Azerbaijan feature race winner Alexander Albon was fastest in practice at the Circuit de Barcelona ahead of the third round of the 2018 Formula 2 season. Albon was fast throughout the session, topping the times after his first hotlap of the session despite losing 0.7 seconds in being held up by traffic in the final […]
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was fastest in an incident-packed opening practice for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. Drivers struggled for grip throughout the session, with low track temperatures and a conservative tyre allocation conspiring to make conditions difficult. Bottas was one of a number of drivers to spin in the opening stages. On the soft compound […]
Miami governing bodies have approved proposals to host Formula 1 races on the city streets, paving the way for a race to be held in October 2019. Meetings of the Miami Commissioners and the city’s Economic Development committee heard plans for the race on Thursday, unanimously voting in favour of the proposals and approving the […]
Renault’s Carlos Sainz Jr has confirmed that he is ‘definitely not comfortable’ with his Formula 1 car in 2018. After being loaned out of Toro Rosso by Red Bull to facilitate a move to Renault for the final four races of 2017, this season marks Sainz’s first full year with the team. Sainz currently sits […]
The Spanish Grand Prix has become a perpetual feature of the Formula 1 calendar, with this weekend’s 2018 edition continuing an unbroken streak of 31 years on the schedule. The venue, cars and stars may have changed significantly in that time, but the epic 1986 round could well share some similarities with this year’s race. […]
Stephane Sarrazin will return to Formula E for the final four races of the season, replacing Tom Blomqvist at Andretti. Sarrazin will partner Antonio Felix da Costa at the team which currently sits bottom of the FE teams’ standings on 20 points. Replacing Kamui Kobayashi after the first round of the 2018 season, Tom Blomqvist […]
LMP1 privateer Rebellion Racing topped the final practice session ahead of the World Endurance Championship’s season-opener at Spa-Francorchamps, with Neel Jani propelling the #1 car to first. Jani was the first driver out in the #1 car and immediately set the pace in the Rebellion-Gibson R-13. First setting a 1m57.617s, he proceeded to lower the […]
Red Bull’s chief engineer Paul Monaghan does not believe that next season’s increased fuel limit in Formula 1 will affect the competitive order. Along with key aerodynamic changes aimed at making overtaking easier in 2019, the FIA will raise the fuel limit for a race distance from 105kg to 110kg. The intention is to prevent drivers […]
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso was fastest in the opening practice session of his debut World Endurance Championship weekend at the Six Hours of Spa. Alonso led a Toyota one-two at the top of the timesheet in FP1 – the first session of the new WEC superseason. The #8 Toyota was first propelled […]
Luca Filippi will return to Formula E with NIO for the Berlin round, after having been replaced by the team for the previous race in Paris. Filippi made his debut in the series at the start of the 2017/18 season. Racing alongside Oliver Turvey at NIO, he scored points on his debut in Hong Kong, […]
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has suggested that his drive to seventh in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was one of the “best races” of his career. The McLaren driver limped back to the pitlane with punctured front and rear-right tyres after a collision with Williams rookie Sergey Sirotkin on the straight between Turns […]
Barmy Baku struck again. After a thrilling 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Formula 1 returned to its newest street circuit and once again delivered a box office spectacle. Lewis Hamilton rarely assumes underdog status but after falling to third place in the race and unable to match the speed shown by Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel […]