As Valtteri Bottas climbed onto the top step of a Formula 1 podium for the first time following Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we had witnessed the reason why Mercedes will triumph in its titanic duel with Ferrari. Before the race, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen had taken just four points fewer than […]
Valtteri Bottas took his maiden Formula 1 victory as he won the Russian Grand Prix ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Kimi Raikkonen completed the podium with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen a distant fourth and fifth. The race was far from a classic, with little overtaking and little variation in strategy from the frontrunners. However, it still provided […]
Three-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says Fernando Alonso’s decision to skip the Monaco Grand Prix in order to compete in the Indianapolis 500 is “difficult to understand.” The Spaniard, who currently trails championship leader Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales by 37 points after two rounds, was surprised by the news. “The decision on my side is difficult to understand […]
Key figures from across motorsport have joined fans in raising money for British Formula 4 driver Billy Monger, who was placed in an induced coma after a crash that resulted in the amputation of his lower legs. Monger was involved in a high-speed collision in the final F4 race of the weekend at Donington Park, leaving the British […]
Six rookies, which include Sean Gelael and Sergio Sirotkin, will join 16 of the current Formula 1 grid in this week’s two-day test in Bahrain. Bahrain Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel will test on the second day of testing, taking over from Antonio Giovinazzi who will drive on the opening day. 2016 GP2 champion Pierre Gasly will share […]
Prema Racing’s Charles Leclerc triumphed in a thrilling Formula 2 sprint race in Bahrain, with a last lap move on Russian Time’s Luca Ghiotto. Leclerc wrestled his way into the lead in the opening stages and built himself an eight-second lead before pitting onto fresh tyres with nine laps to go, an unorthodox strategy for […]
Motopark’s Joel Eriksson heads the European Formula 3 drivers’ championship after a thrilling opening weekend at Silverstone. Eriksson started his weekend with a fourth place finish in the opening race and he took his second ever victory in the series on Saturday after a bold move around the outside of Callum Illott at Brooklands. Incredibly he pulled […]
Nico Hulkenberg believes his qualifying lap for the Bahrain Grand Prix, was his greatest Saturday since his maiden Formula 1 pole position in Brazil in 2010. The Frenchman will line-up an impressive seventh for the second consecutive race after he set a 1m29.842s in qualifying, just over a second off pole position. Hulkenberg was over 1.2 seconds […]
Max Verstappen claims Williams Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa ‘ruined’ his qualifying lap for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen was fastest in final practice but could only manage sixth in qualifying, over a tenth slower than his Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo who will line-up fourth in tomorrow’s race. “Just before I wanted to prepare into the […]
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas beat team-mate Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Bottas set a 1m28.769s to claim his maiden pole, beating Hamilton by just 0.023 seconds. It marks the first time the Finn has beaten Hamilton in a qualifying session this season. Hamilton was faster of the two throughout […]
2017 marks the first year of the newly branded FIA Formula 2 Championship and the final year before a new generation of cars are introduced in 2018. Six rookies, which include 2016 GP3 champion Charles Leclerc and his title rivals Alexander Albon and Antonio Fuoco, join numerous championship returnees. Norman Nato, who will race for […]
McLaren will not be running its new rear wing in the Chinese Grand Prix, despite both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne testing it in the final practice session on Saturday morning. Despite opting against running it in the race, McLaren racing director Eric Boullier is confident a tweaked version of the design will be effective in Bahrain. “We actually ran […]