Azerbaijan Grand Prix officials are not planning on making changes to the circuit in light of the new regulations ahead of the 2017 season. Head of communications of the Baku city circuit Nigar Arpadarai told Read Motorsport that no major changes are planned. “It’s not easy to make changes to the track configuration” she said. […]
Pirelli has decided which compounds they will take to the Bahrain and Russian Grand Prix’s. Choices for the opening round in Australia and the second round in China had already been picked last month. This falls in line with tyre nominations having to be made for long-haul events 15 weeks in advance, whereas for European races the deadline […]
Double world champion Mika Hakkinen says he can see compatriot Valtteri Bottas winning the world championship, should he make his move to Mercedes for 2017. Bottas is a part of ongoing negotiations with the German team, this after current world champion shocked the world with his retirement announcement at the FIA prize-giving gala in December. “I […]
Paddy Lowe will leave his post as technical executive director at Mercedes and is set to join Williams according to reports. As we await news as to if Valtteri Bottas will make his long-rumoured move to Mercedes, it appears that Lowe is going to be part of the deal according to Auto Motor und Sport’s Michael […]
Williams Racing have now been in Formula One for 40 years and are very much synonymous with the sports heritage. Despite not having enjoyed as much success as they did in the 1980s and 1990s, Williams are continuing to rebuild themselves for the future, but can they return to winning ways? In recent years the Grove-based […]
Formula One’s sole tyre supplier Pirelli admits despite several thousand miles of testing the wider profile 2017 tyres, there are still question marks looming over how the tyres may perform ahead of the new season. Throughout 2016 Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull helped test the new rubber using year-old modified ‘mule’ cars in an attempt to […]
With January now upon us, a new season of motorsport action lies ahead, but what it also means is that the Autosport International Show is only days away. On January 12-15, the Birmingham NEC will be home to one of the largest motorsport exhibitions in the world, every year it draws in crowds from all over […]
Formula One’s newest young starlet Lance Stroll feels is prepared for the pressure of racing amongst the sport’s most established drivers. Stroll will be the youngest driver on the grid when they line up for the first race in Australia on March 26, he will also be the first Canadian to enter into the sport […]
In 2017, double world champion Fernando Alonso enters into his third and final year of his contract at McLaren-Honda. Could it, however, be his last in Formula One? Spanning 16 seasons, and another as a test driver, Alonso has spent nearly half of his life racing within the sport. From his rookie year at Minardi in 2001 and […]
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has said that he would love to see the Schumacher name back on the grid the sport. Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time world champion Michael, finished runner-up in both the Italian and ADAC Formula 4 championships in 2016 and will run for the PremaPower team in the Euro F3 series in […]
With news that Indonesia’s Rio Haryanto won’t be returning to the Formula One grid in 2017, as well as moves for Pascal Wehrlein and Esteban Ocon, there are now two vacant seats at Manor for this season. It also comes at a difficult time for the team as new investors being sought following the failure to beat […]
Throughout the years, a number of Formula One teams have set up academies to help promote young drivers from the junior formulas. The question now, given the state of the driver market, is does this philosophy still work? It’s no secret top teams have helped promote many of the biggest talents in the sport through the ranks. […]