Category Archives: Race Coverage

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

A huge crash for Romain Grosjean on the first lap, where he made contact with Daniil Kvyat on the exit of Turn 3, and penetrated the armco barrier, splitting his Haas in half, was the big story of the race. All credit to the FIA, as the survival cell was more or less in tact,Continue reading “Bahrain GP: Hamilton wins as Grosjean escapes horror crash”

Robert Shwartzman took reverse grid pole yesterday and never looked back. Despite a safety car for Theo Pourchaire stopping on track reducing his gap he was untouchable throughout the race to take a dominant victory by 5 seconds, his first victory since the Sprint Race in Spa and keeping himself in title contention. Whilst itContinue reading “Bahrain F2: Shwartzman dominates frenetic Sprint Race”

The initial runs in Q3 saw Lewis Hamilton lead the way by a tenth and a half back to Max Verstappen in second, and 2 tenths back to Valtteri Bottas in third. Lewis then became out of reach when he set an incredible 1.27.264. Valtteri Bottas was able to get into second place ahead ofContinue reading “Bahrain GP: Hamilton takes pole with a stunner”

It was not a very relevant final practice session due to the different track conditions but it was Max Verstappen who topped the session ahead of the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. However there was concern as Lewis Hamilton had an issue that resulted in him stopping at the end of theContinue reading “Bahrain GP: Verstappen tops whilst concern at Mercedes”