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Telegraph
02-05-2025
- Automotive
- Telegraph
Miami Grand Prix, FP1: latest F1 practice updates
Latest updates Kieran Crichard 02 May 2025 5:36pm 5:36PM Verstappen goes fastest Most of the drivers are out on mediums, other than the two RB's of Hadjar and Lawson. He is a new dad and Verstappen has gone to the top of the timesheets, two tenths ahead of Piastri. 5:34PM New father Verstappen has just become a father to daughter Lily and he has made his way onto the track with an upgraded floor on his Red Bull. Very early doors but Piastri goes top of the timesheets on a set of medium tyres. Norris comes over the team radio and has complained about a few things in his cockpit. He comes into the pits and removes what looks like a torch! Very strange! 5:30PM Go, go, go! The green light is showing at the end of the pit lane and practice is under way. With this being a sprint weekend, this one hour of practice is going to be essential so we should have plenty of running. It is nearly 30 degrees in Miami, with the track temperature being close to 40. Our current Divers' Championship leader Piastri is one of the first out onto the track. 5:27PM Tyre chat We have gone a step softer with the tyres than we did last year in Miami. The one and only practice session of the weekend is just moments away. 5:23PM Sky's Jenson Button on Max Verstappen 'The moment that stands out so far is Verstappen's qualifying lap in Suzuka. 'This year he has stepped it up. He does not have the best car, far from it, but he has still dragged something out of the car and to get pole at Suzuka, where you need to be brave, was very impressive. His game has risen and it is impressive to see.' 5:20PM Sky's Martin Brundle on Lando Norris 'I think his head is, perhaps, with a bit of pressure off him. He is now not leading the championship, he is now the hunter. He has got all the talent, all the speed, he has prepared all of his life for this moment. What he should realise, is that victory in Melbourne – if you can win that race, you can win anything in a Formula 1 car. 'But he has got some tough competition. Mercedes are not going to stand still. They have got a big upgrade coming at Imola, for example. Ferrari think they know a way forward as well. The drivers and teams need to be scoring every point that is on the table.' 5:08PM Senna's 1992 Belgian GP helmet sells for record price The helmet that Ayrton Senna was wearing when he famously helped to rescue an unconscious rival at Spa-Francorchamps in 1992 has sold for a world record £720,000. Senna, who died tragically in a crash two years later aged 34, was wearing the Shoei helmet, painted in his signature yellow, green and dark blue, at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1992, when he raced for McLaren. The Brazilian driver stopped in qualifying for that race to help stricken Ligier driver Érik Comas, running back through the smoke at great personal risk, cutting the car's engine and holding Comas's head until paramedics arrived. The Frenchman had been knocked unconscious following a heavy crash at Blanchimont corner. 5:00PM Ferrari's blue makeover bombs with fans Ferrari For the second year running – and to mark the one-year anniversary of HP becoming their title sponsor – Ferrari have chosen to incorporate the blue and white of the computer hardware company into their Miami livery. The SF25's engine cover, rear wing and wheel covers will all feature extra blue and white graphics this weekend, while Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will sport completely different race suits in white and blue to complement the design. To say the livery has received a mixed reception from fans would be an understatement. One comment on Ferrari's social media post said: 'This is the equivalent of putting pineapple on a pizza.'
Reuters
27-03-2025
- Automotive
- Reuters
Verstappen's seven Red Bull teammates
March 27 (Reuters) - Yuki Tsunoda became Max Verstappen's third different teammate in four races when he replaced Liam Lawson at Red Bull on Thursday. Lawson, who started only two grands prix and a sprint with Red Bull before returning to sister team Racing Bulls, lasted 99 days -- the least time of anyone alongside the now-four times Formula One world champion. CARLOS SAINZ (2015-16, TORO ROSSO) Verstappen, then 16, and Sainz, aged 19, debuted together at the Red Bull sister team that is now Racing Bulls. The pair were evenly matched despite friction between them, with the Dutch rookie outscoring the Spaniard by 49 points to 18. Sainz went on to Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and now Williams. DANIEL RICCIARDO (RED BULL, 2016-18) Verstappen was promoted to the senior team after four races of the season, with Russian Daniil Kvyat going in the opposite direction, and won on his Red Bull debut in Spain. Ricciardo ended the 2016 season ahead, on 256 points to Verstappen's 204. In 2017 the Australian again led his teammate in the standings but was well beaten in 2018. PIERRE GASLY (RED BULL, 2019) Gasly moved up after Ricciardo jumped ship for Renault and lasted 12 increasingly fraught races before Red Bull swapped him out for Alex Albon from the Belgian GP with the Thai then impressing enough to get the seat for 2020. Gasly became a race winner for AlphaTauri in 2021 and joined Alpine in 2023. ALEX ALBON (RED BULL, 2019-20) Albon completed the 2020 season with fewer than half the points (105) Verstappen scored (214). Red Bull demoted him to test and reserve driver for 2021 and gave the seat to experienced Mexican Sergio Perez, who had appeared to be on his way out of F1. Albon returned as a Williams driver in 2022. SERGIO PEREZ (RED BULL, 2021-2024) Perez won five races in his time at Red Bull and secured a best ever runner-up slot to Verstappen in the championship in the team's dominant 2023 season, albeit with fewer than half the points scored by the Dutchman. His form collapsed in 2024 after a strong start to the year that secured a contract extension. He was replaced by Lawson at the end of the year. LIAM LAWSON (RED BULL, 2025) Two race weekends -- three races including a Saturday sprint -- and no points. He qualified 18th and failed to finish in Australia and qualified last for the sprint and race in China. YUKI TSUNODA (RED BULL, 2025) Honda-backed Tsunoda finally got his chance with the top team after being passed over last year. He has been on strong form with Racing Bulls but now has to carry that over to Red Bull or face being the next in the ejector seat.
The Independent
22-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Lewis Hamilton claims historic first win for Ferrari at Chinese Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton won the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix, marking his first victory for Ferrari and the team's first sprint race win. Hamilton, who started from pole position, led the 19-lap race from start to finish, holding off Max Verstappen to win by over seven seconds. This victory is Hamilton's first in any format since the 2024 Belgian GP, ending a six-month winless streak. Oscar Piastri finished second for McLaren after overtaking Verstappen, who came in third. Championship leader Lando Norris finished eighth, earning only one point. Qualifying for the main race will follow later on Saturday.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Lewis Hamilton claims historic first F1 win for Ferrari in Chinese GP sprint race
Lewis Hamilton claimed a historic first F1 win for Ferrari as he won the sprint race in China on Saturday. The 40-year-old, who moved to Ferrari amid much fanfare from Mercedes in the off-season, secured a 'gobsmacking' pole position with a brilliant lap on Friday. And Hamilton did well to retain the lead from lights out in the 19-lap race on Saturday, while he held off Max Verstappen's challenge midway through the race superbly. Hamilton then took the chequered flag to score eight points in the world championship and his confidence will be high ahead of grand prix qualifying later on Saturday It is also Ferrari's first ever sprint race victory, in a format introduced back in 2021. It is Hamilton's first win in any format since the 2024 Belgian GP last July. Oscar Piastri finished second for McLaren, after a late overtake on the Dutchman. More to follow…
The Independent
22-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Lewis Hamilton claims historic first F1 win for Ferrari in Chinese GP sprint race
Lewis Hamilton claimed a historic first F1 win for Ferrari as he won the sprint race in China on Saturday. The 40-year-old, who moved to Ferrari amid much fanfare from Mercedes in the off-season, secured a 'gobsmacking' pole position with a brilliant lap on Friday. And Hamilton did well to retain the lead from lights out in the 19-lap race on Saturday, while he held off Max Verstappen 's challenge midway through the race superbly. Hamilton then took the chequered flag to score eight points in the world championship and his confidence will be high ahead of grand prix qualifying later on Saturday It is also Ferrari's first ever sprint race victory, in a format introduced back in 2021. It is Hamilton's first win in any format since the 2024 Belgian GP last July. Oscar Piastri finished second for McLaren, after a late overtake on the Dutchman.
