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Kimi Raikkonen has expressed satisfaction at his third place at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix, despite losing out during the virtual safety car period. Team-mate Sebastian Vettel benefitted the most from the almost simultaneous retirements of the Haas of both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean, leapfrogging Raikkonen and race-leader Lewis Hamilton to become the eventual […]
With the first race of 2018 about to get underway, we’ve been reflecting on Australian Grand Prix gone by. A fixture on the calendar for 32 years Australia has been long associated with the excitement of the beginning of a new season. This year we’ll watch in anticipation to see who will be taking the […]
There is one seat on the grid that is coveted more than the rest. Undeniably every place on the Formula 1 grid is precious. There are thousands of young drivers clamouring for the attention of every team, hoping upon hope that they can do enough to make their dreams come true. But there is one […]
Fans have been less than impressed at the signing of Sergey Sirotkin. He was a late addition to the Williams narrative, it was supposed to be the heroic Robert Kubica proving himself against safe-pair-of-hands reserve driver Paul di Resta. In this fairytale it was supposed to be Kubica who got the drive, that was the […]
It can sometimes feel that the stand-out feature of Sauber is quite how forgettable it can be. Without the resourcefulness of Force India, the world champion production line of Toro Rosso or the flashes of brilliance of Williams, Sauber all too often fades into the background. In recent years it’s been its financial problems that […]
Sebastien Ogier has taken his second 2018 World Rally Championship victory at an action-packed Rally Mexico, in an event where many of his rivals struggled to get through unscathed. The M-Sport driver now leads the championship despite beginning the weekend running second on the road and disadvantaged by his road sweeping position, finishing Friday in […]
Sebastien Ogier has taken the lead of Rally Mexico going into the final day of the World Rally Championship event, with early frontrunners Dani Sordo and Sebastien Loeb falling victim to punctures. In his first Rally Mexico in five years Loeb led for a brief spell before losing over two minutes changing a punctured tyre […]
Dani Sordo leads Rally Mexico at the end of Friday’s action, with Sebastien Loeb running second in his first rally back in the World Rally Championship. With no championship points so far in 2018, Sordo benefitted from his favourable running position of 10th, after retiring in his only appearance of the year in Monte-Carlo. Loeb […]
Daniel Ricciardo went fastest on the second day of the second Formula 1 pre-season test, as well as clocking up the most mileage with 165 tours of the Circuit de Catalunya. Ricciardo beat the unofficial lap record for the circuit with a 1m18.047s, half a second quicker than the Mercedes duo. Lewis Hamilton was the […]
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has stressed that the problems the team have encountered in the past fortnight’s Formula 1 pre-season testing are no more than part of the normal testing process. Fernando Alonso had his running cut short once again on Wednesday morning after stopping out on track due to an oil leak. This […]
Only Fernando Alonso set a time in the severely weather-affected third day of 2018 Formula 1 pre-season testing, with first snow then rain preventing running. The Spaniard set two timed laps in the final hour of the day, managing a time of 2m18.545s as the chequered flag came out. The session was delayed for three […]
Thierry Neuville has taken Rally Sweden 2018 victory, with Craig Breen achieving his first second-place finish in the World Rally Championship. Neuville took his first Rally Sweden win after leading from SS3 on Saturday morning and parachutes himself to the top of the championship standings. Breen ran a consistent rally in difficult wintery conditions, making […]