Category Archives: Race Coverage

Guanyu Zhou took the first Formula 2 pole position of the season, having gone in the gap and managed to retake pole by just 3 thousandths of a second over his closest rival Christian Lundgaard. But he missed the checkered flag and accidentally did an extra lap, which puts him under investigation and threatens hisContinue reading “Bahrain F2: Zhou takes pole pending investigation”

Max Verstappen topped the timesheets in the first session of the 2021 season, on a 1.31.394. Mercedes had a better session, with Valtteri Bottas setting the second fastest time, and Lewis Hamilton ending the session fourth. It was a good session for Lando Norris as he ended the session third fastest, having been fastest forContinue reading “Bahrain Practice 1: Verstappen picks up where he left off in testing”

It was not a race that is going to be remembered as a classic but it saw Max Verstappen take his second win of the season and his first since the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, ahead of the two Mercedes’ of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton. Max Verstappen got the start he needed, managing toContinue reading “Abu Dhabi GP: Verstappen dominates processional race at Yas Marina”

In the first runs of Q3, Valtteri Bottas looked in control with a tenth advantage over Max Verstappen, who split the Mercedes. But Max Verstappen pulled it out of the bag at the end, with an incredible lap to take his first pole position of the season ahead of Valtteri Bottas in second and LewisContinue reading “Abu Dhabi GP: Verstappen saves best till last to take pole”

Day 2 at Abu Dhabi got off to a great start for Red Bull as Max Verstappen topped the timesheets on a 1.36.251, 5 tenths ahead of his team-mate Alexander Albon who set the second fastest time. It was another good session for Renault, with both cars finishing third and fourth fastest respectively, with DanielContinue reading “Abu Dhabi GP: Verstappen sets pace in final practice”

Valtteri Bottas ended the second free practice session on top, two tenths ahead of his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who had an eventful session, changing his steering wheel in the early stages and then getting momentarily stuck in the pitlane after he couldn’t find a gear. Max Verstappen set the third fastest time ahead of AlexanderContinue reading “Abu Dhabi GP: Bottas tops mechanical failure hit session”

It is not a very relevant practice session due to the differing temperatures to race running, and the majority of teams were focusing on 2021. But it was Max Verstappen who topped the session on a 1.37.378, 3 hundredths ahead of Valtteri Bottas in second place. Esteban Ocon set the third fastest time ahead ofContinue reading “Abu Dhabi GP: Verstappen tops first practice at Yas Marina”

After a thrilling race on the Bahrain Outer circuit, Formula One heads to Yas Island, home of the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit for the final round of a crazy 2020 season. Lewis Hamilton is back after missing a race for the first time since 2006 as a result of a positive COVID-19 test, and isContinue reading “Abu Dhabi GP: Race Preview”

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”

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”