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Max Verstappen topped the timesheets in opening practice for the Chinese Grand Prix in what was a heavily disrupted session. Verstappen made the most of what little running there was on the intermediates to go fastest of anyone. The Red Bull driver ended FP1 1.5s clear of Felipe Massa in second. It took approximately 45 minutes […]
2016 GP2 Series runner-up Antonio Giovinazzi will once again deputise for the unfit Pascal Wehrlein at the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix, Sauber has confirmed. Wehrlein pulled out of the season opener in Melbourne after Friday practice after feeling not fit enough to continue for the rest of the weekend. Wehrlein sustained injuries at the Race of […]
Daniel Abt will start on pole position for the Mexican ePrix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. In what was an unpredictable qualifying session which saw a number Formula E’s big hitters qualify well down. Oliver Turvey will start second on his 30th birthday ahead of Venturi’s Maro Engel. Jose Maria Lopez and Jean-Eric Vergne made the superpole […]
Sebastian Vettel returned to winning ways in Formula 1 as he stormed to his first win at the Australian Grand Prix since 2011 ahead of the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas A strategical masterclass from Ferrari which saw Vettel stay out six laps longer than Hamilton, who had led the race up until lap […]
2017 Australian Grand Prix polesitter Lewis Hamilton says he expects there to be a close fight with Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas for the win in Sunday’s race. Hamilton stormed to a sixth pole position at Albert Park as he qualified on pole, nearly three-tenths clear of Vettel in second. Hamilton’s 1m22.188 is the quickest lap […]
Lewis Hamilton stormed to his sixth pole position at the Australian Grand Prix by nearly three-tenths of a second ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton’s 1m22.188s is the fastest lap around Albert Park and the Brit was in a league of his own. Kimi Raikkonen could not match the efforts of […]
Fernando Alonso says he does not care where McLaren stacks up relative to its midfield competitors as he is only interested in challenging for grand prix victories and podiums. McLaren-Honda endured another miserable pre-season testing campaign and looks to be the slowest team in Formula 1 along with Sauber. Friday practice was more positive for […]
Lewis Hamilton continued his strong start to the 2017 Formula 1 season as he topped the timesheets again in second practice for the Australian Grand Prix. The three-time F1 champion got within a tenth of Sebastian Vettel’s record lap time around Albert Park from 2011 on the ultra-soft tyres and ended the session half a second […]
New cars, new rules and new driver pairings but it was a familiar face at the top as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was the man to beat in Friday practice, setting the fastest time of FP1 at Albert Park on the ultra-soft tyres. Hamilton’s 1m24.220 put him top of the timesheets, over half a second clear of new […]
Techeetah Formula E team has confirmed that Esteban Gutierrez will drive for the team for the remainder of the 2016/17 season. The former Formula 1 driver will replace Ma Qing Hua, who has failed to score a single point for the Chinese team. Gutierrez was already set to make his debut in Formula E at his home […]
After the emotional, tear-jerking scenes of the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix, it appeared Felipe Massa’s illustrious Formula 1 career was coming to a close. After 11 grand prix victories, 16 pole positions and a near-miss in 2008 for the drivers’ championship, the smiling Brazilian was set to move on from F1. Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement […]
A respectable debut season in Formula 1 saw Haas finish eighth in the 2016 constructors’ championship. The American team showed flashes of brilliance during its maiden season but struggled for consistency often having erratic results. The big question is whether Haas can avoid the dreaded ‘second season syndrome’ a phrase commonly associated with football where a […]