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Charles Leclerc led Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari 1-2 in an action packed second practice at Zandvoort, in a session that had the order jumbled by red flags, one after Nikita Mazepin spun and another at the beginning of the session where Lewis Hamilton pulled over with an oil pressure problem. Esteban Ocon was thirdContinue reading “Dutch GP: Leclerc leads Ferrari 1-2 as Hamilton breaks down”

The first practice session was red flagged for 35 minutes due to an engine failure for Sebastian Vettel. The car was not safe to touch which meant that they had to be extremely careful clearing the car. When we got going, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of home boy Max Verstappen, with CarlosContinue reading “Dutch GP: Hamilton tops disrupted FP1 at Zandvoort”

We were hoping today would be an ultimate test of man and machine around one of the greatest tracks in the world in the most demanding of conditions. However things did not turn out the way they had hoped. There was drama before the start, as Sergio Perez crashed on the lap to the grid,Continue reading “Belgian GP: Verstappen declared winner as race is abandoned due to weather”

Jack Doohan took his second victory of the weekend from pole position, cutting the gap to Dennis Hauger to 25 points after his tough weekend. He did have to fight for it though, with Victor Martins making a passing attempt on him, but he had to give the position back after passing him off theContinue reading “F3 Belgium: Doohan takes chunk out of Hauger’s lead”

In a considerably drier second race of the weekend, which saw Jack Doohan dominate the race and take the victory, bringing the gap to points leader Dennis Hauger down. His team-mate David Schumacher finished in second with Logan Sargeant rounding out the podium. Caio Collet finished in fourth ahead of Clement Novalak in fifth, FrederikContinue reading “F3 Belgium: Doohan takes crucial win in second race at Spa”

Max Verstappen took pole position at the death, by 3 tenths of a second over a shock performance from George Russell, who was consistently fast throughout the entire session and putting in a shock lap to qualify in a fantastic second. Lewis Hamilton qualified in third ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, who struggled for most ofContinue reading “Belgian GP: Verstappen takes pole as Russell takes shock front row in wet qualifying”

It was Max Verstappen who topped the timesheets in a damp final practice session at Spa-Francorchamps. He led his team-mate Sergio Perez by almost a second. Whilst Lewis Hamilton was over a second back in third place. Lando Norris was fourth for McLaren ahead of Esteban Ocon in fifth and Lance Stroll in sixth place.Continue reading “Belgian GP: Verstappen tops damp third practice”

As a result of tricky weather conditions it took a while to get going but when we eventually did under the safety car, Lorenzo Colombo was off, setting fastest laps and taking an utterly dominant victory, ahead of Jak Crawford in second place and Roman Stanek in third. Behind was where all the action tookContinue reading “F3 Belgium: Colombo dominates frenetic Race 1 in tricky conditions”

It was Max Verstappen who set the fastest time in second practice, by less than a tenth over his Mercedes rivals. However his session did not end the way he wanted, as he lost it at Malmedy and backed it into the wall. He wasn’t the only driver to have an adventure at that corner,Continue reading “Belgian GP: Verstappen on top but ends session in wall”

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time in the first on track running since the summer break, setting a time of a 1.45.199 in what could be the only dry running of the day, or even the weekend. Lewis Hamilton looked on course to match that but a run in with Nicholas Latifi on his fastContinue reading “Belgian GP: Bottas sets early pace at Spa”