Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel is weary of “change for the sake of change” and wants the format of the race weekend to remain the same. There were rumours the Chinese GP could be moved to Saturday last weekend, after organisers feared the weather on Sunday would force them to cancel the race. Fog in Shanghai caused […]
This season is a make or break season for Prema’s Callum Ilott, who admitted not finding backing this year could be the end of his Formula One dreams. Now in his third year in European Formula Three, Ilott is one of the favourites to take the crown, but the teenager currently isn’t backed by an […]
Sauber has a development plan in place following a disappointing opening round, but a 2017 specification engine isn’t part of that. Currently using 2016 Ferrari engines, Sauber finished without points in Australia. Marcus Ericsson failed to finish following a collision at the start of the race. Antonio Giovinazzi, making his F1 debut, finished two laps […]
The second free practice session ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix was called off due to weather conditions. Like the first session of the day, smog in Shanghai meant the air ambulance wasn’t able to land at the local hospital. Running was not allowed as it would take over an hour to transport a driver […]
Formula One will not return to Malaysia after the 2017 Grand Prix in October. After being on the calendar since 1999, the event will be dropped in a joint decision between F1 and the circuit. Over that time 10 different drivers have taken race wins on the track. “It’s always sad to say goodbye to […]
Formula One is too expensive, too complicated, and too reliable. That’s the view Jean Todt holds as the FIA meets to decide the direction of F1 from 2021. It’s clear the FIA president wants change, but what that change will be is still unknown. Organisers face the challenge of deciding just how far F1 will […]
Callum Ilott made it two for two at the Red Bull Ring as the Prema driver topped the timings on the final day of preseason testing. Ilott dominated the times in the morning session, leading undisturbed for the majority of the session. The Brit beat the time he had set yesterday in the morning session, […]
Renault has the resources to have the fourth fastest car by the end of the season, according to drivers Jolyon Palmer and Nico Hulkenberg. The manufacturer team is aiming for fifth in the championship this year, but a difficult opening round proved it still has some way to go if it wants to challenge Force […]
Callum Ilott topped the third day of preseason testing after failing to set a time in the morning session. The British driver pipped team-mate Maximilian Gunther with a time just 0.155s faster than the German’s. Ilott’s running was limited throughout the day. He only completed 22 laps in the morning session and no series flying […]
Van Amersfoort’s Harrison Newey topped the times in the second day of Formula Three preseason testing. The Brit set the fastest time of the day during the morning, beating yesterday’s best time by nearly nine tenths of a second. Newey, who is aiming for a top five finish in his second season in the championship, […]
Renault has had to switch back to the old MGU-K design, after the engine supplier was unable to solve reliability problems. Renault brought a radical new engine design to Barcelona with less weight and more power, but all three Renault powered teams suffered problems related to the MGU-K in preseason testing. Fixes were already being […]
Ferrari has brought the fight back to Mercedes, with Sebastian Vettel topping the final test before qualifying, beating the all-time track record in the process. The session ended early when Williams’ Lance Stroll crashed into the wall with ten minutes until the scheduled end of the session. The rookie hit the wall side on at […]