Sebastian Vettel has described his late race behaviour at the Mexican Grand Prix as an overflow of emotions after he swore many times over team radio. The German driver spectacularly went on a tirade after Max Verstappen cut a corner and failed to give the position back, gaining an advantage over Vettel. He also believed that […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has continued his championship comeback by winning the Mexican Grand Prix for the first time in his career. Hamilton controlled the race from pole and led the majority of the 71-lap race to beat Nico Rosberg by 8.3s to win back-to-back races for the third time in 2016 after chains of wins in Monaco […]
Many stories emerged during qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix to keep fans on the edge of their seats, almost falling off as the chequered flag waved. It was arguably, one of, if not, the best qualifying session of the season so far. Some drivers were eliminated from qualifying and became shocks, such as the two Haas cars of Esteban Gutierrez […]
After taking his seventh win of the 2016 season in the United States Grand Prix, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has become only the third driver in Formula One history to reach 50 Grand Prix wins. The British driver joins Michael Schumacher (91) and Alain Prost (51) in achieving the honour. Hamilton, 31, is the youngest driver to make it to 50 wins and has […]
Lewis Hamilton has said that he simply ‘feels at home’ in the United States after winning in the country for the fifth time in his career. He added to his wins in Indianapolis in 2007 and at the Circuit of the Americas in 2012, 2014 and 2015 to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of five wins […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has won the United States Grand Prix to end a run of 12 weeks without a win in Formula One, having previously stood on the top of the podium in Germany in the final weekend of July. The British driver led every lap from pole position and took the chequered flag 4.5 seconds […]
Development driver Jordan King will take part in his first Formula One practice session for Manor at the United States Grand Prix. Twitter: WOW what a way to start the week with the announcement I will be doing FP1 for @ManorRacing in Austin @circuitamericas (@42jordanking) It is not yet known which driver he will be replacing for […]
Although being potentially overshadowed by Nico Rosberg’s first win in Japan and Mercedes’ Constructors’ Championship triumph, this year’s Japanese Grand Prix set new Formula One records. Despite some dramas, like Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton having a poor start or Haas’ Esteban Gutierrez spinning, the race was the first time in the history of the sport that all drivers have finished a Grand […]
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg set the fastest lap time of the final practice session ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix to complete a hat-trick of topping practices at the Suzuka Circuit. The German driver set a lap time of 1m32.092 on the soft tyres during the last ten minutes of the session. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo […]
The 2016-17 season will be an interesting one for ABT Schaeffler Audi, who have continued to make inroads into Renault’s championship dominance since the beginning of the series. After finishing in third in the Teams’ Championship with 165 points in 2014-15, they improved to a second-place finish in 2015-16, finishing just 49 points behind their rivals with 221 […]
The Japanese Grand Prix is historic for being a Formula One race which always seems to settle titles. From the first Drivers’ title battle in 1976 between James Hunt and Niki Lauda at the Fuji circuit, the infamous battles between Prost and Senna, to the latest Drivers’ Championship to be won at the Suzuka circuit by Sebastian Vettel in 2011, it […]
GP3 will follow sister series’ GP2 and Formula One in using the Drag Reduction System (DRS) device on their cars from 2017 onwards, Autosport have revealed. The system will be used in conjuction with the GP3-16 Dallara chassis which has been used since the beginning of the 2016 season. The car will have its rear wing design changed, but no further changes are scheduled to be […]