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Sebastian Vettel is just one serious incident away from a race ban after “dangerously” re-joining the circuit in front of Lance Stroll during the Italian Grand Prix. Running fourth at the time in his Ferrari, Vettel made a mistake and spun at the Ascari chicane. With the chasing pack close by, Vettel kept the rear […]
Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly are set to start at the back of the grid as they will both take engine penalties at the Italian Grand Prix. Honda debuted the Spec 4 engine at the last race in Belgium, with the upgrade given to Daniil Kvyat and Alex Albon. The new engine wasn’t raced though […]
Daniel Ricciardo has been handed a three-place grid penalty for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix after he reversed into the side of Daniil Kvyat, which ultimately saw the pair retire. The Renault driver was attempting an overtake into turn three on the Toro Rosso for 10th, failing to slow down enough to make the corner. […]
Daniil Kvyat refuses to believe that he was at fault for the first-lap accident between his Toro Rosso and the two McLaren’s during the Chinese Grand Prix. The three drivers came together on the exit of Turn 6. Lando Norris had run wide onto the kerb on the exit in his McLaren, while his team-mate […]
Charles Leclerc was denied his first Formula 1 victory in Bahrain after an engine problem saw him fall from the lead to third in the dying stages. Starting from pole position, Leclerc lost out to Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas on the first lap. With more pace than either Bottas and Vettel, he quickly found his […]
Carlos Sainz Jr was the first retirement in the Formula 1 2019 season-opener, as his McLaren stopped with an MGU-K failure in the Australian Grand Prix. The retirement came on lap 11, initially with smoke appearing from the rear of the Renault-powered McLaren. As fire took hold, the Spaniard pulled over in the entry to […]
Valtteri Bottas has labelled Max Verstappen’s driving ‘not fair’ after the two tangled in a battle for third during the latter stages of the Italian Grand Prix. The collision happened as Bottas was attacking the Red Bull in the closing stages of the race. Having made his pitstop considerably later, after holding up Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen […]
Fernando Alonso has questioned how Nico Hulkenberg could have misjudged his braking by such a big margin, causing the dramatic first corner accident at the Belgian Grand Prix. Reminiscent of Romain Grosjean’s crash at Spa in 2012, Alonso’s McLaren was launched into the air and above Charles Leclerc’s Sauber at the hairpin La Source, removing […]
Valtteri Bottas has given clarification on comments made after the race by Toto Wolff, which inferred he was the team’s number two driver. Bottas retained his second place after everyone had pitted by virtue of a slow pitstop by Ferrari for Sebastian Vettel saw him come out of the pitlane behind the Finn. On newer […]
Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz have escaped penalty from their collision during the British Grand Prix. The pair collided at Copse corner that led to both cars suffering terminal damage and caused a second safety car period. With Sainz slightly ahead of Grosjean on the outside line, Grosjean’s Haas understeered into the side of the […]
Lewis Hamilton has declared the Austrian Grand Prix as the ‘worst weekend I can remember’ after the Mercedes driver retired from the race with a mechanical problem. Hamilton had a good start, overtaking team-mate Valtteri Bottas into Turn 1, despite being split by a fast-starting Kimi Raikkonen who then went wide. The race turned for […]
Niki Lauda and Lewis Hamilton were both critical of the five-second time penalty issued to Sebastian Vettel for colliding with Valtteri Bottas in the first corner of the French Grand Prix. Boxed in by the two Mercedes drivers starting on the front row, Vettel left his braking too late into the first corner, hitting the left-rear […]