Carlin’s Sergio Sette Camara topped the timesheet in a tricky Formula 2 practice in Azerbaijan, while Luca Ghiotto was second. With F2 practice being the first session on track this weekend, the Baku City Circuit was very dusty at the beginning of the session. While the track evolved during the 40 minutes, the entire session […]
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo has denied rumours that he has spoken to Ferrari regarding a potential contract for the 2019 Formula 1 season. Speculation emerged from Italian media earlier in the week suggesting that the six-time race winner had advanced talks with Ferrari and was being lined up to replace Kimi Raikkonen at the team […]
Formula 1’s inaugural trip to Baku in 2016 delivered an unexpectedly unspectacular race. One year later, the ‘17 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a modern classic. Featuring three safety cars, a red flag, inter-team and intra-team rivalries reaching flashpoints and a four-time world champion deliberately driving into a three-time world champion, the race was littered with […]
Formula 1 was at its enthralling best as the Chinese Grand Prix delivered box office action and an unexpected winner to blow the championship battle wide open. Daniel Ricciardo demonstrated his supreme race craft after Red Bull rolled the dice by making a second pitstop during a mid-race safety car. While Ferrari and Mercedes had […]
Fernando Alonso has said that despite finishing seventh to secure “great points” in Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix, McLaren is “not quick enough” at present. Both Alonso and team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne were eliminated from qualifying at the Q2 stage on Saturday. From 13th on the grid, Alonso recovered to score points in the race, finishing […]
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo has praised the team for his Chinese Grand Prix victory after his mechanics completed a late engine change with minutes to spare before Saturday’s qualifying session. Ricciardo’s win from sixth on the grid followed an turbo failure within the final 30 minutes of the final practice session on Saturday morning. The […]
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo snatched victory in a thrilling Chinese Grand Prix while early race leader and pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel tangled with Max Verstappen and finished eighth. A safety car for debris on lap 32 of 56 allowed the two Red Bull’s and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen to switch to from the favoured one-stop to a […]
DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird claimed victory in Formula E’s inaugural Rome ePrix as suspension failure for pole-sitter Felix Rosenqvist removed him from contention. Running second behind Rosenqvist during the first half of the race, Bird inherited the lead when the Mahindra driver hit the Turn 18 kerb to break his right-rear suspension shortly after […]
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has labelled the engine change completed on Daniel Ricciardo’s car between FP3 and qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix as “miraculous.” Ricciardo suffered a turbo failure with 25 minutes remaining in the final hour-long practice session. The team had two hours between sessions to change Ricciardo’s power unit in […]
Felix Rosenqivst finished top of the timesheet in a truncated second practice session ahead of Formula E’s inaugural Rome ePrix, after Alex Lynn crashed for the second consecutive session. Mahindra’s Rosenqvist hit the front after his first run, initially edging reigning champion Lucas di Grassi by 0.011 seconds. With a third of the session remaining, […]
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo felt as though he had “killed” the ultrasoft tyre by the end of the first sector during practice for the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix. Pirelli has brought the ultrasoft tyre to China this year for the first time. The front-limited nature of the circuit, which places a significant strain on […]
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the second practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix, with the top four cars on the timesheet separated by 0.108 seconds. Rain was forecasted for the session but only arrived at the circuit within the final 10 minutes, curtailing the teams long run work but not affecting the qualifying […]