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After four months on charge, the FIA Formula E World Championship is back and Motorsport Week has you covered for everything you need to know ahead of the São Paulo E-Prix. Tag Heuer Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein arrives in Brazil with #1 on his car and with every hope of successfully defending his World Championship, won in dramatic style in London…

What did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the Qatar Grand Prix. RaceFans has held polls on every F1 race since 2008 to find out which fans thought of each round of the season. Join in the latest poll and give your verdict on the race: 10 being the highest and 1 the lowest. Please vote based…

Max Verstappen has won the Qatar Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Max Verstappen leads the drivers championship by 80 points from Lando Norris after the Qatar Grand Prix. 2024 F1 drivers championship standings Points available over remaining rounds: 26 2024 F1 constructors championship standings…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 1, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 LUSAIL, Qatar — It seems Max Verstappen is at his best when he has a point to prove. Even for a driver who consistently operates in a league of his own, he is able to access another level of ruthless…

Formula 1 race director Rui Marques’s decision not to neutralise the Qatar Grand Prix to allow a piece of debris to be removed prompted some criticism. Not least from McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, whose driver Lando Norris was penalised for failing to slow for yellow flags which were shown when Alexander Albon’s Williams shed its right-hand wing mirror approaching…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 1, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 QATAR — Lando Norris admitted to letting his McLaren team down at the Qatar Grand Prix after he was given a 10-second stop-go penalty for failing to slow for double-waved yellow flags. The penalty dropped Norris from second place to…

Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the Qatar Grand Prix weekend? It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days. Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Losail International Circuit. Driver performance summary Advert |…

For a few hours, it looked like Max Verstappen had ended his wait to claim pole position for the first time since the Austrian Grand Prix in June. The last time he took pole position, Verstappen faced an anxious wait to learn whether the stewards would penalise him for driving unnecessarily slowly in the pit lane exit during qualifying. On…

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has told Formula 1 drivers to mind their own business after they asked where money from race fines was going and why senior figures had left the governing body. In an interview with Reuters ahead of Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix, the president suggested the drivers should stick to what they know best. Editor’s Picks 2…

The Qatar Grand Prix at the Losail International Circuit will almost certainly be the lowest-attended round of the season – but that does not meant those who have bought tickets are any less invested, knowledgeable or passionate as those who have shown up to any of the previous 22 rounds so far this season. When most of the few thousands…

George Russell has taken provisional pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’21.579 1’20.687 (-0.892s) 1’20.520 (-0.167s) 2 George Russell Mercedes 1’21.241 1’21.069 (-0.172s) 1’20.575 (-0.494s) 3 Lando Norris McLaren 1’21.578 1’20.983 (-0.595s) 1’20.772 (-0.211s) 4…

The news was first reported by The Sun, with a Formula E spokesperson confirming to the the publication that the lead presenter role will be filled by Nicki Shields for the upcoming season. Shields first covered Formula E back in 2014, and has done so for various broadcasters since. The Formula E spokesperson said: “We’re excited to confirm that Nicki…

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says the set-up changes the team made to Sergio Perez’s car for the sprint race helped his team mate take pole position in Qatar. Max Verstappen qualified sixth for the sprint race but beat George Russell to pole position for the grand prix by five hundredths of a second. “It was a great turnaround…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 30, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Max Verstappen has been stripped of his pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix after he was penalized one place on the grid for an incident in the final part of Saturday’s qualifying session. The stewards’ decision means Mercedes driver…

Abbi Pulling has won the 2024 F1 Academy championship despite being beaten to second place in the first race of the weekend at Losail. The Alpine junior driver secured the title with three races to spare, continuing her run of finishing on the podium in all 11 races so far this year. Doriane Pin converted pole position to win the…

George Russell said he was frustrated by the McLaren drivers’ tactics in the sprint race at Losail, which ended his hopes of challenging to win. Lando Norris held the lead from pole position while Norris was passed by the other McLaren of Oscar Piastri at the start. Over much of the 19-lap race, McLaren urged Norris to constrain his pace…

What did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race. RaceFans has held polls on every F1 race since 2008 to find out which fans thought of each round of the season. Join in the latest poll and give your verdict on the race: 10 being the highest and 1 the lowest. Please…

Nov 30, 2024, 08:41 AM ET Formula 1 will become even more a “battle of giants” with the arrival of General Motors’ Cadillac brand as an 11th team in 2026, RB boss Laurent Mekies said. The Frenchman told reporters at the Qatar Grand Prix that the entry of the U.S. carmaker was positive. Editor’s Picks 2 Related “It’s going to…

JERMAINE Jenas has been axed as the main presenter of Formula E on TNT Sports – months after being sacked by the BBC. The former England ace was stripped of his Match of the Day and The One Show roles after sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues. 3 Jermaine Jenas has lost another presenting jobCredit: BBC 3 Nicki Shields will replace Jermaine on TNT’s Formula…