Force India driver Nico Hulkenberg has expressed his disappointment regarding the recently announced 2016 Formula One calendar which sees the 2016 European Grand Prix clashing with the 24 hours of Le Mans. After winning the legendary 24h of Le Mans with Porsche earlier this year, Nico Hulkenberg was on the German manufacturer’s drivers list for […]
With the soft and super-soft compound confirmed for the Russian Grand Prix, Mercedes says they’re better prepared to face troubles concerning the tyres after the disaster of Singapore. It is well known that these two tyre compounds don’t connect well with the Silver Arrows’ car, as it was demonstrated in a poor Singapore race after […]
A contrast of feelings has been the main scenario throughout this season for the Woking team, with Alonso and Ron Dennis’ ideas sometimes colliding. Speaking to Autosport, the Spaniard says he doesn’t expect much more from this year’s McLaren, despite all the data they still collect that can help for the future. “It is going […]
After all the controversy around Alonso’s strong critics against Honda in the Japanese Grand Prix, this time was the former double world champion Mika Hakkinen who had something to say. The Finn, who was the Formula One champion in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren, believes that Alonso knew what he was signing up for, in […]
After the criticism from Fernando Alonso in the Japanese Grand Prix to Honda, we remember another occasion when Honda had a bad time dealing with one of their drivers due to the same issues. We were at the start of the 1991 season when the teams changed from V10 engines to V12. Back then pre-season […]
After much speculation about the Brit’s future, the Woking team finally convinced him to stay for one more season, according to BBC. Despite all the rumours, Button will stay on the sport for one more season, after he was convinced by the team and their ability to overcome obstacles. On the other side, Ron Dennis […]
Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo was clearly unhappy with the Japanese Grand Prix result, where he finished in a lowly fifteenth place. Ricciardo thought Massa and Raikkonen would leave him room at the start. The Australian tried to fit through a gap between Massa and Raikkonen on lap one, but touched wheels with the Brazilian, […]
Raikkonen confirms that a fourth-place finish was the best result they could have achieved, after a tough qualifying. After starting sixth, he benefited from Massa’s bad start to jump to fifth, and later on in the race he managed to overtake the other Williams in the pits for fourth. “Today we did the maximum we […]
Lotus driver Romain Grosjean says various problems forced him to retire from the Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Grosjean had been running in the top ten but excessive tyre wear and a gearbox issue meant he had to retire from the race. After a tough opening lap, the Frenchman tried to […]
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso admits retiring from the Singapore Grand Prix was ‘disappointing’ after running inside the top 10 before his gearbox failed. After a solid qualifying from the Spaniard at the Marina Bay Circuit on Saturday, he was confident of scoring points in Singapore. Unfortunately for the two-time world champion, mechanical issues once again […]
With Ferrari likely to provide Red Bull with engines in 2016 and the impending takeover of Lotus by Renault, Mercedes may provide Manor with engines for next season, according to Autosport. Manor, who is running with a one-year-old Ferrari engine, could be looking for new opportunities, as Toto Wolff explained: “On the engine, we had […]
After getting his best qualifying performance of the year, beating his teammate for second place at the grid in front of the Tifosi, the Finn Kimi Raikkonen wasn’t so lucky at the start of the race, as he explained to Ferrari.com. “I don’t know exactly what happened at the start. As far as I know […]
