McLaren Formula 1 junior and Prema Racing’s Nyck de Vries topped the Formula 2 practice session in Monaco by 0.6 seconds from Nicholas Latifi. De Vries traded times with championship leader Lando Norris at the top of the standings in the opening 15 minutes. The two even made contact, as de Vries clipped the back […]
Formula 1’s annual trip to the Principality delivers a race invariably defined by small margins. In 2016, one hap-hazard pitstop proved the decisive factor at the Monaco Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo had to settle for second on a day in which the race results failed to tell the story. Throw the form guide into the […]
Sebastian Vettel has stated that last week’s Formula 1 test at the Circuit de Barcelona has provided Ferrari with “a couple of ideas” explaining it’s “weak” Spanish Grand Prix performance. After qualifying in third behind the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, Vettel finished fourth in the race. He was the only one […]
Thierry Neuville took the Rally Portugal lead after an attritional Friday in which only eight World Rally Championship cars completed the final two stages. Championship leader Sebastien Ogier crashed during the Viana do Castelo stage in the afternoon. Clipping a bank on the right, he damaged his steering and was unable to make the next […]
Toyota’s Ott Tanak leads Rally Portugal overnight after taking victory in Thursday’s superspecial stage at Lousada. Tanak, who claimed his third career win at the previous round in Argentina, completed the 3.3km stage in 2m34.3s. He competed against Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen in the penultimate heat. Championship leader Sebastien Ogier entered the stage in the final heat […]
Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has signed a three-year deal to race with Venturi in Formula E and will make his debut in season five (2018-19). Massa, who retired from F1 at the end of last season after being replaced at Williams by Sergey Sirotkin, has long been linked with a future in FE. The […]
Pirelli should bring a ‘racier’ spread of tyre compounds to Formula 1 weekends according to Spanish Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton. The reigning world champion secured his second win of the 2018 season last weekend. Hamilton utilised a one-stop strategy en route to securing victory by a winning margin of 20 seconds. He led all […]
The Formula 1 circus returned to its European heartland last weekend, as the Circuit de Barcelona played host to the Spanish Grand Prix. While his win at the previous race was a product of good fortune, Lewis Hamilton was back to his brilliant best in Spain. He led home a Mercedes one-two, commanding a 20 […]
Renault Formula 1 reserve driver Jack Aitken took a maiden Formula 2 victory in an incident-packed sprint race at the Circuit de Barcelona. Aitken took the lead heading into Turn 1, vaulting past polesitter Artem Markelov and second placed Sergio Sette Camara as the race started with damp conditions off the racing line. The ART […]
Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, leading the first Mercedes front-row lockout of the 2018 Formula 1 season. Fifth in Q1 and fourth in Q2, Hamilton delivered a 1:16.491s benchmark at the start of Q3 to grab provisional pole. Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen all made mistakes on their […]
Alexander Albon dominated qualifying to secure his second consecutive Formula 2 pole position for round three of the 2018 season at the Circuit de Barcelona. DAMS opted for an alternative approach to qualifying after traffic has proved difficult to manage in the opening stages. Albon, who held provisional pole after the first runs, along with team-mate […]
Lewis Hamilton topped the times in second practice ahead of the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen second and third. Hamilton held top spot for the majority of the session, after having posted a 1m18.259s on the soft tyre during the early runs. When switching to the supersoft […]