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Friday night's Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying confirmed Alpine's fears over start ing the year on the back foot following a late car concept change this winter. The Enstone team's fortunes are not expected to change dramatically until it can bring upgrades to its A524's base design, which could take five to six races. It means both Frenchmen await the unenviable task of keeping morale up at the beleaguered outfit off the back of an already turbulent 2023, which Ocon took up right from his Q1 in-lap. "Only round one, only round one," he said on the team radio. "We keep pushing. There’s a race tomorrow as well. I’ve got faith in you guys." When asked by Motorsport.com how crucial it will be to be a patient leader through the early part of 2024, he replied: "Yeah, it's super important, for sure. We don't like the situation as a whole, no one likes to be at the back. We're all com Pet itors in this team....

Formula 1 returns to the Yas Marina Circuit this weekend for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Twelve months on from that memorable championship showdown between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, F1 will have a more serene finale to this season's championship. However, there's still plenty on the line. Ferrari and Mercedes are locked in a battle for P2 in the Constructors' Championship, whilst Red Bull's Sergio Perez will face Charles Leclerc of Ferrari for the same honour in the Drivers' Championship. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks the final chance for Lewis Hamilton to secure a win in 2022, can he achieve the feat and maintain his record of taking at least one victory in every championship season? When is the 2022 Abu Dhabi GP? The 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be held across the weekend of 18-20 November. Following Brazil's Sprint weekend format, the final race w...

The Yas Marina Circuit plays host to the action as the 2022 F1 season reaches its conclusion. Mercedes set the pace during Friday's opening practice session in Abu Dhabi, while Max Verstappen topped the timesheets in Free Practice 2. Can the World Champion take the momentum into the rest of the weekend, or will the Silver Arrows repeat their Brazil success? A third and final one-hour practice session is scheduled to start at 14:30 local time (10:30 GMT), with extremely hot conditions forecast to continue. Qualifying will kick off at 18:00 local time (14:00 GMT), with Sunday's race beginning at 17:00 local time (13:00 GMT) and running for 58 laps. 2022 Abu Dhabi GP schedule Session ...

Max Verstappen start s the final race of the 2022 season on pole position ahead of teammate Sergio Perez. Red Bull is looking to secure their first 1-2 in the Drivers' Championship, with both Perez and Charles Leclerc entering the race level on points for P2. Perez must outscore Leclerc to take the honours, so it will be critical for the Red Bull pair to stay ahead of the Ferrari driver during the race. Daniel Ricciardo takes a three-place grid drop for this race after his collision with Kevin Magnussen during the Brazilian Grand Prix. This promotes Fernando Alonso up to P10 start ing alongside Sebastian Vettel, who makes his final F1 start before retirement in 2023. 2022 Abu Dhabi GP Starting Grid Pos. ...

Max Verstappen admits he was glad to start his F1 career with the Toro Rosso team in order to build up experience before joining the main Red Bull squad. There will be several new faces on the grid in 2023, as Logan Sargeant, Oscar Piastri and Nyck de Vries step up to Williams, McLaren and AlphaTauri respectively. While Verstappen is only 25 years old – younger than the 27-year-old de Vries – the two-time World Champion is now one of F1's more experienced drivers, having first made his debut as a rookie back in 2015. As such, the Dutchman has offered some words of advice for Sargeant, as well as the other drivers entering the sport for the first time. Verstappen glad to start at Toro Rosso "Enjoy it," Verstappen told US broadcaster NBC . "He's in a team where he's not going to fight for wins, but it's maybe good because, in the first year, you don't ...

Formula 1 returns to the Albert Park Circuit this weekend for the Australian Grand Prix. After being absent from the calendar in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event made its return in 2022. Charles Leclerc claimed victory on that occasion, with Sergio Perez in P2 while Max Verstappen was forced to retire due to a mechanical issue. With Red Bull and Verstappen arriving into this year's event with early leads in both championships, can they add another victory to their tally? When is the 2023 Australian GP? The 2023 Australian Grand Prix will be held across the weekend of 31 March-2 April. There will be the usual format in place, with two practice sessions held on Friday, followed by FP3 and qualifying on Saturday, and the main event on Sunday. How many laps is the Australian GP? The race will take place over 58 laps of the 5.278-kilometre Albert Park Circuit, with a maximum race time of two hours if there are any stoppa...

Max Verstappen has blamed Formula 1 race control's decision to use a standing restart in the Australian Grand Prix for the multi-car incident on Lap 57. Following Kevin Magnussen's wall strike and debris on the track, the race was suspended for a second time, with a two-lap shootout planned from a standing start on the grid, with Verstappen leading Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Verstappen and Hamilton escaped unscathed but Alonso was tagged out of third, while Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Logan Sargeant and Nyck de Vries all retired in incidents at Turns 1 and 2. Post-race, speaking after his 37th career win, Verstappen was at a loss as to why the standing restart was used - in scenes similar to the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Viewed by others: nXf4ylgtz9kQu F1 n402BogioCcjSe0BY2lPbC3 Analysis Australian Grand Prix 2023 ...

Alpine's Otmar Szafnauer has given his assessment of Pierre Gasly 's start with the squad, with the team boss expecting more to come from the Frenchman. There have been mixed fortunes for Gasly in his first few races with the outfit. His debut qualifying session in the A523 ended with an exit from Q1, resulting in him start ing the Bahrain Grand Prix from the back of the grid. Despite this, Gasly made his way through the field to finish the event in P9, a position that he also claimed in Saudi Arabia. Both Gasly and teammate Esteban Ocon had looked on course for a strong result in the Australian Grand Prix, but an incident-packed penultimate race restart led to the Alpine drivers making contact and retiring from the running. Speaking before the race in Melbourne, Szafnauer praised Gasly's speed but acknowledged that he still needs time to adjust to his new environment. Viewed by others: ...

Pierre Gasly believes his Alpine team are in Formula 1 "no man's land" after a slow start to the 2023 season. Gasly banked ninth place in both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and was looking set for a bumper haul of points with at least fifth place in Australia before he crashed out in the Lap 57 re start chaos, taking teammate Esteban Ocon with him. After the Melbourne race, Alpine are sixth in the Constructors' Championship with eight points, with Ocon adding four of them in his eighth place finish in Jeddah. The team had hoped to close the gap to the 'big three' (Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes) teams from 2022, but have been leapfrogged by Aston Martin who have made it a 'big four' - all of whom hold a significant pace advantage over Alpine. Coupled with a lack of threats from behind, Gasly feels his new squad are in something of a dead-zone in the pecking order. Viewed by others: ...

With the Azerbaijan Grand Prix being the first Sprint event of the 2023 Formula 1 season, there's a change in the weekend format from this year's previous races. Instead of qualifying taking place on a Saturday, the one-hour session setting the grid order for Sunday's race will instead take place on Friday. A separate qualifying session, dubbed the Sprint Shootout, will replace FP2 on Saturday to set the grid order for the Sprint race later that day, meaning Saturday will be dedicated solely to Sprint qualifying and race. See our handy table below to find out exactly when Friday's qualifying session start s wherever you are the in the world. 2023 F1 Azerbaijan GP Qualifying start times Time zone Race start time ...

After a four-week break in the calendar, the 2023 F1 season resumes this weekend with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Baku City Circuit has played host to some memorable moments in the past. Max Verstappen took victory in the 2022 event, leading teammate Sergio Perez home in a Red Bull 1-2. Can the team repeat that success this time around, during a weekend in which the Sprint returns alongside the introduction of a new Sprint Shootout? When is the 2023 Azerbaijan GP? The 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be held across the weekend of 28-30 April. With the Sprint making its debut appearance of the season, the schedule of the event will look a little different. A practice session on Friday will be followed by traditional qualifying later in the day, which will determine the grid for Sunday's main race. There will then be a new Sprint Shootout in place of Free Practice 2 on Saturday, which will decide the start ing order for the Sprint taking place afterw...