Valtteri Bottas is disappointed with his race after a low-speed spin dropped him down the field during the safety car period. In an effort to keep his soft tyres warm on a very greasy yet drying track surface, Bottas spun the car into the grass and fell back to twelfth place, however he managed to fight his way up the […]
Sebastian Vettel was happy to have taken big risks after a stunning recovery drive at the Chinese Grand Prix. After a start line mishap where he was not properly in his grid slot, he lost places in the early stages after being the first to pit under the virtual safety car. Once the race got back […]
Max Verstappen’s shock Q1 exit in Shanghai was caused by a misfiring Renault engine and he will subsequently start towards the back of the grid. As a result of grid penalties been handed to Jolyon Palmer and Romain Grosjean for speeding under yellow flags after Antonio Giovinazzi’s crash, Verstappen will now start17th on the grid. “There was […]
Valtteri Bottas has rued the gap in qualifying to Sebastian Vettel as he was pipped to a front row place on the grid by just one thousandth of a second. Having lost out to Vettel in Australia by just 0.025s and now and an even smaller gap in Shanghai which equates to a measurement of just […]
Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is eager to the possibility of fighting Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel throughout 2017, hoping for more races like the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix where he enjoyed a titanic battle with team-mate Nico Rosberg. After losing out to Vettel in the season opener in Australia, Hamilton wants to come back fighting against the German in a […]
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has said he is cautiously optimistic about his team’s pace from the Australian Grand Prix but is aware there are critics out there unsure as to whether Haas can sustain its performance level. Romain Grosjean managed to secure sixth on the grid in Melbourne and was running well until his car developed an issue with […]
The Williams Group has announced its financial results from 2016, showing not only a significant profit increase within the race team itself but the whole company including Williams Advanced Engineering. Being the only team on the grid that is fully listed on the stock market, the team is required to make its financial results public. In […]
Following a meeting in Paris on Friday, plans are been finalised for Formula 1 to use cheaper and noisier engines in 2021 when the agreement to run the current hybrid turbos runs out. The current manufacturers, as well as FIA president Jean Todt, were in attendance, including the Volkswagen Automotive Group. Talks surrounded the future of how […]
Following their defeat to Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari at last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, Mercedes has admitted the weight of the W08 is an area which they plan to work on. With a new weight limit set at 728kg, it appears Mercedes, as well as other teams, have struggled to build a car within the limit. […]
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas believes that new wider, faster cars of 2017 shouldn’t be judged on their overtaking capabilities from Melbourne alone, believing that other circuits will produce better racing. Traditionally the Albert Park circuit has not often been the scene of numerous overtakes as the most recent race had proved. Many drivers including team-mate Lewis Hamilton […]
The eagerly anticipated 2017 season got underway with the traditional curtain raiser in Melbourne, Australia, after a tense race, it was Sebastian Vettel who took ultimately victory down under. With the new regulations, new tyres and many of the drivers swapping teams, it was always going to be an interesting affair to see how they would fair. Lance Stroll […]
Mercedes has vowed to come back stronger in the future after taking steps to investigate how it was beaten to victory by Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix. After suffering from poor tyre wear early on in the race it forced Lewis Hamilton to pit earlier than his rivals, however, this did not work and left themselves […]