After a frustrating start to his Saturday with a power unit change, Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas is remaining upbeat after qualifying in third place for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Finn made a mistake on his first run which looked to have cost him a shot at pole position, the second run was […]
Jolyon Palmer has ‘deep reserves’ of mental strength according to his team boss Cyril Abiteboul, who believes he can bounce back after a torrid start to his 2017 campaign. Having been out-qualified by his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg at every race so far, and failing to score a point in any of the first four rounds, […]
Formula One CEO Chase Carey claims that there are enough locations around the world wishing to host a grand prix that can “fill a page”, but is aware there are numerous hurdles to go through in order to achieve his goal. The 2018 calendar has already filled with the maximum 21 races allowed after Malaysia’s […]
Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul is keen to see Renault performing at a higher level on track in order to gain the respect of the sport’s main stakeholders, thus increasing their chances of joining the Strategy Group. The group currently consists of Williams, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull. Force India sit on the […]
Formula 1 veteran Felipe Massa feels that the partnership with his new team-mate Lance Stroll has reminded him of his own relationship with Michael Schumacher when he first arrived at Ferrari in 2006. After calling time on his career at the Italian Grand Prix last season, Massa has since returned to Williams after Valtteri Bottas […]
Felipe Massa is disappointed with his Russian Grand Prix after finishing ninth as a puncture ruined his race forcing a second pitstop Having run in sixth place behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for most of the race up to that point, Massa was looking to secure yet more solid points for Williams with Force India chasing him down scoring yet […]
Valtteri Bottas claimed his maiden Formula 1 win after a closely fought battle with Sebastian Vettel in the final stages of the Russian Grand Prix. With an excellent getaway from the grid, Bottas jumped into the lead from the Ferrari’s of Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton couldn’t follow through and was stuck […]
Valtteri Bottas is remaining positive ahead of the Russian Grand Prix despite narrowly missing out on pole position as Ferrari locked out the front row. The Finn looked in contention for pole throughout the qualifying session but a mistake at the final corner saw him pipped to pole by less than a tenth of a second. […]
Following on from a successful test in Bahrain, Haas Formula 1 team has confirmed they will make the switch from Brembo to Carbone Industrie brakes for the Russian Grand Prix. Haas suffered constant issues with the Brembo system throughout its inaugural season, the most notable problem came with Romain Grosjean crashing out of the Malaysian Grand […]
After a lengthy period of struggling with their power unit, Honda could be receiving some help in the unlikely form of Mercedes. Having redesigned their entire power unit prior to the 2017 season in the hopes of getting on top of their previous issues, the Japanese manufacturer has since fallen back even further on the […]
Juan Pablo Montoya wants more Formula 1 drivers to continue attempting other racing series in the wake of Fernando Alonso’s decision to run in the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500. Montoya has won the 24 hours of Daytona three times, the Champ Car title, the Indy 500 twice, as well as winning in NASCAR, proving that it’s not […]
Honda is set to bring reliability updates to their power units for Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne at the Russian Grand Prix after consistent issues plagued the team in Bahrain. While Alonso retired the car in the final laps of the race, Vandoorne didn’t even make the start as his MCL32 showed problems on the way to the […]