In only the second month of the championship, some of the stories of the season started to emerge. April saw the end of knockout qualifying, two ERS problems for Hamilton, and the start of a chain of events that would be pivotal for one team and two drivers. It may still have been the start […]
Daniel Ricciardo was left frustrated after a poor strategy left him out of podium contention. The Australian finished the final race of the season fifth, behind his teammate. When Ricciardo put supersoft tyres on for his lap in Q2, it was clear Red Bull were trying something different in the race. But Ricciardo pitted earlier […]
Max Verstappen is ‘very pleased’ with fourth place in the final race of the championship at Yas Marina. A poor getaway from the line saw Verstappen fall into the grips of Nico Hulkenberg. The two touched, which sent Verstappen into a spin. The Red Bull was lucky to avoid contact with other cars or walls […]
New McLaren boss Zak Brown isn’t ruling out the possibility of Lewis Hamilton returning to his old team but says he’s happy with their pending 2017 line-up. With Hamilton currently sitting in the best team on the grid, it’s unlikely the triple world champion will be moving teams in the near future. But Brown is […]
Lewis Hamilton topped the relatively quiet first practice session in Abu Dhabi, ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who was less than half a tenth of a second behind Rosberg. With conditions not entirely representative of the competitive sessions tomorrow and Sunday, the session was relatively quiet as drivers re-familiarised themselves […]
Back in 1998, eight Brazilian teenagers took part in the Formula Chevrolet championship, a ten race championship that would support the Stock Car Brazil series. In his first year out of karting, 17-year-old Felipe Massa was not immediately attention grabbing. On a relatively tight budget, Massa only competed in eight of the scheduled races, and […]
Back in the 1990s, kart team owner Paul Lemmens was asked for the names of the three best karters he has ever seen. His reply? “Not three. Two. Ayrton Senna and Jenson Button.” Looking at his early career, it’s easy to see why Button was likened to the Brazilian, even if he always said he […]
Sergio Perez was disappointed to lose the podium position to Max Verstappen, but called his fourth place at the Brazilian GP ‘an incredible result’. The Mexican was relieved to finish the race at Interlagos, saying the treacherous conditions made mistakes easy. Indeed, a spin on the first racing lap dropped Perez back through the field, […]
Sebastian Vettel took the positives from a difficult Brazilian Grand Prix, as he finished fifth at Interlagos. The German endured a challenging race, spinning early on in the wet conditions, but enjoyed a strong recovery. He did leave the race frustrated at Max Verstappen once again, however, after the Red Bull driver appeared to push […]
Home to some of the most iconic names in Formula One history, being a racing driver in Brazil has always come with pressure to be the next star from the racing-mad country. That pressure is felt more when the Brazilian Grand Prix comes around in Sao Paulo. Their home race and the site of some […]
Max Verstappen has called the decision to penalise him after he went off track towards the end of the race ‘ridiculous’. The teenager was given a five second penalty after it was deemed he gained an advantage for cutting a corner when battling against Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. He also said Vettel was a ‘very frustrated […]
Sebastian Vettel topped the second free practice session in Mexico with a time of 1m19.790s, beating both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg after the qualifying simulations. Whether that’s a true representation of qualifying or whether Mercedes had their engines turned down, though, is a different matter. Everybody but the two Force India drivers set their […]