F3 France: Leclerc dominates second race at Paul Ricard

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”

French GP: Verstappen takes convincing pole 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”

French GP: Verstappen maintains top spot 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”

F3 France: Smolyar wins frenetic opening race at Paul Ricard

It was a thrilling first race of the weekend in Paul Ricard for Formula 3 which saw Alexander Smolyar take his second victory of the season, passing a charging Victor Martins on the last lap to take the victory with a move at the chicane. Victor Martins’ drive from tenth was charging and he ledContinue reading “F3 France: Smolyar wins frenetic opening race at Paul Ricard”

French GP: Verstappen takes the lead in Paul Ricard

The afternoon practice session in Paul Ricard saw Max Verstappen take the top spot, setting a 1.32.872. However he was not fastest by much, he was only eight thousandths of a second ahead of Valtteri Bottas, who had a very strong day. Lewis Hamilton set the third fastest time ahead of Fernando Alonso, who hadContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen takes the lead in Paul Ricard”

F3 France: Vesti nabs pole from Hauger

It was a cl0se qualifying session for the third tier at Paul Ricard which saw Frederik Vesti take pole by a tenth and a half of a second from Dennis Hauger, who held pole for most the session but will have to settle for second. Victor Martins qualified in third place in the MP MotorsportContinue reading “F3 France: Vesti nabs pole from Hauger”

French GP: Mercedes on top at Paul Ricard

After a difficult run, Valtteri Bottas hit the ground running in the first session at Paul Ricard, leading his team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the top of the timesheets. Max Verstappen was third ahead of Sergio Perez in fourth, ahead of a good showing from Esteban Ocon in the Alpine. Daniel Ricciardo set the sixth fastestContinue reading “French GP: Mercedes on top at Paul Ricard”

Azerbaijan GP: Perez wins as tyre failures blight crazy race in Baku

It was your standard craziness around the Baku City Circuit, which saw Sergio Perez take the victory after Max Verstappen had a tyre failure whilst in command at the front, earlier in the race Lance Stroll had a similar tyre failure at speed. Both drivers were lucky to escape unharmed. At the start, Charles LeclercContinue reading “Azerbaijan GP: Perez wins as tyre failures blight crazy race in Baku”

F2 Azerbaijan: Vips takes sublime feature race victory

Juri Vips took his second win of the weekend, getting past team-mate Liam Lawson at the start, and despite initially losing out to Oscar Piastri in the pitstops, he managed to repass the Prema driver, and took an easy victory in Baku. Liam Lawson was taken out of contention by a 10 second time penaltyContinue reading “F2 Azerbaijan: Vips takes sublime feature race victory”

F2 Azerbaijan: Vips wins frenetic second race at Baku

Juri Vips took his maiden Formula 2 victory in the second Formula 2 race of the season. After David Beckmann took the lead from Bent Viscaal at the start, a safety car resulting from multiple collisions on the first lap, firstly involving Ralph Boschung, Dan Ticktum, Guanyu Zhou and Lirim Zendeli, with only Dan TicktumContinue reading “F2 Azerbaijan: Vips wins frenetic second race at Baku”