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After taking to the wheel of the new McLaren MP4-31 for the first time in pre-season testing, Jenson Button was hopeful of the improvements but remained cautious as to where McLaren would be in the field this season. Button completed an impressive 84 laps (third highest of the 2016 cars as Sauber ran an updated […]
Nico Rosberg set a supreme final lap to edge out Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton for pole at the Brazilian Grand Prix and his fifth in a row. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel settled for third place ahead of the Finnish pair of Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen. McLaren had another nightmare session with Button only 17th and […]
Mercedes returned to the top of the timesheets with Nico Rosberg setting the fastest time in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Mexico Grand Prix. The World Champion team edged out Red Bull in final practice with Nico Rosberg being quickest by just 0.014s from his teammate Hamilton with just one tenth further back […]
Daniel Ricciardo scored just one point at the United States Grand Prix after a promising start which saw him overtake the Mercedes drivers and establish a six-second lead. After the race, Ricciardo described the afternoon’s action at the Circuit of the Americas: “The beginning was really fun between both Mercs and both Red Bulls. It […]
Esteban Gutierrez is set to be announced as the second driver at the Haas Formula One team for next season. Speaking to Sky Sports F1, Gene Haas was asked about when the partner to Romain Grosjean will be confirmed to which Haas replied: “We’re going to make the announcement for our second driver in Mexico […]
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team were crowned Constructor’s Champions for the second year in succession at Sochi. The team continued their dominance from 2014 and have taken 12 out of 15 victories so far including eight 1-2 finishes. Their drivers have secured pole position at every race except Singapore and have led an impressive […]
Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas was more than disappointed not to have finished on the podium after being taken out of the race late on by his compatriot Kimi Raikkonen. Bottas made a good start and kept the Mercedes duo honest early on although it later transpired Hamilton was fuel-saving. A first-lap accident at turn two […]
Daniel Ricciardo was forced to retire from the Russian Grand Prix with just four laps remaining. The Red Bull Racing driver had been running sixth before the suspected suspension failure caused him to stop the car on the inside of the circuit at turn seven. After the race, Ricciardo described his retirement in Sochi: “We’re […]
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen has been given a penalty by the race stewards in Austin for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas on the final lap. The race stewards came to the same conclusion as the majority of the paddock and that Raikkonen was to blame for the incident. The stewards handed Raikkonen a 30-second time […]
Whilst the future of Jenson Button in Formula One remains mysterious, the Honda power unit continued to show considerable lack of performance in comparison to the competitors. Button reflected on his race where he was easily passed by other cars as a result of the low power: “When there’s that much of a speed differential […]
Carlos Sainz finished in the same position he started the Japanese Grand Prix, but his race wasn’t without incident. At his second pit-stop, Sainz was informed to do the opposite to Maldanado in front of him to try to undercut the Lotus driver on strategy. However, the Spaniard took a late entry to the pit-lane […]
There are three drivers this weekend that have been scored equally top, see below for how I rate each driver’s performance this weekend. Hamilton – 9 The defending champion made an excellent start and put a bold move on Rosberg into turns one and two to grab the lead. Hamilton controlled the race out front, […]