Kimi Raikkonen’s race engineer Dave Greenwood has left Ferrari and Formula 1 in favour of the new Manor LMP1 project in the World Endurance Championship. Having been chief engineer at Marussia since 2012, Greenwood vacated the role to join Ferrari ahead of the ’15 season. He spent his three years at Maranello serving as Raikkonen’s […]
McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes Honda is now working the Formula 1 way as it looks to reduce the deficit in its power unit performance. Following three years in which the team finished no higher than sixth in the constructors’ championship and failed to secure a single podium finish, McLaren split from power unit suppliers […]
Sport doesn’t always provide the exact narrative craved by fans. A promising race can be anti-climatic and end without the showpiece battle for the lead that viewers crave. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel emerged early as 2017’s title contenders. Two drivers considered by many to be the greatest of their generation would finally deliver the […]
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has suggested that the team had a chassis capable of podiums in 2017, despite finishing ninth in the Formula 1 constructors’ standings. The season proved to be the third and last of McLaren’s partnership with power unit supplier Honda, as the Japanese marque failed to deliver performance rivaling that of […]
After taking his third Formula 1 race win on Sunday evening in Abu Dhabi, Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was asked to describe his 2017 season in one word. His choice was “disappointing.” At face value, the assessment is a curious one. This was Bottas’ breakthrough season, as he was parachuted into Mercedes in place of world […]
McLaren Formula 1 junior Nyck de Vries will compete for the 2018 Formula 2 title at Prema Racing, as the team completes their driver line-up. This season was de Vries’ rookie campaign in F2. Initially driving for Rapax, he made a mid-season switch to Racing Engineering. The 22-year-old claimed his maiden F2 victory in the […]
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas has suggested that a ‘relaxed’ mindset during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend helped him to earn his third Formula 1 victory at the 2017 season finale. After having secured a second consecutive pole position on Saturday, Bottas controlled the race from the front. He managed a relentless race-long pursuit by team-mate […]
Charles Leclerc sealed victory in the final Formula 2 race of the season, passing Alexander Albon on the final lap of the sprint race in Abu Dhabi. Despite Leclerc’s victory delivering 15 points for Prema, Russian Time secured the team’s championship title for the first time since their GP2 crown in 2013. After climbing to […]
McLaren Formula 1 reserve driver Lando Norris will compete in Formula 2 next season, driving for the returning Carlin team. Norris, who won the European Formula 3 championship with the Carlin squad this season, will partner current F2 driver Sergio Sette Camara at the team. Having been associated with Carlin ever since claiming the 2015 […]
Oliver Rowland claimed his third victory of the year in the final Formula 2 feature race of the 2017 season, beating polesitter Artem Markelov in Abu Dhabi. F2 champion Charles Leclerc seemed destined for his ninth podium of the season but was bizarrely beaten to the line by Antonio Fuoco after slowing just yards from […]
Valtteri Bottas claimed his fourth Formula 1 pole position to lead a Mercedes front row lock-out for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Bottas earned his second consecutive pole in dramatic fashion after a session-long duel with his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Despite having been beaten by Bottas in the opening segment of qualifying, Hamilton recovered to […]
Lewis Hamilton led team-mate Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes topped the timesheet in final practice ahead of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Having topped the FP2 timesheet on Friday, Hamilton repeated the form in FP3. His 1m37.627s was set on the second timed lap of his final run, as the ultra-soft tyres managed to […]