Haas team principal Gunther Steiner has highlighted the team’s need to expand it’s workforce in order to climb to the upper echelons of Formula 1’s competitive order. Haas, who first entered the sport back in 2016, is F1’s newest team and with less than 200 employees, is also one of the sport’s smallest outfits. When […]
Formula 2 championship leader Charles Leclerc topped practice ahead of round eight of the season at Spa-Francorchamps, despite enduring a truncated session as a result of a fire extinguisher issue. Leclerc’s 1m57.681s benchmark was set during the qualifying simulation runs at the start of the session before his fire extinguisher was activated at the bottom of […]
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has highlighted his belief that Sebastian Vettel would not be willing to share a team with him, as the ‘silly-season’ rumour mill continues to turn. Hamilton and Vettel – who share a combined total of seven world drivers’ championships – are currently embroiled in a titanic title tussle. As they enter the […]
Red Bull motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko has suggested that Sebastian Vettel will come back stronger following Formula 1’s summer break, and is therefore the favourite to claim the drivers’ championship title. After claiming four wins in the first half of the season, Vettel currently leads Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by 14 points at the head […]
A large contributory factor to why Formula 1 is so captivating is the emotion felt by the people involved. The paddock is the setting for a soap opera played out over 20 weekends per year, in which the drivers are the stars. An intense championship tussle is a fantastic catalyst to enhance the emotions that […]
In sport, it is possible to be a victim of your own success. Following a remarkable run, in which they claimed four consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ titles between 2010 and ‘13, it could be argued that Red Bull is now forging some supporting evidence to back up this cliche. A lot has changed, of course, […]
Everyone loves a plucky underdog. Formula 1 has seen its fair share of teams triumph in the face of adversity over the years, be it Olivier Panis taking Ligier to Monaco glory in 1996 or Brawn GP’s double championship success of 2009, salvaged from the ashes of the beleaguered Honda team. Due to their consistency, […]
Pirelli’s F1 chief Mario Isola has suggested that they are considering the introduction of a sixth tyre compound to the roster in 2018. As F1’s sole tyre supplier, Pirelli currently offer five slick compounds for use in dry weather conditions, with three of these selected for each event in accordance with expected and historical degradation […]
Williams is in a curious position in Formula 1’s current pecking order. It is easy to forget the near vertical development trajectory that took them from midfield minnows in 2013 to a 2014 campaign featuring nine podiums, along with a sensational front row lock-out to provide a real blast from the past. Rather than continuing […]
Amid speculation of an imminent split between Carlos Sainz Jr. and Toro Rosso, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hinted that the Spaniard could be available to rival teams if the price is right. Sainz has expressed his frustration in what he perceives as a lack of opportunities within the Red Bull programme, while […]
Ten races into a 2017 campaign, that has only seen a five point return for their efforts, Sauber driver Pascal Wehrlein has acknowledged that the team will focus on 2018 after the forthcoming summer break. The Swiss squad’s run of lacklustre form dates back to 2013, with the team unquestionably hampered by a lack of […]
Money is central to most sporting activities. Be it as a young racer aspiring to become the next Lewis Hamilton, or a Formula 1 team budgeting to make it through another season, finance is at the centre of it all. Similarly, the commercial elements of the sport are critical to its long term prospects. With […]