Новости за 02.03.2024

F1 Race Event: Bahrain Grand Prix Race Track: Bahrain International Circuit Weather: dry  17.8°C Tarmac: dry  21.9°C Humidity : 51% Wind : 0 km/h Pressure: 1016.7 bar Max Verstappen won his 55th F1 race during the 2024 Bahrain F1 GP today. The Red Bull driver started from pole and won the 20th race on the.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - George Russell admits the entire Formula 1 field, except for Max Verstappen, will be "racing for second" as the 2024 season begins in Bahrain on Saturday. However, the Mercedes driver - third behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and the predictably pole-sitting Red Bull - admitted that the qualifying gap to Verstappen was actually smaller.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - Toto Wolff has described Sebastian Vettel as a "giant" of Formula 1, as the quadruple world champion once again refuses to rule out the prospect of a sensational return. Since Lewis Hamilton decided to vacate his Mercedes seat for 2025 with a switch to Ferrari, rumblings that Vettel, 36, might see it as.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - As the Christian Horner saga rolls on, he met privately and separately with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in Bahrain on Friday. Domenicali and the FIA boss then got together later on, to discuss current affairs in Formula 1 at the start of 2024 - and the Horner.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - Pierre Gasly admits he expected he might qualify dead last in Bahrain. After the overweight and slow 2024 car struggled through pre-season testing last week, many journalists' pecking-order predictions thought Alpine may have slumped to the very back of the grid. Indeed, Gasly qualified dead last on Friday - a tenth or so.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - Valtteri Bottas says he would shave his moustache and cut his 'mullet' hairstyle in order to return to Mercedes. The Finn was paired at Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton until 2021, resulting in Bottas taking a big step down the grid with Sauber - and a big change in his personal branding and image......check out full post »

Mar.2 - Sergio Perez's bosses have given his chances of securing a new contract for 2025 an early boost. The Mexican, under pressure to retain his place at Red Bull next year from suitors including Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz, qualified P5 in Bahrain - with his teammate Max Verstappen on pole. "The Checo Perez.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has lashed out at one of the sport's most popular personalities. He thinks Daniel Ricciardo, the always-smiling and cheerful 34-year-old who has resurrected his career at RB after being dropped by McLaren in 2022, doesn't deserve to be back in Formula 1 purely on merit. "Ricciardo is a.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - Stefano Domenicali admits Formula 1 may begin to annually alternate some of the European grands prix from 2026. The sport's ever-swelling 24-race calendar is now attracting widespread criticism, but yet another event has been added to the schedule for 2026 - Madrid. "Signing the contract to host the race in Madrid was very.....check out full post »

Mar.2 - Audi appears to be ramping up rather than wriggling out of its commitment to enter Formula 1 for 2026. Just a few days ago, there was talk of more upper management turmoil at the Volkswagen-owned German marque, but Sauber team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi affirmed the "strong commitment of the Audi Group". Indeed,.....check out full post »