Monthly Archives: Jun 2021

It wasn’t the exciting racing we have become accustomed to from this track but it did still have intrigue. Not at the front though. Max Verstappen led from the get go and bar a few radio exchanges regarding the brake by wire system, was largely trouble free up front, taking a convincing victory. Lewis HamiltonContinue reading “Styrian GP: Verstappen dominates straight forward race at the Red Bull Ring”

Max Verstappen took pole position, with a blistering laptime almost 2 tenths ahead of Valtteri Bottas’s Mercedes. However the latter has a 3 place grid penalty that will drop him to fifth. This promotes Lewis Hamilton to second, despite squandering his final qualifying lap. Lando Norris set an incredible laptime to qualify in third aheadContinue reading “Styrian GP: Verstappen in top form at Red Bull Ring qualifying”

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in final practice session, 2 tenths of a second ahead of his championship rival, breaking Max Verstappen’s streak. However that doesn’t mean to say Max did not look in top form, his qualifying simulation was compromised by Nicholas Latifi’s Williams at Turn 3. Valtteri Bottas set the third fastestContinue reading “Styrian GP: Hamilton takes top spot in final practice”

The order was slightly shaken up in practice 2, as everyone altered their plans anticipating rain that did not come. Max Verstappen set the fastest time once again by 3 tenths of a second back to Daniel Ricciardo in second, who had a good afternoon in the McLaren to end in second. Esteban Ocon setContinue reading “Styrian GP: Verstappen maintains advantage at the Red Bull Ring”

Max Verstappen got off to a good start in the first practice session at the Red Bull Ring in what could be a very important session if rain disrupts second practice this afternoon. Pierre Gasly ended the session second fastest ahead of the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, with Yuki Tsunoda completingContinue reading “Styrian GP: Verstappen gets off to a solid start in first practice”

Who says Paul Ricard only produces boring races. Today’s race was an intense one which saw Red Bull do to Mercedes what they did to them in Barcelona. A late pitstop and Max Verstappen managed to chip away at Lewis Hamilton’s lead, to take a convincing victory. Max squandered the first corner which allowed LewisContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen passes Hamilton to win intense race at Paul Ricard”

A rain shower before the race through a curveball in proceedings for the 30 drivers. But as the track dried throughout the race, Jack Doohan showed good pace throughout and managed to get past points leader Dennis Hauger to take his maiden win in Formula 3. Whilst Dennis Hauger maintains the points lead by sixContinue reading “F3 France: Doohan overhauls Hauger to win wet Race 3”

It can be said that most of the work for Arthur Leclerc was done this morning. As the second race of the weekend proved to be a very straight forward victory for the Monegasque, where he pulled away and never looked back, taking his first victory in the third tier. He led home his team-mateContinue reading “F3 France: Leclerc dominates second race at Paul Ricard”

Max Verstappen took pole with a scintillating lap around the Paul Ricard circuit, two and a half tenths ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who did everything he could to nab pole position off the Red Bull but had to settle for second. Valtteri Bottas qualified in third ahead of Sergio Perez in fourth and Carlos SainzContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen takes convincing pole at Paul Ricard”

Max Verstappen extended his advantage at Paul Ricard to over 2 tenths of a second with a blistering lap time to outpace Valtteri Bottas, who once again looked to be the quicker of the two Mercedes. It was a good session for Carlos Sainz who was third fastest ahead of Sergio Perez in fourth andContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen maintains top spot at Paul Ricard”