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Opportunism is a key attribute for any successful driver and not for the first time in the 2018 Formula 1 season, Lewis Hamilton was opportunistic in seizing a race victory. Max Verstappen seemed on course to claim a shock win at the Brazilian Grand Prix after tearing through the field from fifth on the grid […]
Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes one-two in the second practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, as he edged team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 0.003 seconds. Despite ending up sixth in the opening practice session, Bottas vaulted to the top of the times with a 1m08.846s on the third lap of his FP2 qualifying […]
Mexico Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen finished fastest in the opening practice session in Brazil, with Sebastian Vettel and newly re-crowned champion Lewis Hamilton less than a tenth adrift. Having topped all three practice sessions at the last race in Mexico City, Verstappen’s 1m09.011s benchmark propelled the Red Bull driver to the top of a […]
The Haas Formula 1 team has lost its appeal against Romain Grosjean’s disqualification from sixth-place in September’s Italian Grand Prix. Following a protest of the result was filed by Renault immediately after the race in Monza, the FIA stewards deemed that the floor on Grosjean’s Haas did not conform to the technical regulations. The reference plane […]
While Max Verstappen delivered a masterclass to claim victory at the Mexico Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton trundled home in an uninspiring but all-important fourth place finish. Hamilton sealed his fifth world drivers’ championship and, in a similar fashion to last year’s Mexico GP at which he clinched his fourth title, the race was far from […]
Sebastian Vettel has described his title defeat to Lewis Hamilton at the Mexico Grand Prix as a “horrible moment” after Ferrari “had it’s chances” throughout the 2018 season. Entering last weekend’s race with a 70 point deficit to Mercedes’ Hamilton, Vettel needed to win all three of the remaining races in order to stand a […]
Max Verstappen says that braking issues hindered his Mexico Grand Prix qualifying session, in which his team-mate Daniel Ricciardo beat him to pole position by 0.026 seconds. After having topped the timesheet in all three practice sessions, Verstappen entered qualifying as the favourite for pole. However, the 21-year-old – who was vying to become the youngest polesitter […]
Max Verstappen continued to dominate the Mexico Grand Prix weekend, leading another Red Bull one-two in FP2 while championship leader Lewis Hamilton could only manage seventh. Verstappen occupied first on the timesheet throughout much of the session. His initial 1m17.437s benchmark on the ultrasoft tyre proved to significantly outpace Ferrari and Mercedes’ hypersoft efforts. When […]
Red Bull dominated the opening practice session for the Mexico Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen topping the timesheet by half a second from team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez’s high altitude – and heightened emphasis on mechanical grip – has proven to favour Red Bull in the past, with Verstappen leading every lap en […]
Lewis Hamilton will have to wait another week before sealing his fifth world championship title, after Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen seized victory at the US Grand Prix. Ending a five and a half year wait for a win, Raikkonen vaulted ahead of Hamilton at the start of a race which evolved into a strategic tussle involving […]
Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two in US Grand Prix opening practice despite limited running on a damp track. After only completing an installation lap in the first half of the session, Hamilton was bottom of the timesheet having not set a representative time in the first 45-minutes. During a four-lap […]
Formula 2 championship leader and Mercedes junior George Russell will make his Formula 1 debut with Williams in 2019 after having signed a “multi-year deal” with the team. Joining the Mercedes junior programme ahead of the 2017 season, Russell won the GP3 championship on his first attempt last season. With one round of the F2 […]