Former Williams and Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado is reported to have rejected a race seat for the 2017 season, choosing to turn down the opportunity due to the unknown team not being competitive. Speaking to Autosport, Maldonado said: “I have the experience and I had opportunities to come back here this year”, “I was quite close to coming […]
Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul has reaffirmed the team is fully committed to helping Jolyon Palmer rediscover his form after a frustrating start to the 2017 season. After a strong finish to his first season in 2016, Palmer looked to have found his feet in Formula 1, regularly beating former team-mate Kevin Magnussen in the […]
Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey would like to create a long-term, continual partnership with the teams and scrap the current Concorde Agreement format in the future. The current agreement which binds the teams to the sport and encompasses all of the financial ties between them and commercial rights holder expires at the end of the 2020 season, giving […]
Williams’ chief technical officer Paddy Lowe says he understands and appreciates the ‘challenging position’ of rookie driver Lance Stroll. Enduring a tough start to his first full season in Formula 1, with numerous incidents in testing and three non-finishes in the first three races, questions are now beginning to arise as to whether the young teenager […]
Ross Brawn has made it clear that he is open to cooperation with MotoGP rights holder Dorna after conducting discussions at last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. Meeting with Carmelo Ezpeleta, chief executive of the MotoGP rights holder, he told Reuters that they had discussed “areas of cooperation and how we can learn from what each of us does.” […]
Valtteri Bottas has stated that it was his ‘mission’ to hold up Sebastian Vettel during the Spanish Grand Prix to help out team-mate Lewis Hamilton. On the opening lap of the race, Bottas was involved in a first corner incident with Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen and looked to have picked up some damage as a […]
Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier Pirelli is conducting a meeting today at its headquarters in Milan to discuss the possibility of removing the hard tyre option for the British Grand Prix in July. Pirelli has often brought harder compounds to the Silverstone circuit due to its high-speed nature, with long sweeping corners that punish the tyres […]
Lewis Hamilton has voiced his love for the ‘raw’ battle he had with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel en route to his 55th career win at the Spanish Grand Prix. Having lost out at the start of the race to his main championship rival, Mercedes utilised an alternative strategy to help the British driver to get back into a position […]
Daniel Ricciardo was happy to score his first podium of the 2017 season, in what he described as a ‘lonely’ race after finishing over a minute behind the leaders. After managing to keep out of trouble at the start with his rivals colliding in front of him, the Red Bull driver was keen to maintain […]
Sergio Perez has hailed a ‘fantastic’ day behind the wheel of his Force India after picking up a fourth place finish at the Spanish Grand Prix. With his rivals ahead of him dropping out of the race, the consistent pace of the Mexican driver allowed him to bring home a big points haul in Force […]
Lewis Hamilton clinched victory in a thrilling Spanish Grand Prix after outfoxing Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari in a race-long strategic battle. In a race with numerous twists and turns, Mercedes put Hamilton on a two-stop strategy that allowed the Briton to push hard and take back the lead of the race on lap 44, with […]
Sebastian Vettel was left ruing a mistake at the final chicane during the final part of qualifying that cost him pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix by just 0.051 seconds. There were fears the championship leader was not going to make it out on track for qualifying, this was down to having his power […]