After arguably one of the best weekends of the 2024 season so far, Formula One heads south to Mexico City for the 2024 Mexican Grand Prix.
Carlos Sainz is on pole for the Mexican Grand Prix. Image: Formula One
Ferrari head into Sunday’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez holding third in the constructors’ standings, eight points behind Red Bull and another 40 behind McLaren.
In the constructors title battle, Ferrari are holding third place, just eight points behind the struggling Red Bull. Outfront are still Mclaren with both sides of the garage putting in impressive results week in and week out. with only a handful of weekends lef tin the championship, it is anyone's game for the team's championship.
Lewis Hamilton, British Grand Prix 2024. Image: Peter Menzel on WikiMedia Commons via CC BY-SA 2.0
Hamilton had this to say about how he has attempted to fix the issues this weekend. “The car felt good in FP3, [before] qualifying I didn’t change anything, then in qualifying it completely turns on its head,” Hamilton said. “It’s definitely a frustrating qualifying session but that’s every qualifying session I’ve had this year.”
Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong to amount to a disastrous Q1 session. Piastri came out on mediums and made the very late decision to switch to a set of soft tyres. Piastri lost that lap time to track limits, and unfortunately for the Aussi, he couldn’t extract enough from a second flying run on worn tyres to progress through to the
Oscar Piatri at the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. Image: Liauzh on WikiMedia Commons via CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sainz hails ‘almost perfect’ performance in qualifying
Following Ferrari’s fanatic one-two finish last time out in Austin, Sainz added: “It seems like, especially on my side, there has been a step up. Also in qualifying, we are trying to find something extra with the out-lap and tyre preparation, and it seems like we’re going in the right direction."Carlos Sainz is on pole for the Mexican Grand Prix. Image: Formula One
Ferrari head into Sunday’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez holding third in the constructors’ standings, eight points behind Red Bull and another 40 behind McLaren.
In the constructors title battle, Ferrari are holding third place, just eight points behind the struggling Red Bull. Outfront are still Mclaren with both sides of the garage putting in impressive results week in and week out. with only a handful of weekends lef tin the championship, it is anyone's game for the team's championship.
Hamilton's patience wearing thin with Mercedes's qualifying performances
Throughout the qualifying sessions, Hamilton was running updated parts to his W15 and had a strong showing in the practice sessions. However, once the qualifying session started all of the pace and balance appeared to have fallen off a cliff.Lewis Hamilton, British Grand Prix 2024. Image: Peter Menzel on WikiMedia Commons via CC BY-SA 2.0
Hamilton had this to say about how he has attempted to fix the issues this weekend. “The car felt good in FP3, [before] qualifying I didn’t change anything, then in qualifying it completely turns on its head,” Hamilton said. “It’s definitely a frustrating qualifying session but that’s every qualifying session I’ve had this year.”
Piastri makes a shock Q1 exit
The McLaren squad have been the frontrunners for the second half of the 2024 season with both their drivers winning races. However, Oscar Piastri was booted out of Qualifying after just the first session, despite the Aussie topping FP3 and leading his his teammate. McLaren was the hot favourite to claim the illustrious pole position.Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong to amount to a disastrous Q1 session. Piastri came out on mediums and made the very late decision to switch to a set of soft tyres. Piastri lost that lap time to track limits, and unfortunately for the Aussi, he couldn’t extract enough from a second flying run on worn tyres to progress through to the
Oscar Piatri at the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. Image: Liauzh on WikiMedia Commons via CC BY-SA 4.0
Who are you supporting in this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix? Let us know in the poll above or in the comments down below!
