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Be honest, when it was announced today Fernando Alonso would race at the Indy 500 this year we all thought the same thing. 2017 has been horrible for the Spaniard and McLaren up till now, as problems with the Honda power unit have left the team battling at the back. So to hear he was […]
2016 was seen as a renaissance of sorts for Kimi Raikkonen in Formula 1. The Finn proved to be more than a match for Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari, beating the German over the season in qualifying and finishing over 100 points closer in the Drivers’ standings than the year prior. As a result, the mid-season decision to retain […]
If Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix taught us anything it’s that talent will shine in Formula 1 in 2017. Shanghai’s swoops did produce better action than in Melbourne two weeks before, not only that but, at one of the most DRS-dependent circuits of the year traditionally, that action felt real and not manipulated in any way. DRS […]
Since the first race with the new-look Formula 1 cars in Australia, the doubters have had gleaming smiles on their faces telling everyone ‘I told you so’. They had warned for months that the 2017 designs would result in poor on-track action and the lack of overtaking at Albert Park justified their claims. What has been more […]
Lewis Hamilton is facing perhaps the biggest test of his Formula 1 career just 57 racing laps into 2017 Formula 1 season. The Briton was left powerless to do anything about Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari as they took a comprehensive victory at the Australian Grand Prix. Yet, in reflection, if you were to judge Hamilton’s […]
When the new car design rules for Formula 1 in 2017 were confirmed, most expected Red Bull to be the big beneficiaries. The Milton Keynes-based team was one of the main voices in the push towards greater aerodynamics and the resulting changes were a watered down version of proposals they put forward. Add to that the re-motivating of […]
It’s safe to say McLaren & Honda’s 2017 campaign hasn’t got off to the ideal start. An apparently flawed design for the oil tank and other mechanical niggles have seen the new MCL32 stranded in the garage more often than not during the opening Formula 1 test. Despite a trouble-free third day on Wednesday, it still didn’t do […]
Leading Formula 1 teams could be considering a union to fight against Liberty Media’s financial plans it has been reported. Since completing their takeover as majority shareholders last month, the sport’s new bosses have talked about solving the financial inequality between the top teams and those at the back. Deputy chairman Greg Maffei even suggested Ferrari […]
Pirelli has claimed their new 2017 tyres played no part in Sebastian Vettel’s recent crash at Fiorano. The German was completing another of the Italian tyre supplier’s permitted test sessions with the new wider rubber when he slid off the track in wet conditions into a tyre wall. He was bruised and shaken by the incident […]
Pascal Wehrlein will not make his Sauber debut at the first pre-season test in Barcelona, he has confirmed. The German has been undergoing medical evaluations since sustaining a back injury in a violent crash at the Race of Champions in Miami last month. YouTube: Pascal Wehrlein Crash at Race of Champions 2017 Doctors have reportedly advised […]
Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey has compared Max Verstappen to former Formula 1 champion Nigel Mansell. The Dutchman was, without a doubt, the most exciting prospect to enter the sport in the last decade when he joined in 2015. Maybe only Lewis Hamilton’s arrival in 2007 produced same level of anticipation. The speed with […]
Carlos Sainz claims fellow Spaniard Fernando Alonso will be reminded of 2005 when he drives the new Formula 1 cars. The double world champion is out of contract at his current team McLaren after 2017 and has already indicated how the new-look machines impact the racing will decide his future. However, Sainz, who has begun simulator work […]