Tomic gets winning start at Wimbledon qualifying

BERNARD Tomic has cleared his first Wimbledon hurdle, breezing through the opening round of qualifying. The former world No.17 was too good for Italian Matteo Donati, advancing 7-6 (7-1) 6-3. Returning to the Bank of England courts for the first time since 2011, the Queenslander was simply too classy for Donati. Tomic’s last visit here […]

Volkswagen I.D. R Sets Ludicrously Fast Qualifying Time At Pikes Peak

Volkswagen went to Pikes Peak this week for the explicit purpose of exacting revenge on the mountain, and it looks as if it may soon achieve it. The company’s I.D. R racer just set the fastest qualifying time. At 3:16.083 minutes, the electric behemoth managed to best every other vehicle qualifying on the 5-mile track track. In […]

8 teams to root for in the World Cup if your favorite country went bust in qualifying

Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images The 2018 World Cup is almost upon us, and unfortunately for fans of the world’s most popular sport in the United States, Italy, the Netherlands, Chile, Ireland, and others, their nations won’t be represented. While it’s certainly a disappointment for those teams, especially on the American side after their 2014 run to […]

Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes reveal Canadian Grand Prix confidence despite poor qualifying

That’s according to the team’s trackside engineering director, Andrew Shovlin. Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is one of the British driver’s best tracks, having won six and finished third in the seven weekends that he has finished the Montreal race. But after the 33-year-old had been tipped to take pole position for the Silver Arrows, discomfort with the […]

Lewis Hamilton leads Mercedes one-two with Sebastian Vettel only third in qualifying

Hamilton had accused Ferrari of sand-bagging during the three practice sessions, in which Mercedes had produced the fastest lap on each occasion. And it appeared to be the case as Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen turned the wick up during Q2 to set the best times of anyone. However, Hamilton found yet more pace in […]

Lewis Hamilton boosted despite qualifying fourth as Sebastian Vettel reveals pole concern

Hamilton had topped practice during both sessions on Friday but Ferrari found their groove during FP3 on Saturday morning. And they proved that form again in qualifying, Vettel pipping team-mate Kimi Raikkonen to pole position with both Mercedes relegated to the second row. But the German pole-sitter revealed afterwards while standing on the home straight […]

Chinese Grand Prix: Ricciardo OUT of qualifying? Latest as Red Bull suffer engine failure

The Australian was frustrated at his home race at the start of the season by a grid-place penalty which essentially ended his hopes of a podium finish, though he finished in fourth. But an energy storing system failure ended his Bahrain Grand Prix after just two laps last weekend, with team-mate Max Verstappen also retiring […]

Bahrain Grand Prix 2018 qualifying LIVE: Follow all the action here in the battle for pole

Sebastian Vettel clinched victory in Bahrain last year, comfortably seeing off Hamilton, and is odds-on favourite to win again this time around. The Mercedes driver will serve a five-pace grid penalty in tomorrow’s race meaning we’re bound to see an interesting battle for the podium spots. The Australian Grand Prix saw both Vettel and Hamilton […]

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel SPAT after qualifying: ‘Wipe that smile off your face'

Hamilton had been quickest in practice on Friday but Vettel had topped the timesheet during FP3 and also found more speed in the second part of qualifying to set up an enticing battle for pole. But the Mercedes driver appeared to find another gear in the closing minutes of the session, logging a 1:21.164 that […]

Valtteri Bottas CRASHES OUT of Australian Grand Prix qualifying

The Finn had been hoping to challenge team-mate Lewis Hamilton for pole in the first race of the season as Mercedes appeared to have the fastest car on the track. However, his qualifying came to a premature end in the final session of elimination when he lost control during Turn Two and smashed his car […]