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On the back of scoring Red Bull's 100th pole position on Saturday, Verstappen was never threatened in the first F1 race in Shanghai since 2019 and effortlessly overcame two safety car restarts in the middle period of the race.After leading the field away without any real threat from behind, Verstappen unearthed a 1.6-second gap at the end of the first lap over Fernando Alonso, who had opened his ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen was in a league of his own in a Chinese Grand Prix punctuated by two mid-race safety cars.

Max Verstappen made a strong start as the Chinese Grand Prix got underway, while Fernando Alonso caught the eye by slotting into second place.

Live coverage of Sunday's Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024 in Shanghai.

For the second race in a row we have an all-Red Bull front row in China, and this time it’s Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Lando Norris who are best placed to challenge them into Turn 1.

Ogier started the morning 11.6 seconds adrift of Neuville but similar accidents for both Neuville and Evans have pushed the eight-time world champion into a 9.1s lead over Evans.Evans and Neuville both reached the end of stage 18 with damaged cars - with the latter, who started the day leading by 4.9s, now dropping to third, 10.2s in arrears.Hyundai’s Ott Tanak survived a moment in stage 18 to ...Keep reading

Under threatening skies that never delivered any rain until the cooldown lap, the duo locked into 1-2 formation from about half-race distance as any challengers dropped back.It enabled Brown to take his third win of the season after forcing his way past his team-mate with eight laps to run.“I was trying not to use the front bar, awesome racing, that is what it was all about,” said a smiling ...Keep reading

The Spaniard has proved the progress that his squad is making as he emerged from qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix in third position as Red Bull’s closest rival.And although the characteristics of his AMR24 car, which appears better in single-lap pace than long runs, means he is not expecting to hold on to his place in the Shanghai race, he says it is a situation he and the team cannot be ...Keep reading

Hamilton proved how strong the race pace of the team’s W15 is when he finished second in the Shanghai sprint, beaten only by Max Verstappen’s Red Bull.It was a performance that confirmed suspicions that the Mercedes is better against the opposition on long runs, but is struggling to extract as good a performance on single-lap form which often leaves it far down the order.Russell said that ...Keep reading

After starting third, Bourdais spent most of the early portion of the IMSA’s 100-minute classic in the runner-up spot pursuing pole-sitter Pipo Derani in the Action Express Racing-prepped No. 31 Cadillac.The pivotal moment of the race came when Derani pitted on lap 26, handing off to co-driver Jack Aitken as the team put on two new left-side tires.Bourdais pitted the next lap and relinquished ...Keep reading

Rosenqvist provided the fireworks in a tense qualifying session that saw him beat out Team Pesnke’s Will Power by 0.0039s on a set of used softer alternate tires to take the top spot for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach.While it was the sixth pole of Rosenqvist’s career, but this one came in just his second points-paying race with MSR. In addition to qualifying second in the season-opening ...Keep reading

Love passed Parker Kligerman at the start of the first overtime, but a multi-car wreck triggered by several drivers running out of fuel sent the race into a second two-lap overtime.After taking the white flag, Love briefly raced side-by-side with Leland Honeyman but eventually powered past him and held off Riley Herbst by 0.141 seconds to earn the win, his first in just his ninth ...Keep reading

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Bourdais and van der Zande took a ‘no tires’ pit strategy to get ahead of the sister Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R of Pipo Derani and Jack Aitken to score a 1-2 finish for the marque around the 1.968-mile temporary circuit.From pole position, despite crashing in the closing moments of qualifying, Derani led the field to green. He led the sister Cadillac Racing ...Keep reading

Neuville’s co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe put down a proposition on the event’s recce after noticing that the final stage of the Saturday morning and afternoon loop featured a 9.11km stage.Wydaeghe suggested that if Neuville posted two fastest times on the passes through the stage then he would buy a Porsche 911.While Neuville was already eyeing the stage wins to help extend his lead in an intense ...Keep reading

The 32-year-old Swede saved his best for last after pushing to a quick lap of 1m06.0172s around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit, giving Meyer Shank Racing its first-ever pole in the IndyCar Series. It is the sixth pole of Rosenqvist’s career.Rosenqvist managed to capture the top spot by a narrow 0.0039 of a second over Team Penske’s Will Power, who overcame two incidents ...Keep reading

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Lando Norris is hopeful that McLaren can have a “good day” at Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix after a solid qualifying session for the squad, with the Briton set to line up in P4 ahead of team mate Oscar Piastri in P5.

With the field for the 76-lap race set by owner’s points, Finch started on the pole and had little trouble remaining out front.With no cautions outside of the halftime break, the field remained mostly single file as the laps wound down. Christian Rose was the only driver in the top five that pulled out of line in attempt to challenge Finch in the final two laps but received no help and quickly ...Keep reading

The Italian explained how completing two warmup laps in the decisive Hyperpole session in his factory #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar allowed him to set two laps good enough to earn his first pole position since last year's Le Mans 24 Hours. He improved on his 1m29.735s lap time with a 1m29.466s that put him 0.419s clear of the field and 0.635s faster than the best non-Ferrari, the factory ...Keep reading

David Bedingham's 79-ball century puts Durham in control on day two against Worcestershire.