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Rain-Soaked Canadian GP Quali Mixes Up the Grid With Big Names Failing To Reach Q3
Rain-Soaked Canadian GP Quali Mixes Up the Grid With Big Names Failing To Reach Q3

18 Jun 2023, 10:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / The Canadian Grand Prix qualifying gets hit by a bout of rain, causing chaos to ensue and the grid order to be utterly mismatched

 
Mick Schumacher Crashes Hard in Q2 at Saudi Arabian GP, Thankfully He's Alright
Mick Schumacher Crashes Hard in Q2 at Saudi Arabian GP, Thankfully He's Alright

26 Mar 2022, 18:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Following a seriously hard crash in turn 12 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in the second qualifying session, Mick Schumacher has been confirmed to be alright

 
NASCAR Adds New Practice and Qualifying Event for 2022 Season
NASCAR Adds New Practice and Qualifying Event for 2022 Season

19 Nov 2021, 20:19 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / After a couple of seasons without any or practice or qualifying it's coming back in a new format that will see drivers go head to head for pole position

 
Formula E Introduces Playoff Style Qualifying for 2022 Season
Formula E Introduces Playoff Style Qualifying for 2022 Season

15 Oct 2021, 19:31 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / All electric Formula E racers will determine pole position through a playoff style competition seeing drivers pitted directly against one another

 
Confirmed: Formula 1 to Return to 2015 Qualifying Format
Confirmed: Formula 1 to Return to 2015 Qualifying Format

8 Apr 2016, 11:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As expected, Bernie and Todt have buried the hatchet and accepted to revert Formula 1 back to the qualifying format from the previous season

 
Toyota Posts Impressive Le Mans Qualifying Results
Toyota Posts Impressive Le Mans Qualifying Results

21 Jun 2013, 11:37 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The first qualification round for the 24 Hours of Le Mans was pretty tough for all the racing teams, including Toyota, which had some problems again. The qualifying day was interrupted by three r...

 
True Blood Star Earns Pole Position in the 2011 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race
True Blood Star Earns Pole Position in the 2011 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

16 Apr 2011, 14:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Stephen Moyer, the sexy blood-sucker from the HBO series True Blood, posted the fastest time of all celebrities to earn the pole position in the 35th annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. What is really...

 
Liuzzi Aims to Catch Virgin Soon
Liuzzi Aims to Catch Virgin Soon

13 Apr 2011, 12:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / For the time being, Hispania Racing's goal in the 2011 Formula 1 series is quite clear: make the grid for the Sunday race. And the first step into making that performance regular was made in Ma...

 
Alonso Buoyed by Malaysia Race Pace
Alonso Buoyed by Malaysia Race Pace

11 Apr 2011, 14:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was not too happy going into last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, as he felt his car lack speed as compared to rivals Red Bull and McLaren. However, following an ...

 
Ferrari Boss Urges Team to Focus on Qualifying Speed
Ferrari Boss Urges Team to Focus on Qualifying Speed

11 Apr 2011, 12:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / If there was ever any doubt that Ferrari cannot match the pace of its rivals in qualifying, the Malaysian Grand Prix this past weekend surely took care of that. Once more, neither Fernando Alonso, n...

 
Vettel Secures Pole Position in Malaysia
Vettel Secures Pole Position in Malaysia

9 Apr 2011, 09:29 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing have done it again at Sepang, as the pair secured their second consecutive pole position in the 2011 F1 season, for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The r...

 
Alonso Troubled By Ferrari's Pace in Malaysia
Alonso Troubled By Ferrari's Pace in Malaysia

8 Apr 2011, 09:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While everybody was expecting Ferrari to solve the problems they encountered in the Australian Grand Prix and come back stronger in Malaysia, the Scuderia did not impress anybody in the first two pr...

 
Ferrari Update Car to Improve Qualifying Performance
Ferrari Update Car to Improve Qualifying Performance

5 Apr 2011, 11:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ferrari has experienced a somewhat disappointing start of the season, especially if we are to judge by the expectations set out for the Scuderia prior to the Australian Grand Prix. Coming to Aust...

 
Spanish FIA Official Frustrated with Hispania Struggles
Spanish FIA Official Frustrated with Hispania Struggles

29 Mar 2011, 11:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team has let a lot of Spanish fans down last weekend, when they weren't able to put a single car on the starting grid in Melbourne. The new 107 percent qualifying rule took c...

 
107 Percent Rule Will Cause Further Victims in 2011
107 Percent Rule Will Cause Further Victims in 2011

28 Mar 2011, 09:12 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team was unable to align its cars on the starting grid of the season opening Australian Grand Prix because neither of the two HRT F111s driven by Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Kart...

 
Vettel Flies to Australian GP Pole
Vettel Flies to Australian GP Pole

26 Mar 2011, 16:34 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Sebastian Vettel picked up where he left off in Formula 1 and dominated the qualifying action in the season opening Australian Grand Prix, setting the best time in all 3 qualy sessions on Saturday. ...

 
Red Bull Fear Power Deficit Due to Rear Wing
Red Bull Fear Power Deficit Due to Rear Wing

25 Mar 2011, 10:22 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / For the past few weeks, Red Bull officials and drivers have consistently lobbied for a limitation in the use of the adjustable rear wing in practice and qualifying. In order words, while not against...

 
Timo Glock Fears Virgin Will Not Make Australian GP Grid
Timo Glock Fears Virgin Will Not Make Australian GP Grid

25 Mar 2011, 08:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Virgin Racing's Timo Glock is worried that the new 107 percent qualifying rule might give his team some headaches into making the grid for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix. The afor...

 
Webber Thinks Wing Rules Should Be Revised
Webber Thinks Wing Rules Should Be Revised

23 Mar 2011, 07:53 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Mark Webber voiced his objections regarding the new moveable rear wing rules imposed by the FIA for the 2011 F1 campaign, saying that he doesn't see the point in letting the drivers activate th...

 
FIA WTCC Adopt New Qualifying Format
FIA WTCC Adopt New Qualifying Format

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Apart from the modifications brought to the Formula 1 and WRC racing series for the upcoming seasons, FIA also brought some changes to the World Touring Car Championship for 2009. The new rules were...