Championship contenders Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton finished first and second on the timesheet, separated by 0.081 seconds, in FP3 ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Vettel set a 1m20.509s benchmark in his Ferrari and while Hamilton was able to edge closer to top spot as his final qualifying simulation run progressed, he […]
Carlin’s Sergio Sette Camara finished top of the timesheet in a Formula 2 practice session at Monza truncated by damp track conditions. After Formula 1’s FP1 running partially dried the track following the early morning rainfall, the F2 field found a circuit that was too wet for slicks but too dry for wet tyre running […]
Racing Point Force India’s Sergio Perez took advantage of a drying track to finish top of the FP1 timesheet at the Italian Grand Prix. Heavy rain prior to and during the opening stages of FP1 meant that the entirety of the 90-minute session was spent on wet and intermediate compound tyres, with the fastest times […]
Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton admits that he “needs more power” from his Mercedes engine if he is to fend off the growing threat posed by Ferrari in 2018. After passing the polesitter Hamilton on the long Kemmel Straight during the opening lap of last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, Vettel proceeded to claim a […]
Sebastian Vettel’s victory for Ferrari in the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix was a dominant drive and one which prompted a surprising admission from Lewis Hamilton. Having had his points lead over Vettel eroded from 24 points to 17, Hamilton stated after the race that Mercedes “need more power” in order to repel the intense threat […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel dominated the Belgian Grand Prix to claim a fifth victory of the 2018 Formula 1 season after a decisive opening lap overtake on Lewis Hamilton. Polesitter Hamilton led the field through the La Source hairpin but was out-dragged by second-placed Vettel through Eau Rouge. The Ferrari driver was able to pull alongside […]
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was able to qualify in second place for the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix despite a “weird” end to Q3 in which he “ran out of battery” power. After Vettel posted the fastest time in a dry Q2, rain arrived while all 10 drivers were on track for their outlaps at the start of the 12-minute […]
McLaren Formula 1 junior Nyck de Vries topped the Formula 2 practice session at Spa-Francorchamps, ahead of Hungaroring round polesitter Sergio Sette Camara. Prema Racing’s de Vries vaulted to the top of the timesheet with a 1m58.125s benchmark. Sette Camara, who had posted his personal best in the minutes prior to de Vries’s fastest time, […]
Racing Point Force India has been granted permission by the FIA to enter Formula 1, effectively replacing Force India ahead of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. Force India was put into administration prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix. During the summer break, a consortium of investors led by Lawrence Stroll – father of Williams driver […]
Bob Fernley has left his role as Force India deputy team principal with immediate effect following the Formula 1 team’s recent sale to a Lawrence Stroll-led consortium of investors. Fernley has served as the deputy team principal at the Silverstone outfit since Spyker was purchased by Vijay Mallya to become Force India in 2008. During […]
Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima seized a third consecutive win of the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship superseason, beating their team-mates in the #7 Toyota to victory at Silverstone. A stunning pair of qualifying laps from Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez meant that the #7 TS050 HYBRID started ahead of the #8. After […]
Jose Maria Lopez recorded the fastest time in second practice ahead of the World Endurance Championship’s Six Hours of Silverstone, propelling the #7 Toyota to top spot once again. After Mike Conway set the benchmark pace in the #7 TS050 HYBRID in FP1, Lopez picked up where his team-mate had left off and posted the […]