Max Verstappen wins the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
The defending champion wins by 22 seconds - 10 seconds more than the winning margin at this race last year.
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Bahrain Grand Prix, 2 March 2024
1) Max Verstappen
2) Sergio Perez
3) Carlos Sainz Jnr
4) Charles Leclerc
5) George Russell
Bahrain Grand Prix, - 42 of 57 laps: Verstappen leads teammate Perez by +15.262!
Sainz is +19.306 and Russel is +28.385
Some perspective on that fastest lap (by Max Verstappen) it's 1.5 seconds faster than the next fastest lap that is set by Charles Leclerc.
That is set on soft tires and Leclerc's would have been set on hard tires but he's (Verstappen) on soft tires because the car is so superior and it's so good on tire wear.
That is the scale of the task that Red Bull's rivals have to face.
Lap times from Day 3 of pre-season testing for the 2024 F1 season in Bahrain.
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Final lap times from Day 1 of pre-season testing for the 2024 F1 season in Bahrain.
The value of Formula 1 teams in 2023:
🇮🇹 Scuderia Ferrari: $3.9 billion
🇩🇪 AMG Petronas: $3.8b
🇦🇹 Red Bull: $2.6b
🇬🇧 McLaren: $2.2b
🇫🇷 Alpine: $1.4b
🇬🇧 Aston Martin: $1.4b
🇮🇹 AlphaTauri: $1.1b
🇮🇹 Alfa Romeo: $900 million
🇺🇸 Haas: $780m
🇬🇧 Williams: $725m
Ferrari have added British teenager Oliver Bearman to their roster of Formula One reserve drivers ready to step in for race regulars Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz.
The 18-year-old Formula Two driver joins ex-F1 racer Antonio Giovinazzi and Robert Shwartzman who are both taking part in the world endurance championship.
This season has a record 24 grands prix, some of them clashing with the world endurance calendar, and Bearman will be present at those that feature F2 on the support program.
The Swiss Sauber team have reverted to their original name for the 2024 season after racing as Alfa Romeo since 2019.
The official team name will be Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber and the chassis will be called a Kick Sauber.
Sauber entered F1 in 1993 and had raced under their own name continuously until they were rebranded as Alfa Romeo for 2019.
They will continue to use Ferrari engines until 2026. Audi is building its own engine for the new rules coming into effect in two years' time
The FIA have updated their Sporting Regulations and added a 6.5% increase (the US Consumer Price Index) to the entry fee required from each team next season.
So, based on every team's final points tally following the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the invoices stand at...
Red Bull - $7,445,817
Mercedes - $3,347,012
Ferrari - $3,327,287
McLaren - $2,643,747
Aston Martin - $2,498,837
Alpine - $1,446,837
Williams - $841,937
AlphaTauri - $822,212
Alfa Romeo - $763,037
Haas - $736,737
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen broke several records 2023
Here are all of them.
Wins: 19 (from 22 races)
Best win percentage: 86.36% (breaking Alberto Ascari’s record that stood since 1952)
Most consecutive wins: 10
Podiums: 21 (out of 22)
Points: 575 (out of 620 - 92.7% of possible points)
Laps led: 1003 (out of 1383)
Points gap to P2: 290 points
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Max Verstappen capped off a record-breaking, championship winning 2023 F1 season in style with victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Having fended off a first-lap attack from Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, the result was never in doubt for Verstappen.
Top 10
1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Russell
4) Perez
5) Norris
6) Piastri
7) Alonso
8) Tsunoda
9) Hamilton
10) Stroll
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Abu Dhabi #Formula1 Grand Prix qualifying
Top 10
1) Verstappen
2) Leclerc
3) Piastri
4) Russell
5) Norris
6) Tsunoda
7) Alonso
8) Hulkenberg
9) Perez
10) Oco
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Race results
Brazilian F1 Grand Prix, San Paulo 5 November 2023
1) Verstappen Redbull
2) Norris McLaren
3) Alonso Aston Martin
4) Perez Redbull
5) Stroll Aston Martin
6) Sainz Ferrari
7) Gasly Alpine
8) Hamilton Mercedes
9) Tsunoda Alpha Tauri
10) Ocon Alpine
Max Verstappen won the Sprint at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, beating pole-sitter Lando Norris off the line and cruising to victory.
Perez cleared Russell for third place on lap 10 out of 24 — having twice swapped places two laps earlier — and never looked in danger after that, securing his first top three in any race since Monza in September.
Russell settled in to secure fourth, behind him Hamilton.
Leclerc took fifth with four laps to go.
https://speedmex.top/SanPauloSprintVideo
Lando Norris made amends for a frustrating qualifying at the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix by taking pole position for Saturday’s sprint race in Brazil.
Norris pipped Max Verstappen by 0.061s, while Sergio Perez improved on a disappointing Friday qualifying to take third, just 0.134s off Norris’ benchmark.
https://youtu.be/oOcCrCxVvec?si=sKhAqYyY895Lst4L
Max Verstappen beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to claim pole position for the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix before a storm hit qualifying.
The reigning world champion posted a lap 0.294s quicker than Leclerc.
Lance Stroll claimed a brilliant third place for Aston Martin, ahead of teammate Fernando Alonso, who sealed a second row lock-out.
Lewis Hamilton was over seven-tenths off the pace in fifth, ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell.
https://youtu.be/oIWe4Sy52U0?si=fxmRM6izw218JF6T
Carlos Sainz led a Ferrari 1-2 in the only practice session for the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Sainz edging out teammate Leclerc by just 0.108s to set the pace in a vital hour of practice.
Mercedes driver Russell was third-fastest on medium tires, just 0.133s off the pace.
Hulkenberg, running the soft tire, took fourth
Alex Albon also used softs to finish fifth for Williams, ahead of Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.
Max Verstappen wins the Mexico City Grand Prix!
The Red Bull driver collects a record 16th victory of the 2023 season!
He's been so, so good this year and he was so, so good today. Never troubled, a racer's instinct at the start and it is another win to add to his growing tally. Hamilton comes home second and grabbed the bonus point for fastest lap, and Leclerc was third.
Sainz was fourth, Norris a brilliant fifth and Russell sixth.
Ricciardo was a superb seventh.
Big motorsport weekend before the #Baja1000 in Mexico and what a clusterphuk for Sergio Perez !
The home-crowd favorite collided with the polesitter Charles Leclerc.
Checo had to retire.
Race control have noted Charles Leclerc for driving in an unsafe condition.
And the guy that wants Checo's seat, Daniel Ricciardo, in 6th place with the AlphaTauri
Still 11 laps to go!
Charles Leclerc takes pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix!
It's a Ferrari front-row lock-out as Carlos Sainz joins his team-mate by finishing second in Q3.
Top 10
1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
4. Daniel Ricciardo (Alpha Tauri)
5. Sergio Perez (red Bull)
6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
7. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
8. George Russell (Mercedes)
9. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
10. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
