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Sport newsMax Verstappen will start the Sprint at the Red Bull Ring from the front of the grid after the championship leader beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to top spot in Sprint Qualifying but less than a tenth of a second. At the start of SQ1, after Lewis Hamilton had his first lap of 1:06.416 deleted for track limits at Turn 6, it was George Russell who set the early pace with a lap of 1:06.765. Verstappen soon…

Sport newsQ: Simply, what changes have been made at the Red Bull Ring for this year’s event?NW: Firstly, we have installed a 2.5m wide gravel strip directly behind the kerb at exit of Turn 9 and Turn 10 on the left-hand side and in Turns 1, 3, 4 and 6 we’ve moved the white line to make the distance to the gravel less than 2 metres.Q: Why have the changes been made?NW: Obviously track limit…

Sport newsTHURSDAY, 27 JUNEPress Conference: 1330hrsCharles Leclerc (Ferrari)Zhou Guanyu (Kick Sauber)Yuki Tsunoda (RB)Max Verstappen (Red Bull)Logan Sargeant (Williams) FRIDAY, 28 JUNEPress Conference: 1430hrsMike Krack (Aston Martin)Mario Isola (Pirelli)Peter Bayer (RB)Christian Horner (Red Bull)TV Pen1500hrs SATURDAY, 29 JUNEPost-SprintFirst three finishing driversPost-QualifyingTop three fastest drivers SUNDAY, 30 JUNEPost-RaceFirst three finishing drivers FIA Formula One World ChampionshipFormula 1SEASON 2024SportCircuit1SportFIA Formula One World ChampionshipCircuitSEASON 2024Formula 100Wednesday, June 26, 2024 – 5:22pmWednesday, June 26, 2024 – 5:22pm …

Sport newsHearingCase ICA-2024-04: Appeal lodged on behalf of Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team against Decision No. 31 dated 13 April 2024 of the Stewards of the Round 6 held in Misano counting towards the 2023/2024 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.On 13 April 2024, during Round 6 of the 2023/2024 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship held in Misano (Italy), the Stewards received a report from the FIA Technical Delegate about Car No. 13…

Sport newsWith an array of high-performance supercars and a reputation for ultra-close competition, the GT categories are popular with competitors and fans alike. Indeed, it is not an overstatement to suggest that GT racing has never been in better health. This is underscored by the enormous success of the FIA GT3 category, which caters for both sprint and endurance racing worldwide.There are a wide range of options when it comes to machinery. At present, over…

Sport newsDRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren)3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by David Coulthard)   Q: Max Verstappen, your 61st victory. Your reign in Spain continues with your third straight victory. You had to work for that one.Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I think what made the race was the beginning. I took the lead in lap two, and that’s where I had my buffer. Then, in that first stint where I could eke out the gap…

Sport newsRed Bull’s Max Verstappen seized an early lead and held off a determined late-race charge from pole sitter Lando Norris to take a third consecutive Spanish Grand Prix win ahead of the McLaren driver, as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton claimed his first podium of the year with third place. Norris made a poor start from pole and though the lead was stolen by Mercedes’ George Russell in Turn 1, Verstappen quickly closed on and took the…

Sport newsParaguay will become the 38th country to host a round of the FIA World Rally Championship when the South American nation joins the calendar in 2025*.The announcement was made on Saturday evening in the Paraguayan capital Asunción by President Santiago Peña at the Ceremonial Start of Petrobras Rally Transchaco 2024 – the third round of the Paraguayan national championship.“Paraguay is big, and the world is in the process of discovering us. Hosting world- class…

Sport newsLando Norris beat F1 world championship leader Max Verstappen by the tiny margin of two hundredths of a second to take the second pole position of his career in qualifying for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Behind the top two, Lewis Hamilton scored his best qualifying position since last year’s US Grand Prix with third place. At the start of Q1 Sergio Pérez set the early pace thanks to a lap of…

Sport newsLewis Hamilton went quickest in the second practice session for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Spanish  Grand Prix, beating home favourite Carlos Sainz by just over two hundredths of a second as FP1’s fastest driver, Lando Norris, took third place. In the early phases of the second hour of practice, Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell led the way on Medium tyres, moving a tenth of a second clear of Norris who had set an early target…