The second Formula 2 race saw a lot more action than the first. However at the front Richard Verschoor made the most of his reverse grid pole and took a convincing maiden victory in the MP Motorsport car. He led home Marcus Armstrong, who was under pressure from Dan Ticktum throughout but eventually managed toContinue reading “British F2: Verschoor takes maiden victory in action packed second race at Silverstone”
Monthly Archives: Jul 2021
British GP: Verstappen with advantage ahead of Sprint Race
It was Max Verstappen who set the pace in a session that consisted of long runs, 3 tenths of a second ahead of Charles Leclerc who ended up second, whilst Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sainz was third. Esteban Ocon had a good session to end up fourth ahead of his ex-teammate in fifth and the twoContinue reading “British GP: Verstappen with advantage ahead of Sprint Race”
F2 Britain: Shwartzman wins as Zhou suffers title blow
Robert Shwartzman started in fifth, but after a lightning getaway at the start of the race, where he instantly moved into the lead of the race, he led and whilst at times it looked like second placed Juri Vips was catching him, it was not to be, and Robert Shwartzman took his second victory ofContinue reading “F2 Britain: Shwartzman wins as Zhou suffers title blow”
British GP: Hamilton edges Verstappen for Sprint Race pole
It was Lewis Hamilton who took pole for the sprint race to the delight of the British crowd, edging out title rival Max Verstappen by less than a tenth of a second. It could’ve been a bigger margin, he fluffed his final qualifying effort at the last corner, but Max was unable to respond. ValtteriContinue reading “British GP: Hamilton edges Verstappen for Sprint Race pole”
British GP: Verstappen begins weekend on top
It may be his championship rival’s home race but that did not phase championship leader Max Verstappen who set the fastest time on a 1.27.035. He was almost eight tenths of a second ahead of the top Brit which was not Lewis Hamilton, it was Lando Norris who despite receiving minor injuries in a muggingContinue reading “British GP: Verstappen begins weekend on top”
Austrian GP: Verstappen extends championship advantage with dominant performance
It was Max Verstappen who took victory in the second race at the Red Bull Ring. He held the lead at the start, managed to hold the lead after a safety car resulting from Esteban Ocon pulling over with suspension damage after contact at Turn 3. He was so in control that he could pitContinue reading “Austrian GP: Verstappen extends championship advantage with dominant performance”
F3 Austria: Vesti wins final race in Austria
It was another action packed race to bring an action packed weekend of Formula 3 racing to an end, which saw Frederik Vesti take the victory after a 3 way battle with team-mate Alexander Smolyar and championship leader Dennis Hauger. Eventually he remained there and despite a safety car period resulting from an incident betweenContinue reading “F3 Austria: Vesti wins final race in Austria”
F3 Austria: Schumacher dominates frenetic second race in Austria
The second race of the Formula 3 weekend was another frenetic one, which saw David Schumacher make the most of his reverse grid pole and lead throughout the race to take a long awaited first ever Formula 3 victory. The battle for second was where things got frenetic. Roman Stanek was putting on a defensiveContinue reading “F3 Austria: Schumacher dominates frenetic second race in Austria”
Austrian GP: Verstappen takes pole as Norris and Russell star
It was Max Verstappen who set the fastest time taking another pole position for Red Bull. It was a close margin though, as Lando Norris almost managed to get ahead of him and steal a shock pole position, and put his McLaren on the front row. It was a valiant effort from Sergio Perez whoContinue reading “Austrian GP: Verstappen takes pole as Norris and Russell star”
Austrian GP: Verstappen crushes opposition
After Mercedes topped the session yesterday, Red Bull made a statement, as Max Verstappen set the fastest time, a sizeable margin of half a second ahead of the two Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton. The latter had his laptime deleted for track limits. Pierre Gasly was fourth for AlphaTauri. Antonio Giovinazzi had aContinue reading “Austrian GP: Verstappen crushes opposition”