In a closely fought Monaco qualifying battle, Kimi Raikkonen took his first pole position since the 2008 French Grand Prix. Raikkonen claimed his first pole in 128 races with a 1m12.178s ahead of Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel who missed out on the top spot by just 0.043s. Valtteri Bottas qualified third, just 0.045s adrift of a […]
Championship leader Sebastian Vettel topped the final practice session ahead of Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Vettel set a 1m12.395s, which was over three-tenths quicker than Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen who ended the session with the second fastest time. Valtteri Bottas completed the top three for Mercedes with his team-mate Lewis Hamilton in fifth place. Hamilton […]
McLaren junior Nyck de Vries has been handed a three-place grid penalty after impeding Ferrari junior Antonio Fuoco in qualifying for Formula 2’s feature race in Monaco. The Dutchman qualified in eighth place but was already scheduled to drop three places after he received a penalty for causing a collision in the sprint race in […]
Three-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton admits a lot of ‘studying’ is needed after a difficult opening day in Monaco. Hamilton topped the opening practice session, two-tenths clear of championship leader Sebastian Vettel. However, he suffered a significant downturn in form in the second session, over 1.1 seconds adrift of Vettel. The British driver was […]
Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull has the pace to make it a three-way fight in this Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix, following a promising couple of practice sessions. Ricciardo ended FP2 in second place on the timesheets, just under half a second adrift of pacesetter Sebastian Vettel and nearly six tenths faster than the leading Mercedes […]
Following a difficult pair of practice sessions in Monaco, Lance Stroll says he is struggling with the same corners in real life as he does when he is playing Formula 1 games on his PlayStation. The Canadian lost control of his Williams at the top of the hill at Massenet, sliding into the barriers in […]
Championship leader Joel Eriksson won the opening European Formula 3 race at Pau, holding off McLaren junior Lando Norris to take his third victory of the season. Eriksson seized the lead on the opening lap, as he wrestled past Carlin’s Norris through Turn 1 and passed polesitter Callum Ilott when the British driver hit the […]
Sebastien Buemi was fastest in the opening practice session ahead of the Paris ePrix. The Frenchman was quickest with a 1m01.998s and was the only man to set a 200kW lap. Jose Maria Lopez was an impressive second, 0.717 seconds adrift of the championship leader on his 170kW lap. Lopez recovered well from a trip […]
Codemasters has revealed classic cars will return to the official Formula 1 game this August in the seventh instalment of their series; F1 2017. Classic cars were last featured in F1 2013, with five cars from the 1980s and six from the 1990s. It received a positive critical reception from fans and critics alike. However, […]
Pascal Wehrlein says he drove every lap like it was ‘qualifying’ in the closing stages of the Spanish Grand Prix as he aimed to hold onto what would be Sauber’s first points of the season. Wehrlein was running in seventh place following multiple casualties and a pitstop under the virtual safety car. However, he received […]
Prema Racing’s Charles Leclerc made it two wins from two, with a dominating drive in the opening Formula 2 race of the Barcelona weekend. The Monegasque driver led from pole position and triumphed in a closely fought wheel to wheel battle with Luca Ghiotto in the opening stages. The decisive event proved to be when […]
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton took his third pole position of the season at Barcelona ahead of his championship leader Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton topped all three sessions and beat Vettel, who recovered well from mechanical issues in both FP3 and Q1. Hamilton took pole with a 1m19.149s, just 0.051seconds ahead of the German. The second […]