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The FIA has cleared Aston Martin after carrying out an investigation into the similarities between its updated Formula 1 car and Red Bull's car ahead of the ...

A spokesperson from Aston Martin said: “We have shared details of our update with the FIA technical people. “The investigation, which involved CAD checks and a detailed analysis of the development process adopted by Aston Martin, confirmed that no wrongdoing had been committed, and therefore the FIA considers that the Aston Martin aerodynamic upgrades are compliant,” the statement from the FIA reads. The FIA clamped down on reverse engineering car designs in the wake of the Pink Mercedes case, and revealed in Barcelona on Friday that it did look into the updated Aston Martin car.

Red Bull has responded to the FIA's statement clearing Aston Martin over similarities in its Formula 1 car design by saying any transfer of IP would be 'a ...

“What he has in his head… We will look into it in detail.” Reverse engineering has been banned in F1 since Racing Point – Aston Martin’s predecessor – based its 2020 car design on the 2019 Mercedes title-winner.

Formula One opened the European leg of the season in sweltering temperatures with an appropriately heated and fractious atmosphere in the paddock.

Following a raft of upgrades to the floor of the car, the team appeared to enjoy a decrease in the porpoising that has plagued them this season. We showed them the data and they found themselves with their hands tied because they had already issued the penalty. Fernando Alonso launched a scathing attack on the FIA, the sport’s governing body, for which he faces a potential punishment, while Red Bull in turn expressed scorn and disbelief at Aston Martin, who were accused of copying the design of their car. At the end of last year, two senior aerodynamicists, Dan Fallows and Andrew Alessi, left Red Bull to join Aston Martin and the Red Bull Team principal, Christian Horner, noted his “grave concern” that Red Bull’s intellectual property may have been compromised. But Red Bull were unwilling to let the matter lie. The Spaniard was given a five-second penalty at the last round in Miami for cutting a chicane – dropping the Alpine driver from a points-scoring position.

Le Monégasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), bien décidé à creuser son avance au championnat de Formule 1, a dominé vendredi les deux premières séances d'essais ...

"J'ai raté un virage et j'ai rendu le temps (gagné) durant le tour (...) ils ont pris la décision sans demander aucune preuve", s’est-il défendu. La nouvelle régulation technique en vigueur depuis cette année chamboulera-t-elle cette tendance ? Depuis le début de la saison, la RB18 ne cesse d'être développée, contrairement à sa concurrente, la SF-75, qui n'a pas évolué en cinq manches.

Ahead of the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, Aston Martin rolled out an updated Formula 1 car that shares a striking resemblance to Red Bull's machine.

In that case, the team was found to have copied elements of the Mercedes W10 racer and was subsequently fined. But this isn’t the first time the Aston Martin squad has been caught up in a similar spat. And that’s because Aston Martin recently appointed Red Bull’s former head of aerodynamics, Dan Fallows, to the position of technical director. Red Bull, on the other hand, sits second in the standings and has taken three wins so far. When the first practice session got under way in Barcelona this morning, Aston Martin wheeled out an updated car that shocked onlookers. But so far, Aston has only managed to score six points across the first five races.

Le pilote Lance Stroll a pris les 12e et 13e places lors des deux premières séances d'essais libres du Grand Prix de Formule 1 d'Espagne.

Albon a repris sa voiture pour la deuxième et a terminé au même échelon. Leclerc a de nouveau été le plus convaincant en vertu d’un passage de 1:19,670. De retour en action pour la seconde séance, Stroll a utilisé des pneus durs et tendres, enchaînant avec le 13e tour au classement, soit 1:21,249.

Le Monégasque Charles Leclerc a réalisé le meilleur temps de la 1re séance d'essais libres du Grand Prix d'Espagne, 6e manche du Championnat du monde de ...

La première séance d’essais a marqué les débuts en F1 lors d’un week-end de course de deux jeunes pilotes dans des rôles de substitut. «Nous ne sommes pas encore les plus rapides, mais nous sommes sur la bonne voie. Nous pourrons faire encore mieux demain afin de pouvoir affronter les gars devant nous.» Ils étaient à moins de 0,2 seconde de Leclerc. Nous voulons un week-end sans pépin.» La fiabilité semble toutefois être la priorité absolue pour Red Bull, après que des pannes aient empêché Verstappen de terminer les courses à Bahreïn et en Australie, où Leclerc a gagné plus tôt cette saison.

Aston Martin's revealing of a Red Bull copy has been the biggest talking point of Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix weekend so far.

Any form of contact or non-contact surface scanning For now, Red Bull has limited itself to suggesting that any transfer of IP would be a "serious concern", but you can be sure it will be double checking the details in the days to come to ensure that no direct information got out of Milton Keynes and found its way to Silverstone. The regulations state: "It will be the role of the FIA to determine whether this resemblance is the result of reverse engineering or of legitimate independent work." While teams could be "influenced by the design or concept of a Competitor's' design", they could only do so by "using information that must potentially be available to all Competitors". It was agreed that such a scenario should not happen and the FIA was mandated to come up with a series of regulations to limit the scope for car clones. While the Silverstone-based team had been open in recent weeks that a major revamp was coming, few had been expecting it to have adopted much of the concept that Red Bull has put to get use so far with the RB18.

Charles Leclerc led a Ferrari 1-2 in first practice for Formula 1's 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen third but losing time on his quickest run ...

The pair will visit the stewards after the session as a result of Hamilton clipping the Barcelona gravel as he passed Alonso touring slowly on the medium tyres just past the halfway point – the Alpine driver under investigation for appearing to impede the Mercedes as Hamilton completed his quickest lap of the session. Fernando Alonso finished fifth after jumping up the order with a late run on the softs as most of his rivals sat in the pits, slotting ahead of Lewis Hamilton in the second Mercedes. Leclerc was the next of the 2022 frontrunners to set a time on the softs, running just after Verstappen, and setting a purple middle sector as he went quickest with a 1m19.828s – just 0.079s quicker than his teammate. Of the leaders, Sainz led the way on the red-walled rubber, which he duly took to the top of the times on a 1m19.907s. After a trip to the pits to change his front wing, but not tyres, Verstappen continued to improve on the hards – setting a 1m22.143s and then 1m21.876s just before his 12-lap run came to an end and he pitted at the end of the session's opening 20 minutes. Verstappen's first time on a long first run on the hards came in at 1m23.163s and he worked that down to a 1m22.693s with two subsequent fliers either side of Leclerc briefly slotting ahead with a 1m22.820s also on the white-walled rubber.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fastest during Spanish Grand Prix practice in Barcelona on Friday, the sixth round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship.

Sainz and Alex Albon (Williams) had a spat after Turn 1, which stewards will investigate after the session. Sebastian Vettel was the first to set a time on softs in his updated Aston Martin, which has been the talk of the paddock today, setting the bar at 1m20.703s. That was soon beaten by Verstappen on 1m20.006s. Teams ran medium tyres at the beginning of this session, with Verstappen leading the way on 1m20.932s, 0.046s ahead of Sainz and 0.063s quicker than Leclerc – the latter suffering a scruffy end to his lap. Russell was best of the rest for Mercedes, lapping 0.762s off the pace on 1m20.590s. He later had a big moment when he came across the second Red Bull, driven for the first time in FP1 by F2 racer Juri Vips. After early running on the hard tyres, Sainz set the bar on softs at 1m19.907s. That looked set to be toppled by Verstappen, who set the fastest first two sectors when he came across a huge amount of traffic towards the end of the lap. Leclerc was quickest in both FP1 and FP2, ahead of Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s reigning world champion Max Verstappen across the two one-hour sessions.

Lewis Hamilton feels Mercedes is on its way to getting back to the front of Formula 1, after upgrades in Spain helped it dial out much of its porpoising ...

We definitely don't have the porpoising on the straight, which is good, but we're still experiencing a bit here and there in the corners, which ultimately you need to dial out.” We still have some bouncing, but it’s way better.” Speaking after the session, Hamilton said: “I’m positive, yeah.

Mercedes went from F1 practice leader to its natural position in the Miami race, but it has reason to believe it's closer at the Spanish GP.

In reality, Fernando Alonso’s Alpine was the most consistently quick of the group – and the controversially updated Aston Martin with its Red Bull-like bodywork looked significantly more competitive than the previous version. 1m26.398s (9 laps) Nonetheless, Mercedes has real cause for optimism. “The tyres are going to pieces,” he radioed in just eight laps into his run. With its new floor, the W13 still needs fine-tuning into its sweet spot, but both drivers feel that’s perfectly feasible. Unfortunately for Russell, the Ferrari was circulating not far ahead of him and its tyre difficulties, therefore, had an impact on Russell’s average too. Verstappen did by far the most convincing long run, with a super-consistent and pretty long sequence on the medium tyres. “The car’s definitely reacting differently,” said Russell. “We don’t have the porpoising on the straight but we have it in some of the corners here and there which ultimately you need to dial out. “It’s the first time we’ve driven down the straight without bouncing. But both Hamilton and Russell were competitive in both measures. There is genuinely a sense that Mercedes may be on the road to Formula 1 recovery. Their judgements proved accurate over the following two days.

Charles Leclerc says he will “think twice” about driving historic Formula 1 cars again in the future after crashing one of Niki Lauda's classic Ferraris in ...

"I got to meet Niki a few times in the paddock in the past and yeah, they are just legends of our sports, of course it's always amazing to be driving their cars." "I think also it's great to experience what it was like and what it's like now, it's very different now, it's so much faster but it's also so much safer and we don't have the safety in mind as much as they probably did once they were racing. "Obviously there was a shakedown of this car the Thursday before and yeah, the failure that happened was on a screw of the brake pads and it's impossible to know.

Join us as we delve into the new and interesting technical features on display up and down the pitlane as teams prepare for the Spanish Grand Prix, ...

A close up of the AlphaTauri AT03’s front brake and suspension assembly. Alpine with a higher downforce rear wing than used in Miami, which features a deeper spoon-shaped central section and a Gurney on the upper element and the upper beam wing element. Photo by: Uncredited Photo by: Uncredited McLaren struggled in the opening races with overheating front brakes. Aston Martin will introduce a significant upgrade package this weekend, mainly centered on a change in philosophy for the sidepods.

Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix is Sunday; Mercedes improving, Red Bull takes shot at Aston Martin.

Mercedes has front wing and floor edge tweaks as it strives to cure the bouncing that has plagued its progress. It involved CAD checks and a detailed analysis of Aston Martin’s development processes, and the FIA concluded that no wrongdoing had been committed, approving the compliance of the new package. So yeah, starting to eke into a bit of the potential in our car.” “Hopefully it will be good ones and enough to be in front of Red Bull again,” said Leclerc on the updates. It means it is a circuit that can produce more reliable feedback and data on new components, particularly with three street-based circuits (Monaco, Baku, Montreal) next up on the schedule. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a known quantity, given its extensive use as a pre-season test venue, and has a layout that assesses most areas of a car.

Charles Leclerc topped Friday practice for Ferrari at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98p or a month membership of £33.99p per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK.

Charles Leclerc headed the Mercedes pair of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton during the qualifying simulations in second practice ahead of Formula 1's 2022 ...

Pierre Gasly was the first driver to miss out on the top 10, the AlphaTauri pipping the Haas of Kevin Magnussen and Lance Stroll. A puff of smoke from the rear was matched by the engine seeming to die promptly as Bottas pulled up on the edge of the track at the exit of Turn 1. Verstappen had been the first driver to set a fairly representative lap time on medium rubber as he and Sainz dropped below the 1m21s threshold ahead of Leclerc and the Mercedes. Hamilton was a late adopter of the soft tyre and ran particularly well in the final part of the second sector to land the third-fastest effort - albeit a further 0.09s shy of his team-mate. Alexander Albon, Mick Schumacher, both Aston Martins and Esteban Ocon were the first drivers to hit the track in FP2 as the field stuck initially to the medium and hard compound tyre. The Ferrari driver and pre-event championship leader picked up his form from FP1 by also running to the top in the second of the hour-long Friday practice sessions at Barcelona.

Lewis Hamilton feels Mercedes is on its way to get back to the front of Formula 1, after upgrades in Spain helped it dial out much of its porpoising ...

We definitely don't have the porpoising on the straight, which is good, but we're still experiencing a bit here and there in the corners, which ultimately you need to dial out." But we're in a good spot." "We're not the quickest yet, but I think we're on our way.

F1 points leader Charles Leclerc paced Spanish Grand Prix practices while the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell seem to be improving.

He said “something’s broke” as his Alfa Romeo ground to a stop in the grass. Race officials expect more than 110,000 fans to turn out for each of the event’s three days after two years of racing without the public due to the pandemic. The Barcelona-Catalunya track is notorious for being tough on tires. We can get it in even better shape tomorrow so we can tackle the guys up ahead.” But he was encouraged by the car’s apparent improvements. Leclerc topped the time charts in both hourlong sessions.

Carlos Sainz admits he's in “two minds” about the risks of driving classic Formula 1 cars, having seen Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc crash a classic Niki ...

Every time I’m going to jump in, I’m going to push a car, and then these things can happen and leaves you with the other questions. ‘If I’m jumping in a car, I’m going to push it,” Sainz said. “But I’m in two minds with it, because why would you risk it first, like why?

The system, which involves the driver opening a flap in their rear wing to reduce drag levels and gain top speed when running within a second of a car in front, ...

When it was first introduced to FIA F3 in 2017 – when the series was known as GP3 – drivers could only activate and use the system on a maximum of six laps per feature race and four laps for sprint events. This is typically deployed as a bid to reduce the chance of being overhauled by a car chasing behind with DRS active by the end of an activation zone. A famous example of a DRS failure leading to a crash occurred at the 2018 Italian GP, where Ericsson crashed heavily at Monza’s first chicane as the DRS on his Sauber car did not close as expected when he braked at high-speed. The attacking driver will manually activate DRS by pressing a steering wheel button – this can be arranged on the front or back of the steering wheel depending on driver preference. This can lead to big accidents given DRS zones usually finish at the end of long straights or acceleration zones. If the following car is measured at running less than one second behind, a signal is sent to the car, allowing its DRS to be activated in the ensuing zone. This meant the highest number of DRS zones used in an F1 qualifying or race session remains three. Defending drivers can only activate DRS if they too are within one second of a car in front. This, allied with the championship reaching greater engine performance parity ahead of a rules alteration in that area of the cars for 2026, means DRS continues to have a major impact in overtaking manoeuvres. DRS continued to be used in the turbo hybrid era, which dramatically altered F1’s competitive order up to the end of 2021. But DRS is not a simple ‘overtake button’ that automatically means getting past the car in front. It allows drivers to increase straightline speed by dumping rear wing drag through a slot that can be opened when a car is running within one second of the car in front.

Barcelona plays host to the sixth round of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Here's how you can watch qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Viewers from selected countries can subscribe to F1 TV to stream qualifying on a device of their choice. - Denmark - TV3 / TV3 Sport / Viaplay Can’t find your country or region in the list?

The upgrade package introduced by Aston Martin ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix is one of the most extensive on show in Barcelona, much of which draws ...

But whereas the RB18’s wing mirror sits astride the outer sidepod boundary winglet, the AMR22’s does not – it remains independent of it. For example, the RB18 has an extended lip ahead of the inlet, which creates an open top, increasing the volume of air that can be captured – but the AMR22’s version does not. Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Charles Leclerc says he will “think twice” about driving historic Formula 1 cars again in the future after crashing one of Niki Lauda's classic Ferraris in ...

“I got to meet Niki a few times in the paddock in the past and yeah, they are just legends of our sports, of course it’s always amazing to be driving their cars.” “I think also it’s great to experience what it was like and what it’s like now, it’s very different now, it’s so much faster but it’s also so much safer and we don’t have the safety in mind as much as they probably did once they were racing. “Obviously there was a shakedown of this car the Thursday before and yeah, the failure that happened was on a screw of the brake pads and it’s impossible to know.

The upgrade package introduced by Aston Martin ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix is one of the most extensive on show in Barcelona, much of which draws ...

But whereas the RB18’s wing mirror sits astride the outer sidepod boundary winglet, the AMR22’s does not as it remains independent of it. For example, the RB18 has an extended lip ahead of the inlet, which creates an open top, increasing the volume of air that can be captured but the AMR22’s version does not. Photo by: Giorgio Piola

The run of nightmare Fridays for Valtteri Bottas and his Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team continued in Spain when the Finn suffered an engine failure early in FP2.

It’s not a drama, and I hope we have a clean weekend from Saturday onwards.” OK, it’s Barcelona, I think in two laps he will recover, and even the lap he did was a very good one. “Based on that one lap in FP2 I can say that it seems to be working,” he said. “It even damaged the bodywork so we’ll have to repair it,” he told Motorsport.com of the PU failure. “We seem to have tricky Fridays. I think this time it seems like it was an engine issue. In Imola, Bottas suffered a broken exhaust and subsequent fire in Friday qualifying, and he was forced to miss Saturday’s FP2 session while repairs were undertaken.

Aston Martin has denied suggestions that it got hold of illegal Red Bull data to help it with its Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 upgrades.

And I think that was confirmation of that.” “They have come in and looked and then declared that it’s all legitimate independent work. But I think that just reinforced our feeling at the time that, of the two paths that that we had open to us, we'd gone the wrong way. So I think the accusations are very wide of the mark.” “All I can say is that at no stage did we ever receive any data from any team or anyone. “It's not just Dan Fallows,” Marko told Sky Germany. “There is evidence that data was downloaded.

Quelques dizaines de cages pour attraper les mammifères ont été installées au cours des derniers jours le long du circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, sur l'île Notre- ...

Sur son site web, la SPJD écrit que « les marmottes sont nombreuses au parc Jean-Drapeau et reconnues dans le monde, notamment lors du Grand Prix du Canada ». Hier, Kaven Gauthier, porte-parole de la Société du parc Jean-Drapeau (SPJD), a expliqué que les pièges étaient nécessaires pour assurer la sécurité des pilotes et des animaux lors de la course qui aura lieu lors du week-end des 18 et 19 juin. La Ville de Montréal prend les grands moyens pour se débarrasser des marmottes et autres petites bêtes en prévision du Grand Prix de Formule 1 qui aura lieu dans un mois : elle les piège dans des cages métalliques.

Ferrari has been forced into changing the chassis for Carlos Sainz's Formula 1 car ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix due to a fuel system issue that emerged ...

Despite topping the timesheets in FP2 for Ferrari, Leclerc was uneasy about the team’s long-run pace, having complained that his tyres were struggling. At the same time, I think we didn't do the right steps going into FP2 and we we made ourselves a bit slower. Ferrari debuted a number of updates for its F1-75 car on Friday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which Sainz felt had “definitely got potential” as the team looked to get back in contention against Red Bull at the front of the pack.

Mercedes' Formula 1 technical director Mike Elliott believes it is “too early” to rule whether it is best to develop its current car concept despite taking ...

We’ve brought bits which have definitely settled the car down. “We’ve changed the car so much for this weekend that we need to work out how we get the best out of it. “The package we’ve brought here, we were definitely able to run the car in a position much more close to where we’d like to ideally run it.

Minute-by-minute updates for Saturday's FP3 and qualifying sessions for the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

We go over how you can watch F1 qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix in Catalunya via live online stream.

The final ten minutes feature the 10 remaining cars competing for the fastest time to secure pole position. The first 20 minutes will feature all 20 cars trying to secure the fastest time. 10

Charles Leclerc narrowly pipped Max Verstappen in final practice ahead of Formula 1's 2022 Spanish Grand Prix as Mercedes' apparent improvement returned ...

Behind Sainz and Perez, Norris effectively claimed the 'best of the rest' accolade as he ran to seventh courtesy of a 1m20.403s effort to sit ahead of Kevin Magnussen and Bottas. Leclerc then reemerged for his second full-tilt run on the soft tyre and duly improved to 1m19.772s to set the eventual yardstick, even if falling a tenth shy of his second practice benchmark. Perez, however, could only manage a 1m20.260s to fall behind Sainz in sixth thanks to Hamilton's improvement to fourth on a 1m20.002s, running 0.09s shy of Russell - who had nabbed the best first sector of the session - with 10 minutes to run. The Ferrari driver posted a 1m20.278s to sit top after his first attempt but was two tenths slower on his second effort even though he remained in first place ahead of Verstappen and Sainz. Ricciardo's teammate Lando Norris had been the first driver to head out in the session and he immediately delivered a five-lap stint on medium tyres to bed in his new chassis. Ferrari's points leader used his later soft tyre run to turn in a 1m19.772s and he ended the session just seven hundredths in front of his likely end-of-season title rival Verstappen.

Formula 1 has been trialling innovative robots that can roam around the paddock to connect hospitalised fans who cannot attend the race with their racing ...

Awabot works closely with the Eric Abidal Foundation which works to promote the well-being of young people fighting against cancer. He is able to drive the robot remotely using his eyes, allowing him to explore the paddock via the technology. The AI technology has already been used by FC Barcelona, Paris-Saint Germain and at the FIA gala dinner in 2021.

Formula One is back in Europe after wrapping up the Miami Grand Prix two weeks ago. The 2022 Spanish Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, May 22nd.

The second qualifying round lasts 15 minutes and follows the same format, with again the five slowest drivers eliminated. The five slowest drivers are eliminated and they are done for the day. They can enter pit row and exit when they want to as the drivers usually make tweaks to their cars.

Max Verstappen's victory in Miami reduced Charles Leclerc's lead at the top of the drivers' standings to just 19 points but it was the Ferrari driver who was ...

Mercedes has done a step forward, no doubt, but Red Bull is at the max.” “We still have some bouncing but it is way better and we are starting to eke into the potential of the car. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. George Russell finished second in practice, ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was buoyed by the progress after consistently struggling with the car’s porpoising issue. “It is the first time we have driven down the straight without bouncing,” he said. The world champion has been on the team radio to complain that the front of the car is difficult to position on entry to corners in Spain. We just need to fine-tune them.” Follow all the action from practice and qualifying below: FP3 will be drawing to a close in a matter of moments, and half a second is seperating the top six drivers from three different teams. The chequered flag is out and Saturday’s practice session has come to an end, with Charles Leclerc completing a hat-trick for Ferrari as he finishes top of the leaderboard once again, just as he did in both runs on Friday. The championship leader has an advantage of just under a tenth-of-a-second to current champion Max Verstappen, who is then followed by Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton in third and fourth. Both Silver Arrows cars have regularly been around a second off the pace in qualifying so far this season, but both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton have been within touching distance of championship leader Leclerc in FP2 and FP3 after Mercedes brought a raft of upgrades to Spain. There were also encouraging signs for Mercedes after it was revealed the team had been testing new upgrades to their car at a filming day earlier this week.

Formula 1 has been trialling innovative robots that can roam around the paddock to connect hospitalised fans who cannot attend the race with their racing ...

Awabot works closely with the Eric Abidal Foundation which works to promote the well-being of young people fighting against cancer. He is able to drive the robot remotely using his eyes, allowing him to explore the paddock via the technology. The AI technology has already been used by FC Barcelona, Paris-Saint Germain and at the FIA gala dinner in 2021.

Le Monégasque a réalisé le meilleur temps de la 3e séance d'essais libres du Grand Prix d'Espagne sur le circuit de Barcelone-Catalogne à Montmeló.

Red Bull is not currently planning any further action with the FIA over Aston Martin's Formula 1 car, instead focusing on an internal investigation to find ...

It means our concept is not so bad.” That is the main asset of the team. The FIA confirmed it had investigated Aston Martin’s design methods, but found its processes complied with the regulations.

Le Monégasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), leader du classement des pilotes, s'est offert samedi la pole position du Grand Prix d'Espagne de Formule 1, ...

Plus tôt dans la journée, le pilote AlphaTauri n'avait enregistré aucun chrono lors de la dernière session d'essais libres à cause d'une surchauffe de son moteur dès l'entame de la séance. Le Mexicain Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) et le Britannique Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) complètent la troisième ligne. Sous des températures dépassant les 34 degrés dans l'air et les 45 degrés sur la piste, l'Espagnol Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), toujours en quête de la première pole position de sa carrière, signe le troisième temps, devant le Britannique George Russell (Mercedes).

The upgrade package introduced by Aston Martin ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix is one of the most extensive on show in Barcelona, much of which draws ...

But whereas the RB18’s wing mirror sits astride the outer sidepod boundary winglet, the AMR22’s does not – it remains independent of it. For example, the RB18 has an extended lip ahead of the inlet, which creates an open top, increasing the volume of air that can be captured – but the AMR22’s version does not. Photo by: Giorgio Piola

Formula One racing is headed to Catalonia for the Spanish Grand Prix. We'll update qualifying until we've got the full racing grid is set Sunday's race at ...

The first 20 minutes will eliminate five drivers, and the next 15 minutes will eliminate five more. Q1 results: The first stage of qualifying wrapped and Charles Leclerc finished with the fastest time. The 20 drivers will face off for an hour of racing to establish the fastest time and secure pole position. The five slowest drivers that were eliminated included Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, and Guanyu Zhou. They will start Sunday in positions 11-15, pending any drivers moved to the back of the pack. That will leave the remaining ten competing for pole position in Sunday’s race. Q3 results: Charles Leclerc claimed the pole position in spite of a mid-stage spinout.