#4 tenths faster than Norris

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The are going for glory runs with Kimi 100%

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FP2: Alonso steals spotlights from Red Bull duo

FP2: Alonso steals spotlights from Red Bull duo By Steven De Groote on 03 Mar 2023, 20:53 As the Aston Martin threat seems to become more and more reality, Fernando Alonso ended up faster in second practice at Bahrain. World Champion Max Verstappen was a close second fastest with his Red Bull teammate Perez third. Second practice at Bahrain is always an important session as it provides cooler conditions compared to first practice and is importantly scheduled at similar times as qualifying and the race. Alonso made perfect use of it and further warned his rivals even though his 1:30.907 is still 6 tenths away from the best time that Perez recorded in pre-season testing one week earlier. Alonso did two qualifying runs on the soft tyre and headed the session while Verstappen complained about the bumps at Sakhir International Circuit, additionally saying that his RB19 was jumping more than it was in testing. Behind the top three was Charles Leclerc who was only narrowly faster than Formula One returnee Nico Hulkenberg in his Haas. Lance Stroll ended up 6th as he discovered the AMR23 on his first day in the car. A cycling incident had ruled him out of pre-season testing but a similator test with increased steering forces was satisfactory for the team to let him compete leaving reserve driver Felipe Drugovich sidelined. The Candian however had to be helped out of the car after the session, raising concerns whether he is ready to compete a full Grand Prix. While Pierre Gasly showed the first signs of some pace in the Alpine A523 in 7th, Lewis Hamilton was the fastest Mercedes in 8th. As Norris and Zhou Guanyu completed the top ten only Alpha Tauri and Williams were not represented. These two teams filled the final 4 spots of today's ranking, in line with the predicted pecking order from testing. Results Pos. No. Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 1:30.907 25 2 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda Rbpt 1:31.076 +0.169s 24 3 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda Rbpt 1:31.078 +0.171s 26 4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:31.367 +0.460s 26 5 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 1:31.376 +0.469s 25 6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 1:31.450 +0.543s 28 7 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 1:31.475 +0.568s 24 8 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:31.543 +0.636s 27 9 4 Lando Norris Mclaren Mercedes 1:31.570 +0.663s 27 10 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo Ferrari 1:31.586 +0.679s 27 11 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 1:31.608 +0.701s 25 12 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo Ferrari 1:31.793 +0.886s 28 13 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:31.882 +0.975s 25 14 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:31.956 +1.049s 28 15 81 Oscar Piastri Mclaren Mercedes 1:32.024 +1.117s 27 16 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 1:32.110 +1.203s 18 17 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 1:32.440 +1.533s 28 18 22 Yuki Tsunoda Alphatauri Honda Rbpt 1:32.525 +1.618s 27 19 21 Nyck De Vries Alphatauri Honda Rbpt 1:32.605 +1.698s 28 20 2 Logan Sargeant Williams Mercedes 1:32.749 +1.842s 29 via F1Technical.net . Motorsport news https://www.f1technical.net/news/

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q1

q1 mick made q2!

bottom 5 are the amrs, williams, and fernando alonso

nooooo lance and seb are out :< that b spec car isn't doing what it was supposed to TT-TT

q2

george faster than lewis again

lewis struggled slightly on the curb

mick goes to p3

kmag in p3!!

perez takes p3 

bottas p4!!!

nooo drops to p5

i hate how often they point out how much lewis is struggling they seem to be enjoying it >>:[

kmag, mick p8 p9!!

apparently they’re something going on in alpine: like they’re leaving lap time on the table for an obvious reason they won't elaborate

carlos’ onboard shows porpoising through the corners for ferrari

sai goes 1st fastest

kmag goes p4

ver goes p1 at the very end

norris gets lap time deleted so

mick makes q3

norris, ocon, the alpha tauris and zhou are out

q3

lewis looks like he’s flying

but carlos took p1 

charles spun a bit - steering too far and apparently not curb induced

ver takes p1 by taking 4 tenths

rus ham bot in 4 5 6 but i need this to be the podium config with lewis on the top step

the commentator going charles needs to “ward off” max verstappen ??? the wording is so lmfao 

charles on flying lap

purple sector 2

charles also take purple sector 3 and takes pole!!

and max verstappen having power problems!!

george goes 4th fastest, perez is p5

lewis p6, val starts p7, kmag p8

charles p1, ver p2, sainz p3

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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen takes Abu Dhabi pole from Hamilton

Verstappen will start ahead of Hamilton and McLaren's Lando Norris after the one-hour qualifying session, which was split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Hamilton Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RB16B 1'22.109 243.510 2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W12 EQ Power+ 1'22.480 0.371 242.415 3 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes MCL35M 1'22.931 0.822 241.096 4 Mexico Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing-Honda RB16B 1'22.947 0.838 241.050 5 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari SF21 1'22.992 0.883 240.919 6 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W12 EQ Power+ 1'23.036 0.927 240.791 7 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF21 1'23.122 1.013 240.542 8 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda AT02 1'23.220 1.111 240.259 9 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault A521 1'23.389 1.280 239.772 10 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes MCL35M 1'23.409 1.300 239.715 11 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault A521 1'23.460 1.351 239.568 12 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda AT02 1'24.043 1.934 237.906 13 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR21 1'24.066 1.957 237.841 14 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari C41 1'24.251 2.142 237.319 15 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR21 1'24.305 2.196 237.167 16 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes FW43B 1'24.338 2.229 237.074 17 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes FW43B 1'24.423 2.314 236.835 18 Finland Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari C41 1'24.779 2.670 235.841 19 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari VF-21 1'24.906 2.797 235.488 20 Russian Federation Nikita Mazepin Haas-Ferrari VF-21 1'25.685 3.576 233.347 VIEW FULL RESULTS What happened in Q1? Verstappen set the early bar in Q1, lapping in 1m23.680s to which Hamilton responded with 1m23.266s, which was four tenths faster. Bottas got between the title rivals in second, just a tenth off his Mercedes team-mate.

While the Mercedes duo pitted, Verstappen pushed again on the same set of tyres, going second quickest on 1m23.322s, 0.056s down on Hamilton.

After a brief red flag to retrieve a dislodged bollard, Hamilton ran again at the end of the session, unleashing a 1m22.845s, 0.272s faster than Bottas’s final run, while Verstappen stayed in the garage having the floor of his car checked over and slipped to third again.

Falling at the first hurdle were Nicholas Latifi and George Russell of Williams, Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo), and the Haases of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Q1 results: Hamilton fastest from Bottas สูตรเซียน

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Leclerc grabs controversial pole & Penske is struggling!  - Saturday Racing Round Up

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It is a shame, that a qualifying as good as that, ended with a Red Flag, as it looks as if it would have been very tight for pole! It has also led to many conspiracy theories, which I doubt are true!

What an incredible weekend it has been for Ferrari, and we haven’t even got to the race yet! It was clear that they were a true threat for pole all day, however Verstappen was just slightly faster I feel today, and if he had got that final run, I think he may have got pole, although it would have been close! Firstly, to clear up the big story, of course it was not on purpose, you wouldn’t crash on purpose, if you wanted to hold people up, you would go down an escape road, or pull a Schumacher. Doing it how Charles did it, caused a huge risk to the gearbox, as he knew too well afterwards!

Unfortunately, that has really overshadowed the result, as we don’t know if he was fastest, as I said, Max may have just got him, but it would have been close. The thing is though, at the end of the day, Leclerc made a mistake, and admitted himself he just pushed beyond the limit because he was down on his previous lap. This is becoming a bit of a theme, especially on street circuits, where he goes over the limit, trying to go big. He should have settled with his first lap, as he was 2 tenths up on the field, and 2nd would have been huge for the team. All his mistake has done, is overshadowed his pole, and probably annoyed some fans, and could have ruined the weekend completely!

The key thing to take away, is that the other drivers should not have left everything to the last run in Q3. If there is any circuit on the calendar where someone could make a mistake, it will be here, they should have been in Leclerc’s position, and nailed run 1, to then go all out on run 2. It just happened to be the pole sitter that was the one to make an error. The good news for Verstappen, is that he is well ahead of Lewis on the grid, and has a great chance of winning tomorrow. Can he make the most of it?

Bottas for once was the star at Mercedes, as he could turn on the tyres much better than Hamilton! Mercedes claim that Bottas would have found 2.5 tenths on that last lap, however the team will naturally overestimate that, and even if he did gain that much he would be just behind Charles. Nevertheless, today has really helped his stock value in the team! Lewis will be glad about the pole controversy, as it has caused people to overlook a disastrous day for him, where he could not find a rhythm at all. Can he do anything tomorrow?

Just like Max and Valtteri, Carlos was caught out, having been a match for Charles all weekend, he seemed to be the most annoyed, but as I said, he had that first run just like Leclerc did! Great runs for Norris and Gasly as you would expect, getting ahead of a Mercedes! It will be tough for them to keep him behind though, even around Monaco. Giovinazzi in Q3, and Russell in Q2 also drove rather well!

It is hard to know if Ferrari have the race pace to win, my gut says no, which could cause a close battle for the win. Which on tight streets, with Max and Charles’ history, means Bottas could win tomorrow!

IndyCar

Day 1 of Indy 500 qualifying, was a tale of 3 parts really, in the first part, everyone did their first run, where going early helped as you would expect, although Herta and Rossi going late could go fast, showing it wasn’t that bad! Then once everyone had run, and the track heated up, no one could improve, so they all sat around for a few hours. This then built into a stand off in the pitlane, as the track started to cool, as everyone wanted to be out at the right time! In the end though, no one could really improve, which shockingly left Power in the final row shootout tomorrow!

It wasn’t just Power though, all 4 Penske cars weren’t fast, with Newgarden and Pagenaud below 20th , whereas McLaughlin was the best of the bunch, doing excellently in his first attempt! I think Will can make it tomorrow, they were just unlucky today! My picks to go home, looking at the pace today, are Enerson and Kimball. Top Gun Racing is improving, but I doubt they can find the speed they need, and Kimball is much slower than his teammates for some reason!

Turning back to the front of the pack, Honda as we thought, is dominating, although a few ECR cars did get into the fast 9. It looks as though it will be between CGR and Andretti for pole, with RLL being better in the race. Another shout out to Fittipaldi, who was not looking that quick in the week, but he pulled it out when it mattered to be 13th!

I will say a Herta pole, as he loves this weekend so much, even more than the big race apparently!

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Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel lead way in final practice for Azerbaijan Grand Prix  

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Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel lead the final training of Ferrari in the final training for the Grand Prix of Azerbaijan

Ferrari threw down the glove final training for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel went faster to the second faster than all his rivals.

Leclerc was slightly less than two tenths faster than his German teammate, with Red Bull & # 39; s Max Verstappen third fastest and 1.2 seconds ahead of the lead Ferrari

World Championships leader Lewis Hamilton was the fifth fastest behind Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, with the Silver Arrows hoping to make up their fourth deficit – two finishes on the Baku street circuit this weekend.

Charles Leclerc was the fastest for Ferrari during the final training for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Final training for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix "

Charles Leclerc was the fastest for Ferrari during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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Teammate Sebastian Vettel drives out of the pit lane to set a lap in practice"

Teammate Sebastian Vettel drives off the pitlane on the road to put a lap into practice

AZERBAIJAN GP FINAL PRACTICE

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1 Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1: 41,604

2 Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1: 41,802

3 Verstappen (Hol) Red Bull 1: 42,852

4 Kvyat (Russian) Toro Rosso 1: 43,223

4 Bottas (Fin) Mercedes 1: 43,064

5 Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes 1: 43,176

7 Magnussen (Den) Haas 1: 43,294

8 Albon (Tha) Toro Rosso 1: 43,300

9 Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1: 43,430

10 Raikkonen Fin) Alfa Romeo 1: 43,537

13 Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1: 43,924

14 Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1: 43,978

16 Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1: 44,043

17 Grosjean (Fra) Haas 1: 44,374

18 Kubica Pol) Williams 1: 46,000

19 Russell (Gbr) Williams 1: 46.290

20 Gasly (Fra) Red Bull 1: 47.836

Although Hamilton stayed behind for more than 1.5 seconds on Leclerc & # 39; s time, the world champion and his team are expected to at least significantly reduce the gap in qualifying and offer Ferrari a pole position as the lead rider.

Verstappen & # 39; s third fastest time came thanks to a slipstream behind the rival car on the long straight, and Red Bull was able to experiment with the use of his teammate Pierre Gasly to drag the Dutchman into qualifying.

Gasly has already been confirmed to start from the pit lane after not stopping on the weighbridge during Friday practice and was the slowest of all runners in the last session.

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Lewis Hamilton was only fifth fastest for Mercedes on the Baku street circuit

But the Williams driver returned to the track on Saturday and was the 19th fastest behind teammate Robert Kubica.

Elsewhere among the British was Lando Norris narrowly faster than McLaren teammate Carlos Sainz on 13 and 14

The qualification for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix starts at 2:00 PM BST.

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George Russell was back in the Williams after his bizarre incident with a drain on Friday

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Ferrari end fastest and favourites for Melbourne

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Ferrari end fastest and favourites for Melbourne

Charles Leclerc and Ferrari finished the day fastest with that 1:16.231 from the morning session. Pierre Gasly crashed his RedBull and ended the team’s run for the day.

Leclerc’s laptime was set on the fastest, softest C5 tyre – and was an enormous half a second faster than second placed man Alex Albon with a 1:16.882s. To put the lap into perspective one has to remember that Hamilton’s pole last year was only six tenths faster.

Though that time from Ferrari is fast its very unlikely there were running at full engine mode, light on fuel and attacking the track. Times in reality are likely to be much faster still, depending on the circuit involved because top line speeds will be faster while the lack of downforce for 2019 will see cars go slower, specially on tracks like Silverstone.

Lando Norris time was also set on the C5 Compound tyre as was much of the times at the top of the table –  the exception to this clearly being Mercedes and RedBull.

RedBull run exclusively on the C3 tyre and Gasly’s fastest time of the day was a 1:17.091. Though impressive, many were hoping for the Bulls to drop into the 16s with their sister team Toro Rosso.

Mercedes once again stayed out of the limelight and continued to focus on mileage and reliability, raking up an impressive 181 laps, trouble-free. Their long run pace was impressive but as per testing, we have no gauge as to how much fuel they were running and many believe they run extra heavy to conceal their true pace. However Mercedes fastest lap was a 1:18.097 placing them 9th on the charts – bu that lap was set on the second slowest tyre of Pirellis’s range and tyre corrected that is their fastest lap of winter testing thus far.

Are Ferrari really the favourites come Melbourne? While many believe the hype of “glory runs” the more experienced, senior figures of F1 aren’t so sure. Every year Ferrari produce quick laps over the Winter Testing period yet the difference in pace come race day never materialise to a gap we usually expect from testing. The wild card is definitely RedBull and we can expect them to have a strong spec for Australia – whether that pace will translate into engine heavy circuits like China or Spa will depend on what Honda managed go gain over the winter.

Timesheet

1) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:16.231, 138 laps, C5 tyres

2) Alex Albon, Toro Rosso, 1:16.882,118 laps, C5 tyres

3) Lando Norris, 1:17.084, 84 laps, C5 tyres

4) Pierre Gasly, Red Bull, 1:17.091, 65 laps, C5 tyres

5) Daniel Ricciardo, Renault, 1:17.204, 65 laps, C5 tyres

6) Nico Hulkenberg, Renault, 1:17.496, 73 laps, C5 tyres

8) Lance Stroll, Racing Point 1:17.556, 103 laps, C5 tyres

8) Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo, 1:17.639, 71 laps, C5

9) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:18.097, 85 laps, C2 tyres

10) Romain Grosjean, Haas, 1:17.854, 16 laps

11) George Russell, Williams, 1:18.130, 140 laps, C5 tyres

10) Kevin Magnussen, Haas, 1:18.199, 53 laps, C3 tyres

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Sainz proves Ferrari qualifying pace with Austin pole position

Sainz proves Ferrari qualifying pace with Austin pole position By Steven De Groote on 23 Oct 2022, 01:17 Carlos Sainz narrowly beat his teammate and Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pole for the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. As Leclerc takes an engine penalty, Verstappen will start from second on the grid as Perez and Hamilton are to make up the second row. The start of qualifying followed the announcement of the death of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateshitz, a shock for the F1 world despite the knowledge that the Austrian had been seriously ill for some time already. "As he would have wanted, we now head into this qualifying exactly as he would have wanted it to be. He was passionate about F1, passionate about the team, and our determination is to go and do our best for him today, and obviously in the race tomorrow," said Christian Horner just before the session began. For Alonso and Leclerc the session was compromised due to engine change penalties: 5 places for the Spaniard and 10 places for the Monegasque. The session begins with some immediate action in the form of Magnussen heading straight out on the soft compound tyre. It is the red-marked rubber all the way, with Schumacher, Latifi, Albon and Zhou also going for an early run. 3 minutes into the session everybody was out on track and soon Leclerc emerged in front. Sainz further improved on that with a quick first sector and a nice tow on the back straight by Vettel after he had aborted his first flying lap. 5 minutes from the end there was bad news for Zhou as his time got deleted for track limits. Zhou would however bounce back strongly and end Q1 in 10th, a tenth up on his teammate and 3 tenths up on the elimination time. The Haas drivers were far less impressive they were both out. Schumacher notably spun off early on in his second flying lap, resulting in 19th overall in qualifying, ahead only of Williams' Latifi. Ricciardo had another disappointing qualifying while Ocon, despite having a new floor (spec 4b) on his Alpine also dropped out whereas Alonso was 7th fastest at the time. Sainz and Leclerc topped the times in Q1, ahead of Verstappen, Hamilton, Perez and Russell. The second part of qualifying saw a slower start with Bottas and Zhou topping the timing sheet at the halfway mark. Many were on track at that time though and soon the entire top 7 of Q1 emerged again in the top 7 spots, albeit in a slightly different order. Leclerc was the fastest this time around, followed by Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Perez, Hamilton and Alonso. In the closing stages positions from 7th to 15th switched rapidly, resulting in Stroll, Bottas and Zhou making it through. It was only for a minute however as Zhou saw his time deleted yet again for track limits at Turn 12. This dropped the Alfa Romeo to 14th and promoted Norris into the top 10. The hot laps in the final part of qualifying kicked off with Russell but before reaching the end of the first sector timing point he backed off to try again after another slower lap to manage the tyres. As Russell went round to prepare for his lap to 6th, Leclerc completed the fastest lap around Circuit of the Americas in 1:34.624, 0.159s quicker than Sainz and 0.420s ahead of Verstappen. As Perez settled in behind Perez, Hamilton emerged third fastest with his first flyer, a tenth faster than Verstappen. Even after Russell completed his first timed lap, Stroll moved up into 7th after having gone out late out of the pits. The Canadian did 6 tenths better than Alonso and an extra 4 tents to Norris. Second time out Leclerc improved a tenth but Sainz shaved off more to take pole position. Verstappen qualified third at 0.092s but is set to start from second place thanks to the 10-place penalty of Leclerc. Perez stranded at 3 tenths from pole while Hamilton failed to improve on his second run and ended up 5th, just ahead of his teammate Russell. via F1Technical.net . Motorsport news https://www.f1technical.net/news/

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Verstappen narrowly beats Ferraris to Suzuka pole

Verstappen narrowly beats Ferraris to Suzuka pole By Steven De Groote on 08 Oct 2022, 09:14 It was dry for qualifying at Japan so it were the usual suspects who eventually emerged on top. Max Verstappen took pole in the end though both Leclerc and Sainz came very close to beating the Red Bull driver - who is still under investigation for an incident on his out-lap. Home hero Yuki Tsunoda kicked off dry qualifying with a lap of 1:31.631 to again greet his fans. He was soon followed by his teammate Pierre Gasly. The Frenchman who was just announced as an Alpine driver for 2023 was 4 tenths slower on his discovery lap before returning to the pits to take on a fresh set of soft tyres. The McLarens were out next to lead the rest of the competitors. While most immediately opted for softs the Mercedes drivers completed their first flying lap on the medium compound Pirelli, an attempt with which they ended up 15th and 18th 10 minutes into the session when everybody had completed at least one timed lap. By then, Verstappen had gone fastest, a tenth quicker than Sainz and Leclerc, 0.379 ahead of Alonso and 4 tenths ahead of Perez. Three minutes from the end the Mercedes duo moved up into 6th and 8th thanks to soft tyre runs, sandwiching McLaren's Ricciardo. Lando Norris on the other hand made a mistake at Degner on his first effort and was 7 tenths slower, down in 13th. The dying seconds of the first session saw Norris rectify that situation while Ocon improved to 6th. Mick Schumacher also had a good run to 13th and into Q2, bouncing back from his heavy crash in yesterday's FP1 that again badly damaged a Haas car. In any case he did a good job as team mate Magnussen was out, along with Gasly who struggled with the brakes, Stroll and both Williams drivers. The second session went on without medium tyres in sight and again with Verstappen going fastest about halfway though this time less than a tenth faster than Sainz. The gap as slightly more than a tenth to Leclerc and then Ocon, followed by Ricciardo, Hamilton, Alonso, Perez and Russell, all within 4 tenths of the pace setter. Bottas found himself in 10 with just 0.583s to the front. Behind him were Norris, Vettel, Zhou, Schumacher and Tsunoda. 3 minutes 20 from the end a big pack of cars left the pits for the final dash of laps to secure a position in Q3. Vettel and Ocon were first, followed by Perez, Bottas, Zhou, Schumacher, Tsunoda, the McLarens and the Mercedes duo. Alonso and Norris went out 30 seconds later and only the top three at the time remained in the pits. Improvements were surprisingly big with Vettel going 5th and Perez jumping to the top of the timing sheets, 0.421s quicker than Verstappen's previous best. Alonso also improved considerably to second with three personal bests. The big loser was Daniel Ricciardo. The McLaren driver sat in 5th but his failure to improve - partly due to a big lockup in the final chicane ) saw him lose out in 11th while his teammate Norris did the reverse and went on to go 8th fastest. Ricciardo notably missed out on Q3 by 0.003s to Vettel. The final part of qualifying was another Verstappen affair, topping Leclerc, Sainz and Perez. Fernando Alonso ended up 5th fastest, followed by Vettel, the Mercedes duo, Norris and Ocon. The big event though was when Verstappen braked so hard on the warm-up lap on the exit of Turn 15 than Norris had to go through the grass to avoid a big accident. The incident was to be investigated after the session (again). The second efforts saw Leclerc improve considerably but strange at 0.010s off of Verstappen. The latter didn't improve while Sainz also went faster, even though not enough to move up from third. Perez ended 4th and a late improvement from Ocon saw the Frenchman qualify 5th, marginally ahead of Hamilton and Alonso. via F1Technical.net . Motorsport news https://www.f1technical.net/news/

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FP1: Leclerc leads Sainz and Verstappen as Ferrari begin Spanish GP weekend on the front foot

Championship leader Charles Leclerc took top spot in a first practice session that saw teams experimenting and evaluating their cars ahead of the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix – with Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz and Red Bull's Max Verstappen completing the top three. Eagle eyes were trained closely on the cars in FP1 to spot any new upgrades, the likes of Williams, Aston Martin, McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari having brought significant packages to their respective cars. As a result, flow-vis paint and aero rakes emerged on the machinery early on this sweltering Barcelona afternoon. PALMER: Why the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is the perfect track for the teams to introduce upgrades Times tumbled after Verstappen set the early benchmark on hard tyres, the field emerging on softs around the halfway mark for Leclerc to set the fastest lap of 1m 19.828s – 0.079s faster than Sainz. The Scuderia's package included a new rear wing for Spain. With Ferrari shooting to the top, Verstappen improved to third on softs for Red Bull – 0.336s off the pace – having had a new nose fitted to his car early on. 1 Charles Leclerc LEC Ferrari 1:19.828 2 Carlos Sainz SAI Ferrari +0.079s 3 Max Verstappen VER Red Bull Racing +0.336s 4 George Russell RUS Mercedes +0.762s 5 Fernando Alonso ALO Alpine +0.940s Mercedes fitted new engines to both of their drivers’ cars – both donning brand-new parts surrounding the floor area – Lewis Hamilton also having taken a new gearbox this weekend (no penalty applied). George Russell finished fourth while Hamilton was sixth, the last driver within a second of Leclerc. Between the Silver Arrows was Fernando Alonso, the Alpine driver rounding out the top five at home. READ MORE: Alonso says he's 'lucky, privileged' to enjoy epic home atmosphere in 19th Spanish Grand Prix McLaren's Lando Norris – also testing out a suite of parts – was seventh and two-tenths ahead of eighth-place AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly. AlphaTauri stripped paint off their liveries in an apparent weight-saving exercise, also bringing new rear wings to Spain. Gasly's team mate Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the top 10, behind ninth-place McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo. Esteban Ocon previously dubbed Spain his "half" home race, given his father and extended family live here, and finished 11th in FP1 for Alpine. The re-shaped Aston Martin turned heads on Friday Behind Ocon was Lance Stroll, 12th. Aston Martin broke curfew on Thursday and spent the long night fitting upgrades to their AMR22 cars, revised sidepods the clearest indication of a new direction for the team in green. Sebastian Vettel finished 16th in this session. Alfa Romeo ran reserve driver Robert Kubica in place of Zhou Guanyu for FP1, the veteran Pole finishing 13th – while Valtteri Bottas took P17. Next on the board were the Haas drivers, Kevin Magnussen 14th ahead of Mick Schumacher. Their upgrades are bound for the French Grand Prix, rather than Spain. In place of Alex Albon at Williams was Nyck De Vries, the Formula E driver and Mercedes F1 reserve finishing 18th. In a coincidental homage to Albon’s hair, Nicholas Latifi ran red flow-vis paint on his car early on, the Canadian taking P19. Juri Vips has a full schedule, having finished sixth in F2 practice earlier on before taking over Sergio Perez’s Red Bull for F1 FP1. He completed the practice programme to finish 20th – and now gears up for F2 qualifying at 1830 local time. Tap here to subscribe to F1 TV for enhanced race coverage, exclusive shows, archive video and more via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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Lewis Hamilton maintains dominance by going fastest in final practice for Australian Grand Prix 

Lewis Hamilton retains control by becoming the fastest in the final training for the Australian Grand Prix

Alexander Britton, Press Association

Published: 4:56 GMT, March 16, 2019 | Updated: 05:08 GMT, March 16, 2019

Lewis Hamilton continued where he left off on Friday by becoming the fastest in the final training prior to qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.

Vettel put down a marker late in the session, put on a new set of soft tires and went 0.8 seconds faster than Hamilton, clocking one minute 22.556 seconds

Lewis Hamilton ended the last training session last Saturday for Mercedes [ But the five-time champion gave Mercedes the advantage with a 0.264 second lead over the Ferrari driver.

Vettel & # 39; s teammate Charles Leclerc finished the session in third place.

Hamilton clocks the fastest first and third sector, goes 0.2 seconds faster than Vettel in the first part of the round and 0.1 seconds faster in the last. , 0.457 seconds left Hamilton, while the Haas link between Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen was the top five.

Valtteri Bottas set the seventh fastest time with one minute 23,422 seconds, behind Pierre Gasly's Red Bull, 1,075 seconds behind Hamilton

Daniil Kvyat, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo round the top 10 off.

AUSTRALIAN GP FINAL PRACTICE

1 Hamilton (Gbr ) Mercedes 1: 22,292

2 Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1: 22,556

3 Leclerc (Fra) Ferrari 1: 22,749

] 4 Grosjean (Fra) Haas 1: 23,112

5 Magnussen (Den) Haas 1: 23.334

6 Guest (Fra) Red Bull 1: 23.367

Fin) Mercedes 1: 23.422

10 Kvyat (Russian) Toro Rosso 1: 23,442

9 Verstappen (Hol) Red Bull 1: 23,481

1: 23,695

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13 Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1: 24,049

11 Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1: 23,737

12 Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo 1: 23,831

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17 Raikkonen (F in) Alfa Romeo 1: 24,402

18 Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1: 24,568

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(Pol) Williams 1: 26,589

As was the case in the Friday sessions, the midfield was full of less than a second splitting Magnussen and Alex Albon for Toro Rosso in 15th.

It was largely an incident-free session under the blue sky of Albert Park, although Robert Kubica had cut his Williams in the pit lane.

The Williams clutch of George Russell and Kubica was more than 3.5 seconds faster than the British rookie. a fastest lap of one minute 25,944 seconds, while the pole, which returned from F1 after eight years, lagged 0.6 seconds further.

Lando Norris, another British who made his debut in Australia, ended the session in 18th, 2,276 seconds behind Hamilton

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Fernando Alonso returns to F1 paddock as Lando Norris tops testing

Have you already come up with a comeback? Fernando Alonso returns to F1 paddock while Lando Norris tops the first day of the last pre-season test

Fernando Alonso withdrew from Formula 1 at the end of the season 2018

But Spaniard was back in the paddock with McLaren before the start of the last F1-test

Lando Norris was the fastest for the team, but All the last F1- news and functions for the new season

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Dan Ripley for MailOnline

Published: 17:45 GMT, February 26, 2019 | Updated: 17:45 GMT, February 26, 2019

Fernando Alonso only stopped the Formula One at the end of the 2018 season, but he was soon back in the paddock after attending the first day of the last winter test

The twofold world of McLaren , who has driven with McLaren, has arrived at the Circuit de Catalunya in the team's clothing and catches the No. 14 with which he ran in his F1 days.

Alonso signed signatures for fans and watched some of the action-job in a year in which his main focus will compete on the 24 Hours of Le Mans and also on the Indy 500.

Fernando Alonso was back in the Formula 1 paddock after his retirement in 2018

The former McLaren driver still arrived in the paddock with the clothes of the team in Barcelona

He was already victorious at Le Mans and won the Grand Prix of Monaco, he hopes to win at the Brickyard and just become the second man in the history of racing to complete the triple crown after Graham Hill.

McLaren too fast, with Lando Norris fastest for the team during the first of the last four test days in Barcelona

Admittedly, the Brit & # 39; s time of 1m17.709s came on the second softest compound and it was only a fraction faster than Red Bull's Pierre Gasly who runs the medium compound.

[F1] 1 Norris (McLaren) 1m17.709s (80 laps)

2 Gasly (Red Bull) 1: 17,715 (136)

3 Stroll (Racing Point) 1: 17,824 (82)

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6 Albon (Toro Rosso) 1: 18,649 (103)

4 Vettel (Ferrari) 1: 17.925 (81)

5 Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 1: 18.589 (99))

7 Leclerc (Ferrari) 1: 18,651 (29)

8 Magnussen (Haas) 1: 18.769 (130)

9 Russell (Williams) 1: 19.662 (

10 Ricciardo (Renault) 1: 20,107 (77)

11 Bottas (Mercedes) 1: 20,167 (83)

13 Hulkenberg (Renault) 1: 20,348 (80)

McLaren endured a mixed day, with Norris forced to stop approaching two in the last 20 minutes of the session, after he had already seen a hydraulic pressure, he robbed him of two hours of track time in the morning.

Lance Stroll was only a tenth of Norris' time for Racing Point to complete the top three.

Mercedes brought new aerodynamic components, including a modified front wing, for the test. But after running smoothly for Lewis Hamilton in the morning they had a problem with oil pressure in the afternoon, eleven Valtteri Bottas took control of the W10 – reducing the Fin to only seven laps.

Bottas and Hamilton were only 11th and 12th of the 13 runners respectively, but did long runs on the second hardest compound.

Expected title rivals Ferrari also ran into problems at the start of the second test, with Charles Leclerc running his early morning only 20 laps, with Sebastian Vettel touring 81 times in the afternoon to the end of the fourth trial.

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