Williams rookie driver Lance Stroll believes that improving his own pace takes priority over clinching his first Formula 1 points. The 18-year old has endured a miserable start to his rookie season, retiring from his first three races and then spinning out of a potenial first point in Russia. Despite his extensive pre-season testing program with […]
Robert Kubica is set to sample Formula 1 machinery for the first time since 2011 after nearly losing his right hand in a horrific rallying accident in Andorra. The Polish driver will be testing the 2012 Lotus at the Valencia Ricardo Tormo circuit with test driver Sergey Sirotkin on Tuesday. After deciding to take a turn […]
Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier Pirelli says it would be open to competition from a rival supplier after comments made by chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera. The last time there were two different tyre suppliers in F1 was in 2006 with Michelin and Bridgestone competing against each other. From 2007 Bridgestone became the sole supplier after […]
Force India has defended Sergio Perez in the wake of the controversial, failed overtake by the Mexican, which eliminated Daniil Kvyat from the Monaco Grand Prix. With just six laps to go, Perez made an attempted overtake at Rascasse on the inside of Kvyat’s Toro Rosso for ninth place, however, the move resulted in a collision between […]
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso is out of contract for the 2018 season which means he is a free agent. Given the chances of a race winning seat in F1 are slim at best given the state of the current situation at McLaren and contracts elsewhere on the grid, should Alonso consider taking […]
Sebastian Vettel clinched a 45th career victory at the Monaco Grand Prix after executing a superb strategy call to beat team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and has extended his championship lead over Lewis Hamilton, who finished in seventh. After a clean getaway, the Ferraris stormed off into the distance, leaving their rivals behind, though Valtteri Bottas and […]
Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz is thrilled to be starting in sixth place for the Monaco Grand Prix, with what he called the ‘biggest’ adrenaline rush of the season. Having shown pace throughout the Monaco weekend, it was clear from the outset that securing a top result in qualifying looked ever more likely for the Italian […]
Lewis Hamilton has been left ‘confused’ after a shocking exit from the second part of qualifying, meaning the three-time world champion will start from 13th on the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix. Having struggled with the setup of his W08 since the second practice session on Thursday, Hamilton pushed relentlessly through the day to […]
Having not sat in a Formula 1 car for seven months, Jenson Button claims everything felt ‘natural’ as he settled into the 2017 McLaren on Thursday practice in Monaco. Deputising for Fernando Alonso, who is attempting the Indy 500 in the USA, Button enjoyed sampling his first experience of 2017 machinery but insisted he didn’t […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel smashed the lap record in the second practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix with a time of 1m12.720s beating the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo by nearly half a second. Mercedes struggled with their qualifying pace which could be causing the drivers and engineers concern as Lewis Hamilton finished eighth and […]
Recently Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has said the sport needs to save itself by reducing costs and simplifying the rules, a situation fans and even some of the teams have been keen to resolve for a very long time. I personally agree with this line of thought, the spending war over the years has […]
Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier Pirelli is taking steps to look into making the 2018 tyre compounds softer after complaints from the drivers about the current selection of rubber available. At the Spanish Grand Prix, the orange-marked hard tyre was the centre of discussion during the drivers briefing on the Friday of the race weekend, numerous […]