brilliance after he charged to a fourth consecutive Azerbaijan Grand Prix pole position. The winner in Monza last time out, the Monegasque recovered from crashing out in FP1 on Friday to put his Ferrari on pole once again, having previously done so in […]
Perez will support Verstappen if team orders issued in Baku
Red Bull boss Christian Horner insists that team orders between his two drivers are clear and that Sergio Perez «knows 100%» that he will be playing a support role to Max Verstappen this season. Confusion still reigns over McLaren’s own ‘Papaya Rules’ and just how and when Oscar Piastri will aid Lando Norris in his […]
What we learned from Friday practice at the 2024 Azerbaijan GP
Charles Leclerc’s FP1 crash threatened to derail Ferrari’s optimism heading into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, but his chart-topping time in the second free practice session spared his blushes and put the Prancing Horse’s weekend back on track. The Monegasque overcooked it into Turn 15 and could not back out of hitting the wall, sapping […]
Azerbaijan Friday ‘not Mercedes’ finest’ after engine problems
Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton had contrasting fortunes during Friday’s free practice sessions for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Russell needed a change of engine after early issues, which were compounded by further problems towards the end of the day. After FP1, Mercedes spotted an anomaly in the oil analysis it was conducting on […]
F1 drivers call for rule rethink in the wake of Magnussen’s Baku ban
Formula 1’s penalty point system «need to be reviewed» in the wake of the incident that triggered Kevin Magnussen’s one-race ban for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix — which other drivers described as «harsh». Magnussen made contact with Pierre Gasly at the Variante della Roggia during the Italian Grand Prix in a bid to make an […]