Bahrain Grand Prix – Max Verstappen continued where he left off last year, winning from pole with a sizeable gap to Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz. After what seems like no time at all, F1 is back and ready to start its longest season ever with 24 races scheduled between now and December 8th.  Max Verstappen will start on pole with Charles Leclerc alongside him, as they did at the last race of 2023. All cars will be starting on soft tyres, the top nine and Daniel Ricciardo P14, all on slightly used or scrubbed sets with the others all on new rubber. Race Results – 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix A ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Here are the provisional results from today’s 2024 F1 World Championship season opening race around the Bahrain International Circuit. Results (Classification): Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing -57 laps Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +22.457 Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +25.110 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +39.669 George Russell Mercedes +46.788 Lando Norris McLaren +48.458 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +50.324 Oscar Piastri McLaren +56.082 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +74.887 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +93.216 Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber +1 lap Kevin Magnussen Haas +1 lap Daniel R ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Max Verstappen took pole for the opening race of the season with a comfortable gap to the rest of the field. Q1 As the first qualifying of the season kicked off under the lights in Bahrain, the Ferraris and Alpines took to the track as soon as the session started. Carlos Sainz opened the timesheets with a 1:31.208, Charles Leclerc slotting in half a tenth behind, all four cars on track were on medium tyres. Qualifying Results – 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly had set times 0.7 and 1.2 seconds slower but Gasly’s time was soon deleted due to a T13 track ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Here are the provisional results from qualifying for tomorrow’s 2024 F1 World Championship season opening race in Bahrain. Results (Classification): Q3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing -1:29.179 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.228 George Russell Mercedes +0.306 Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.328 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.358 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.363 Lando Norris McLaren +0.435 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.504 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.531 Nico Hulkenberg Haas +1.323 Click here to read the qualifying report. Q2 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari -1:29.165 ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Carlos Sainz topped the times ahead of Fernando Alonso in the final practice before qualifying later today. There was no rush to take to the track as the final hour of practice started, six minutes into the session Lewis Hamilton, fastest in FP2 yesterday, was the first to emerge from the garage.  (FP3) Third Practice Results – 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix The Mercedes driver set a 1:32.733 on his first timed lap on the softs, as Hamilton returned to the pits Carlos Sainz took over as the lone driver on track, though he was joined by his teammate a few corners later. As th ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from the final practice session for this Saturday’s opening round of the 2024 F1 World Championship. Results (Classification): Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari -1:30.824 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.141 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.238 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.270 Lando Norris McLaren +0.294 George Russell Mercedes +0.366 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.386 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.424 Nico Hulkenberg Haas +0.454 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.572 Daniel Ricciardo RB +0.625 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.628 Yuki Tsunoda RB +0.807 K ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from the second practice session for this Saturday’s opening round of the 2024 F1 World Championship. Results (Classification): Lewis Hamilton Mercedes -1:30.374 George Russell Mercedes +0.206 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.286 Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.395 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.410 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.477 Nico Hulkenberg Haas +0.510 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.517 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.739 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.741 Alex Albon Williams Racing +0.959 Daniel Ricciardo RB +1.142 Logan Sargeant Wi ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Daniel Ricciardo topped the timesheets ahead of the McLarens in free practice one, the least representative session of the weekend. The mammoth, 24 race 2024 Formula 1 Championship kicked off in Bahrain with Nico Hulkenberg leading the way out to the windy track as FP1 got underway. In his bright green Sauber, Zhou Guanyu’s season didn’t get off to a great start with the Chinese driver reporting that his brake wasn’t working on his outlap. (FP1) First Practice Results – 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Hulkenberg started the year off with a 1:38.955 on the mediums and after the ope ..read more

Bahrain Grand Prix – Here are the complete results from the first practice session for this Saturday’s opening round of the 2024 F1 World Championship. Results (Classification): Daniel Ricciardo RB -1:32.869 Lando Norris McLaren +0.032 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.0244 Yuki Tsunoda RB +0.314 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.324 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.369 George Russell Mercedes +0.382 Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +0.399 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.433 Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber +0.485 Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +0.516 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.544 Alex Albon Williams Racing ..read more

Pre-season testing – Here is the full classification from the third and final test day ahead of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship. With another drain cover issue early in the morning session, Sergio Perez being the driver to run across it, though he was lucky as the Red Bull escaped without damage. That caused a lengthy Red Flag period while repairs were carried out, and as a result the lunch break was cancelled so that testing could run for the remainder of the day. Day 3 classification: Driver Team Laps Time Gap 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 74 1:30.322 2 George Russell Mercedes 6 ..read more