With the finishing line of the 2016 season now on the horizon, the ultimate prize is in Nico Rosberg’s sights – the world championship. He has been presented with an opportunity that he must grasp with both hands because, with regulation changes afoot over the coming seasons, it could be now or never for the […]
Williams have confirmed European Formula 3 champion Lance Stroll will race for the team in 2017, while Valtteri Bottas has also been retained for next season. When veteran Felipe Massa announced his retirement at the Italian Grand Prix in early September, Stroll quickly became tipped as the hot favourite to replace the outgoing Brazilian. He clinched the […]
Despite a clash on the first lap that left his front wing broken, Marcus Ericsson made the medium tyres last 70 laps to finish an impressive 11th at the Mexican Grand Prix After managing to get through to the second part of qualifying and securing 15th on the grid, Sauber were buoyed by this and confident […]
After Lewis Hamilton’s 51st career victory at the Mexican Grand Prix, he now moves level with Alain Prost into second place on the all-time winners list. Winning in Mexico was a must for Hamilton to further bring down the points deficit to his teammate Nico Rosberg as much as possible. However with the German finishing in second […]
Lewis Hamilton took his 59th career pole position ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg by two-tenths of a second with a time of 1m18.704s. Max Verstappen in the Red Bull managed to secure third place behind both Mercedes on the grid with team mate Ricciardo just behind him on the second row. Hulkenberg was the surprise package in qualifying by slotting into […]
Organisers of the Malaysia Grand Prix are considering giving up on hosting a Formula One event after 2018, something that should well shell shock everybody inside of the paddock. Reports quote Sepang CEO Datuk Ahmad Razlan Ahmad Razali as saying sales for the recent F1 Grand Prix reached only 60 percent. In stark contrast, the MotoGP event is […]
After taking his seventh victory of the seventh of the season at the US Grand Prix, despite the races left quickly disappearing, Lewis Hamilton isn’t planning to give up yet. Having claimed back seven points on his teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg in Austin and clinched his 50th career victory, the gap is down to 26 points. However, the […]
Carlos Sainz enjoyed a solid sixth place finish at the US Grand Prix in a race where he stayed out of trouble and took every opportunity that came his way. In the latter half of the season, it was always going to be clear that Toro Rosso would suffer a power deficit due to the lack […]
Daniel Ricciardo was left to lament what could have been after a virtual safety car hampered his chances at the US Grand Prix. After a great start to the race on the supersoft tyres, Ricciardo managed to brave it out around the outside the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg through Turn 2 and try to get after […]
In a move instigated by the drivers, FIA race director Charlie Whiting, issued a note to the teams, before qualifying at the US Grand Prix, regarding driving standards. The note stated: “Article 27.5 of the Sporting Regulations states that no car may be driven in a manner which could be potentially dangerous to other drivers, furthermore, […]
Speaking at Thursday’s driver’s press conference, ahead of the US Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said he would ‘take it like a man’ if teammate Nico Rosberg was to win the world championship this season. With four races to go and a 33-point gap to Rosberg, the permutations now lie outside of the Briton’s control. Hamilton has […]
After a disappointing downturn in performance for McLaren at the last race in Japan, Jenson Button is hoping for a better result in what could be his final United States Grand Prix this weekend. Despite teammate Fernando Alonso outscoring him heavily in recent races, Button has often found himself battling in the pack. That has […]