For his last qualifying session with Red Bull Racing, Daniel Ricciardo had the upper hand over team mate Max Verstappen, the pair concluding their evening in Abu Dhabi fifth and sixth on the timesheet. It was a relatively straightforward 60 minutes for the bulls, with Ricciardo fortunately spared more drama after the mechanical issue he […]
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has admitted that Ferrari has the edge so far in terms of performance and raw pace in pre-season testing at the Circuit be Barcelona-Catalunya. “They do seem very strong,” the Finn admitted before the start of the fourth day of the test. “Both short runs and long run.” Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel […]
Rob Smedley has found a major new role in Formula 1 following his decision to leave Williams at the end of last season. One of the sport’s most recognisable and well known ‘backroom staff’, Smedley quit his role as head of performance engineering in 2018 after five years at Grove. The decision came amid wider […]
Williams rookie George Russell has been impressed by the commitment and dedication of his team’s crews in light of the massive workload they faced this week. Williams began its pre-season testing programme on the back foot after it failed to deliver its FW42 on time in Barcelona. The Grove-based outfit’s new car only took to […]
British broadcaster Channel 4 has added racing driver Billy Monger to its presenting team for the 2019 season. It means that the 19-year-old – nicknamed ‘Billy Whizz’ – will be working alongside the likes of experienced F1 stars David Coulthard and Mark Webber, former team boss Eddie Jordan, and main presenter Steve Jones. “I’ve been […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen admits you don’t win four world championships by just being an average driver, but the Dutchman insists there’s nothing “magical” about Sebastian Vettel’s talent. As a 52-time Grand Prix winner and the recipient of four world titles, Vettel has earned his spot in Formula 1’s unofficial Hall of Fame. However, Verstappen […]
Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul says that the sport shouldn’t just forget about the controversy surrounding Sebastian Vettel’s penalty in the Canadian Grand Prix. A five second time penalty cost the Ferrari driver victory in last weekend’s race and handed the win to his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton instead. Ferrari initially indicated that they would […]
Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen has joined the camp of those who believe that Formula 1’s new aero rules have made it easier to race in the wake of another car. Tweaks to the regulations this season aimed at promoting closer racing and overtaking haven’t been met with a unanimous thumbs up by drivers. Mercedes’ Lewis […]
Nico Rosberg chimed in on Sunday’s controversial Canadian Grand Prix which Sebastian Vettel won on the track but lost in the stewards’ office. Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty by the Montreal stewards for rejoining the track in an unsafe manner and in the path of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during the pair’s battle in […]
I’m sitting in the aftermath of Paris, feeling emotions tear me apart. One of the emotions is joy. My daughter, who lives there, is safe. Has “joy” ever felt so troubling? The aftermath of Paris seems likely to be intensified (“pitiless”) bombing raids in Syria, closed borders, heightened fear-based security and the deletion of “the […]