Adam Cooper
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Freelance F1 Journalist. Crazy enough to have attended every GP for the past 31 consecutive seasons!
Carlos Sainz encouraged Williams to try an "experimental" setup approach for the Qatar GP: "So far we've been very solid. A point in the sprint, a position better now in quali, and a top seven going into the race. If you would have told me before the weekend, I would have not believed it."
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Carlos Sainz encouraged Williams to try an "experimental" setup approach for the Qatar GP: "So far we've been very solid. A point in the sprint, a position better now in quali, and a top seven going into the race. If you would have told me before the weekend, I would have not believed it."
Charles Leclerc on a big spin and P10 in Qatar GP qualifying: "I just took a stupid amount of risk, just like I do on every single corner in Q3, to try and get P8/P9. It was a little bit too much. Then I brought it back for Q3 run two, and that was just fine, and it was a really good lap."
November 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Charles Leclerc on a big spin and P10 in Qatar GP qualifying: "I just took a stupid amount of risk, just like I do on every single corner in Q3, to try and get P8/P9. It was a little bit too much. Then I brought it back for Q3 run two, and that was just fine, and it was a really good lap."
Lando Norris on P3 in sprint qualifying: "The pace was there. I just made a mistake in the last corner on my first lap and didn't put it together. It's impossible to overtake, so I'm probably going to finish P3, but if I can at least get George off the line that's probably the most I can hope for."
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Lando Norris on P3 in sprint qualifying: "The pace was there. I just made a mistake in the last corner on my first lap and didn't put it together. It's impossible to overtake, so I'm probably going to finish P3, but if I can at least get George off the line that's probably the most I can hope for."
Charles Leclerc on Qatar sprint qualifying - and getting stuck behind Carlos Sainz: "I think he was taking quite a significant gap to the car ahead just before safety car line two. And then obviously it puts all the guys behind under stress. He has the right to do that, but it's very annoying."
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Charles Leclerc on Qatar sprint qualifying - and getting stuck behind Carlos Sainz: "I think he was taking quite a significant gap to the car ahead just before safety car line two. And then obviously it puts all the guys behind under stress. He has the right to do that, but it's very annoying."
George Russell on the Qatar sprint: "I don't want to put a downer on it, but Turn q is probably going to be where we end up, really. We briefly spoke about it this morning in the driver's briefing, about why the DRS hasn't been extended. I hope maybe after the sprint they can adjust it if needed."
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
George Russell on the Qatar sprint: "I don't want to put a downer on it, but Turn q is probably going to be where we end up, really. We briefly spoke about it this morning in the driver's briefing, about why the DRS hasn't been extended. I hope maybe after the sprint they can adjust it if needed."
Max Verstappen frustrated with P6 in Qatar sprint qualifying: "Not good from the first lap, just really bad bouncing and very aggressive understeer that would shift into oversteer at high speed. So just not what you want to go faster. Then you're locked in."
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Max Verstappen frustrated with P6 in Qatar sprint qualifying: "Not good from the first lap, just really bad bouncing and very aggressive understeer that would shift into oversteer at high speed. So just not what you want to go faster. Then you're locked in."
Gabriel Bortoleto on Turn 1 contact with Lance Stroll in Vegas: "Misjudged a little bit the braking point, I think five metres earlier I would have probably stopped the car. I'm sorry for Lance, it was my fault. I don't have much to say, it just ended up so early, the race. A shame."
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Gabriel Bortoleto on Turn 1 contact with Lance Stroll in Vegas: "Misjudged a little bit the braking point, I think five metres earlier I would have probably stopped the car. I'm sorry for Lance, it was my fault. I don't have much to say, it just ended up so early, the race. A shame."
Pierre Gasly on Vegas: "Just got spun around, and my diffuser got smashed at the back. A long f**king flight to end up spun around Saturday and get another unlucky race in Vegas. For me, it's been three years in a row where I have very strong quali, and it doesn't really translate into the race."
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Pierre Gasly on Vegas: "Just got spun around, and my diffuser got smashed at the back. A long f**king flight to end up spun around Saturday and get another unlucky race in Vegas. For me, it's been three years in a row where I have very strong quali, and it doesn't really translate into the race."
Liam Lawson on P6: "I think we had a quick car. These conditions normally help us. Honestly, I feel like we even had more more in the tank today, we missed the last lap by one or two seconds. With how the session had been going at to that point, I felt pretty confident we could have improved."
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Liam Lawson on P6: "I think we had a quick car. These conditions normally help us. Honestly, I feel like we even had more more in the tank today, we missed the last lap by one or two seconds. With how the session had been going at to that point, I felt pretty confident we could have improved."
Gabriel Bortoleto on P18: "I couldn't extract a lot of grip in the last two laps. I think that's where I missed out. I lost a bit of confidence with the car. At the beginning of the session, I was quite happy, and braking late and feeling comfortable, and at the end I had no confidence anymore."
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Gabriel Bortoleto on P18: "I couldn't extract a lot of grip in the last two laps. I think that's where I missed out. I lost a bit of confidence with the car. At the beginning of the session, I was quite happy, and braking late and feeling comfortable, and at the end I had no confidence anymore."
Franco Colapinto on P16: "I touched a kerb in the last corner and I had a massive slide, and I lost the lap. I think we were improving a lot. It was just very tricky out there, a lot of sliding. Q1 was difficult, Q2 again a lot of locking. Just not very happy with that last part of the session."
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Franco Colapinto on P16: "I touched a kerb in the last corner and I had a massive slide, and I lost the lap. I think we were improving a lot. It was just very tricky out there, a lot of sliding. Q1 was difficult, Q2 again a lot of locking. Just not very happy with that last part of the session."
Alex Albon on crashing late in Q1: "Frustrating in many ways. I think we just need to review where we were on track. In the end, I had one clean lap, so I kind of had to make it count. It was my only clean lap, so I didn't really have any rhythm at all. Made a mistake, and that was it."
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Alex Albon on crashing late in Q1: "Frustrating in many ways. I think we just need to review where we were on track. In the end, I had one clean lap, so I kind of had to make it count. It was my only clean lap, so I didn't really have any rhythm at all. Made a mistake, and that was it."
Laurent Mekies on P19 for Yuki Tsunoda: "We made a big mistake with his tyre pressure which meant that he was out there with a setting that basically gave him no chance to be competitive, so we as a team apologise to him for that. This sort of thing should not happen, but it did."
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Laurent Mekies on P19 for Yuki Tsunoda: "We made a big mistake with his tyre pressure which meant that he was out there with a setting that basically gave him no chance to be competitive, so we as a team apologise to him for that. This sort of thing should not happen, but it did."
Andrea Stella on Vegas pole: "Lando was able to express some exceptional performance with the intermediates, and even the pole position lap there's a pretty significant mistake in the last chicane, which cost several tenths. But in the first couple of sectors, that's a very strong performance."
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Andrea Stella on Vegas pole: "Lando was able to express some exceptional performance with the intermediates, and even the pole position lap there's a pretty significant mistake in the last chicane, which cost several tenths. But in the first couple of sectors, that's a very strong performance."
Lance Stroll P12 as the only driver on inters: "Stupid in the end. Not the team's fault. It was a group decision, but I was told I was going to get three push, I only got two push. That's where it went wrong. So a shame, we threw away a good opportunity today to fight for the top three, top four."
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Lance Stroll P12 as the only driver on inters: "Stupid in the end. Not the team's fault. It was a group decision, but I was told I was going to get three push, I only got two push. That's where it went wrong. So a shame, we threw away a good opportunity today to fight for the top three, top four."
Max Verstappen on P2 in Las Vegas: "It was super slippery, it felt like ice. To be honest, not a lot of fun to do. I love driving in the wet, but this for me is a little bit too much, I would say. You just have to be super careful. And honestly, I was surprised there were not too many incidents."
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Max Verstappen on P2 in Las Vegas: "It was super slippery, it felt like ice. To be honest, not a lot of fun to do. I love driving in the wet, but this for me is a little bit too much, I would say. You just have to be super careful. And honestly, I was surprised there were not too many incidents."
Oscar Piastri on P5: "It felt like things were coming to us pretty nicely, but unfortunately not much you can do with a yellow flag on your lap. A frustrating end to the session, obviously. But I think the car and myself were quick, so we've got some some pace for tomorrow, which is nice to know."
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Oscar Piastri on P5: "It felt like things were coming to us pretty nicely, but unfortunately not much you can do with a yellow flag on your lap. A frustrating end to the session, obviously. But I think the car and myself were quick, so we've got some some pace for tomorrow, which is nice to know."
Pierre Gasly on P10 in Vegas: "These are conditions I love - it's kind of like love and hate, because it's always risk and reward, and how much you're willing to take and what you feel and how much you can push. You can't even blink one-tenth of a second, because there's always something happening."
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Pierre Gasly on P10 in Vegas: "These are conditions I love - it's kind of like love and hate, because it's always risk and reward, and how much you're willing to take and what you feel and how much you can push. You can't even blink one-tenth of a second, because there's always something happening."
Lewis Hamilton on P20 in Vegas: "I had a yellow flag in the last corner, and then going into Turn 17 there was a yellow flag, so I had to lift. I came across the line and it was red. But I didn't have the grip anyway, so I don't think it would have made much difference."
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Lewis Hamilton on P20 in Vegas: "I had a yellow flag in the last corner, and then going into Turn 17 there was a yellow flag, so I had to lift. I came across the line and it was red. But I didn't have the grip anyway, so I don't think it would have made much difference."
George Russell on P4: "I had a steering issue in Q3, I don't know what it was. I was quickest in P3, quickest in Q1, quickest in Q2, and then on my second lap I thought I had to stop the car on track because I couldn't turn the steering properly. I feel fortunate to have qualified P4 considering."
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
George Russell on P4: "I had a steering issue in Q3, I don't know what it was. I was quickest in P3, quickest in Q1, quickest in Q2, and then on my second lap I thought I had to stop the car on track because I couldn't turn the steering properly. I feel fortunate to have qualified P4 considering."
Isack Hadjar on last lap contact with Liam Lawson in Brazil: "I think it was like just both of us moving into one direction, and we got very lucky. So also on my side, I should have been a bit more patient, and probably got him on the next straight. I made a mistake, and that's it."
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Isack Hadjar on last lap contact with Liam Lawson in Brazil: "I think it was like just both of us moving into one direction, and we got very lucky. So also on my side, I should have been a bit more patient, and probably got him on the next straight. I made a mistake, and that's it."
Laurent Mekies on the F1 title battle: chances: "You are getting tired of me telling you that we take it race-by-race. I'm not going to repeat it. But the simple truth is, the focus is how can we maximise our chance to get the car in the alive window for Las Vegas? The rest is a consequence."
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Laurent Mekies on the F1 title battle: chances: "You are getting tired of me telling you that we take it race-by-race. I'm not going to repeat it. But the simple truth is, the focus is how can we maximise our chance to get the car in the alive window for Las Vegas? The rest is a consequence."
Nico Hulkenberg on a 35-lap stint on the softs and P9: "Obviously not an ideal first lap, losing a couple of positions, which never helps your case. But we came back from that with an effective one-stop, quite a long stint on the soft. And it was a used soft. So it was nice to pull that off."
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nico Hulkenberg on a 35-lap stint on the softs and P9: "Obviously not an ideal first lap, losing a couple of positions, which never helps your case. But we came back from that with an effective one-stop, quite a long stint on the soft. And it was a used soft. So it was nice to pull that off."
Lewis Hamilton frustrated by P13 and a tyre temperature issue in Interlagos qualifying: "Just couldn't get the tyres working. I think the execution in terms of the times we got out and everything was fine, it's just the rears are at a place that I can't get to temperature for the start of the lap."
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Lewis Hamilton frustrated by P13 and a tyre temperature issue in Interlagos qualifying: "Just couldn't get the tyres working. I think the execution in terms of the times we got out and everything was fine, it's just the rears are at a place that I can't get to temperature for the start of the lap."
Andrea Stella on Oscar Piastri's FP1 form in Brazil: "He's confident, his comments in the car, his comments in the debrief, go back to the comments where he feels the car, he is in tune with the car, and he feels that what he's doing generates lap time in a very natural way."
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Andrea Stella on Oscar Piastri's FP1 form in Brazil: "He's confident, his comments in the car, his comments in the debrief, go back to the comments where he feels the car, he is in tune with the car, and he feels that what he's doing generates lap time in a very natural way."