Sam Bird took victory in the first ever New York ePrix as Lucas di Grassi closed the gap to Sebastien Buemi in the Formula E championship. Bird made up a position to third in a contact-filled opening lap, but found himself stuck behind rookie team-mate Alex Lynn. Lynn had taken pole for his first ever […]
Max Verstappen’s fifth retirement in seven races was made even more frustrating by team-mate Daniel Ricciardo’s fifth podium of the 2017 Formula One season, according to Red Bull boss Christian Horner. Verstappen was caught up in an opening lap incident where Fernando Alonso crashed into him after being hit by Daniil Kvyat. Both Verstappen and […]
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas takes pole position for the Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Bottas was 0.042s faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who will start alongside him on the front row of the grid. Team-mate Lewis Hamilton was third fastest in the final qualifying session, but a five place grid penalty for a gearbox change drops him […]
HitechGP’s Tadasuke Makino will miss the next two rounds of the European Formula 3 championship after injuring his hand last weekend. Makino was left with a broken wrist and injuries to his hand and thumb after colliding with Harrison Newey. He was running behind the Van Amersfoort driver when he locked up approaching the hairpin […]
Lando Norris battled through the field to take his first victory since the second round of the championship. Making up for a disappointing opening race at the Norisring, the win puts him back in the championship battle. Norris started fourth on the grid and, though he managed to get away from the line without losing positions, […]
Jake Hughes topped a close qualifying session to take his first pole position of the 2017 European Formula 3 season. Hughes’ time, set on his final lap of the session, was just seven tenths of a second faster than the slowest driver on the grid, and two thousandths of a second faster than Lando Norris […]
Pedro Piquet was fastest in practice on a wet and drying track at the Norisring. The Van Amersfoort driver topped both free practice sessions before qualifying this afternoon, ahead of Callum Ilott and Maximilian Gunther. Piquet and team-mate Joey Maweson set the bar early in the first session before rain disrupted running. The session was […]
Alex Lynn will replace Jose Maria Lopez for the New York ePrix double header. Lynn joined DS Virgin Racing as a reserve driver earlier in the season and will step in for Lopez, who has been forced to miss the double header due to a clash with his World Endurance Championship commitments. Team-mate Sam Bird […]
DS Virgin’s Sam Bird will compete in the New York ePrix, but team-mate Jose Maria Lopez will miss the double header to compete in the 6 Hours of Nurburgring. Both drivers have Formula E and World Endurance Championship commitments, causing problems when the Nurburgring WEC race was moved to the same weekend as the New […]
Daniel Ricciardo took victory in Baku after late pit stops for both Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel. Lance Stroll took his maiden podium, but Valtteri Bottas snatched second from the rookie as they took the chequered flag. Multiple safety cars disrupted the race. The second, to clear debris from an earlier collision, caused controversy when […]
Lewis Hamilton isn’t ruling out a fight with Ferrari in tomorrow’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Hamiltontook pole position with a “do or die” lap in qualifying. He’ll have team-mate Valtteri Bottas starting alongside him and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel directly behind. Hamilton will be in the best position of the three, but he doesn’t expect an easy […]
Max Verstappen topped the times in a messy second free practice in Azerbaijan, before hitting the wall in the closing seconds. Verstappen had enjoyed a relatively clean practice, but in the final minute before the chequered flag he locked up and the car spun into the barriers, ending the session. Lock-ups and missed breaking points […]