Only Ferrari are slower than last year at Spa. The team’s sporting director Laurent Mekies admitted their lack of performance is “still not fully understood”.
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Lack of ‘quali mode’ behind Haas’s qualifying slump – Steiner
Lap time watch: 2020 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onHaas looked quick on Friday but team principal Guenther Steiner said their lack of power from ‘quali mode’ is why they failed to reach Q2.
Disappointed Raikkonen last on grid again as Alfa Romeo remain slowest team
Lap time watch: 2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix
Posted onAlfa Romeo have been the slowest team at every track F1 has visited so far this year. Kimi Raikkonen qualified last last and doubts the situation will improve any time soon.
Red Bull’s one-second deficit to Mercedes is “frustrating”, admits Horner
Lap time watch: 2020 British Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted he is frustrated to see his team qualify more than a second slower than Mercedes for the second race in a row.
Racing Point make leap forward as Red Bull can’t match their 2019 pace
Lap time watch: 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onWhile Racing Point lapped the Hungaroring a massive 2.7 seconds faster than they managed last year, 2019 pole winners Red Bull have got slower at this track.
All three Ferrari-powered teams slower by up to 1.1 seconds in Austria
Lap time watch: 2020 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari, Haas and Alfa Romeo are all significantly slower at the Red Bull Ring than they were 12 months ago, losing 0.6-1.1 seconds in lap time.
Ranked: The F1 cars of 2019 from fastest to slowest
Lap time watch: 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onWho had the quickest car over a single lap in 2019? See which Formula 1 teams got quicker – and who got slower – this year.
Most teams slower than they were last year in Brazil
Lap time watch: 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix
Posted onOnly two teams are quicker in Brazil this year than they were in 2018 – McLaren and pole position winners Red Bull.
McLaren make “huge step forwards” while Bottas breaks track record
Lap time watch: 2019 United States Grand Prix
Posted onDespite the bumps, F1 broke the track record fell at the Circuit of the Americas, and McLaren made another “huge step forwards”.
Verstappen breaks Mexico track record by one thousandth of a second
Lap time watch: 2019 Mexican Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen may not have pole position but he has broken the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track record, by a mere 0.001 seconds.
Vettel breaks track record as Ferrari make biggest gain this season
Lap time watch: 2019 Japanese Grand Prix
Posted onSebastian Vettel broke the Suzuka track record with his pole position lap as Ferrari have made their biggest year-on-year gain relative to their rivals this season.
Mercedes are 0.6 seconds slower in Sochi than last year
Lap time watch: 2019 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFor the first time this year Mercedes has turned up at a track with the ‘least improved’ car of any of the 10 F1 teams. They are 0.6s slower than last year.
Ferrari spring Singapore shock as Mercedes and Red Bull lap slower
Lap time watch: 2019 Singapore Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari expected their SF90 to struggle in Singapore but they lapped quicker in qualifying than last year while Mercedes and Red Bull were slower.
Raikkonen’s F1 lap speed record stands for another year
Lap time watch: 2019 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onNo one managed to beat Kimi Raikkonen’s all-time record for the fastest ever official lap of an F1 circuit, which he set last year.
Only one team is quicker at Spa than they were last year
Lap time watch: 2019 Belgian Grand Prix
Posted onDespite a year of development every F1 team has failed to lap quicker at Spa-Francorchamps than they did in 2018 – with a single exception.
Williams not slowest team for the first time in 2019
Lap time watch: 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onWilliams were the slowest team in qualifying for the first 11 races of the 2019 season, but in Hungary that unwanted claim fell to Racing Point.
Only three teams quicker than last year in Germany
Lap time watch: 2019 German Grand Prix
Posted onFor only the second time this year the track record has not fallen during a race weekend, as only three teams lapped quicker than last year.
Silverstone track record falls as all teams lap quicker than 2018
Lap time watch: 2019 British Grand Prix
Posted onThe new track surface at Silverstone has helped all 10 F1 teams lap quicker than they managed 12 months ago.
Mercedes are slower in Austria than they were last year
Lap time watch: 2019 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onLast week Mercedes trimmed 1.7 seconds off the previous quickest lap at Paul Ricard. But at the Red Bull Ring the team is actually slightly slower than it was 12 months ago.
McLaren make 3.5-second leap forward in France
Lap time watch: 2019 French Grand Prix
Posted onMcLaren have made a huge step forward in performance at the French Grand Prix, lapping the Paul Ricard circuit three-and-a-half seconds faster than they did last year.