Monthly Archives: Dec 2020

Sakhir GP: Sergio Perez takes shock victory as Mercedes stumbles

Sergio Perez is now a grand prix winner after an incredible strategical drive after being hit on the first lap, whilst a strategical mistake from Mercedes sees them finish in eighth and ninth. At the start of the race, George Russell instantly seized the initiative and managed to get past Valtteri Bottas to take theContinue reading “Sakhir GP: Sergio Perez takes shock victory as Mercedes stumbles”

Sakhir F2: Daruvala takes maiden win whilst Schumacher takes title

Formula 2 saw an incredible title decider that looked like it could go either way. Dan Ticktum was on reverse grid pole and fended off Jehan Daruvala for much of the race. But eventually Jehan was able to find a way past the DAMS driver and he took his maiden win in F2. Dan’s tyresContinue reading “Sakhir F2: Daruvala takes maiden win whilst Schumacher takes title”

Sakhir GP: Bottas gets pole whilst Russell stars

In the early stages of Q3. Mercedes struggled. Max Verstappen was on provisional pole whilst Charles Leclerc did an incredible laptime to go second fastest, it felt so good that he decided to get out of the car and that he couldn’t go any faster. Eventually though Mercedes turned the wick up and Valtteri BottasContinue reading “Sakhir GP: Bottas gets pole whilst Russell stars”

Sakhir GP: Verstappen tops final practice

It was Max Verstappen who topped the final practice session before qualifying. Despite a spin at Turn 2, he beat out Valtteri Bottas, in a Mercedes team who looked to be hiding something in this session. Pierre Gasly set the third fastest time in the AlphaTauri, the Italian team once again showing solid pace, aheadContinue reading “Sakhir GP: Verstappen tops final practice”

Sakhir F2: Tsunoda wins Sakhir thriller

The first race of the Sakhir Grand Prix proved to be a thriller, after an intense battle for the lead saw Yuki Tsunoda pass Nikita Mazepin and take a crucial victory, just fending off Guanyu Zhou who was on fresher tyres, although the Virtuosi had a 5 second penalty. However the battling behind resulted inContinue reading “Sakhir F2: Tsunoda wins Sakhir thriller”

Sakhir GP: Russell maintains top spot in second practice

Its been a very good first day in the car for George Russell as he has now topped both of the Friday sessions. He led Max Verstappen by one tenth of a second. It was another poor session for Valtteri Bottas, who simply struggled to get dialled in, had multiple laptimes deleted and ended theContinue reading “Sakhir GP: Russell maintains top spot in second practice”

Sakhir F2: Tsunoda takes pole whilst Schumacher is under investigation in chaotic session

22 cars fighting for space on a short track like this was always going to be frenetic and it was. The main talking point of the session was an incident at the end where Mick Schumacher had his lap ruined by many cars trying to warm their tyres and made contact with Roy Nissany, damagingContinue reading “Sakhir F2: Tsunoda takes pole whilst Schumacher is under investigation in chaotic session”

Sakhir GP: Russell gets off to a good start

The first practice session ahead of this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix on the outer layout at this circuit was the best possible start for George Russell. He set the fastest time on a 55.030 and seemed to get accustomed to the W11 quickly. He topped the session ahead of the two Red Bulls of MaxContinue reading “Sakhir GP: Russell gets off to a good start”

Sakhir GP: Race Preview

After a dramatic weekend in Bahrain, Formula One remains on the Middle Eastern island for a second race in the desert. But things did not let off in the following days. Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton will not race this weekend in Bahrain due to a positive COVID-19 test. George Russell has moved across from WilliamsContinue reading “Sakhir GP: Race Preview”