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Lewis Hamilton has rejected an offer from Sebastian Vettel to discuss their controversial clash from Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Still feeling agitated after Vettel’s claims he brake-tested the German at Turn 15 before the second safety car restart, Hamilton claims he wants to do all of his talking on the race track. Hamilton told Motorsport.com: […]
Sebastian Vettel wants to discuss the events of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton after their controversial clash. On the second safety restart, Vettel hit the back of Hamilton’s Mercedes believing that the Briton brake-checked him, then proceeded to pull alongside to gesture Hamilton before running into the side of him. This prompted the […]
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas dubbed the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ‘crazy’ as he fought back from a lap down following a first-lap collision with Kimi Raikkonen to snatch a podium. Bottas’ race looked over as he was forced to limp back to the pits after sustaining a puncture in the clash with Raikkonen, but a succession of […]
Lance Stroll was happy to make it to Q3 for the second time this season, but felt he could have achieved more than eighth. After looking to be still slightly off the pace compared to Felipe Massa, Stroll pulled a quick lap out of the bag and out-qualified his vastly experienced team-mate for the first […]
Valtteri Bottas has said he expects a good race after losing out on pole position to team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Given the practice pace from both Mercedes on Friday, the turnaround in pace had certainly reshaped their weekend. After being out-qualified by Hamilton in all but two race weekends thus far, […]
Valtteri Bottas topped the third practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen whose team-mate Sebastian Vettel was grounded in the garage for a large portion of the session. Bottas was quickest with a 1m42.742s, just 0.095 seconds ahead of Raikkonen and 0.416s in front of his Mercedes team-mate […]
In light of recent complaints from the drivers when it comes to lapping traffic, changes to the blue flag rules have been made ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. There was a rule change to blue flags ahead of the 2017 season, the gap between the trigger points for the drivers to recieve a blue […]
Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says that long-term changes for the sport are the main priority for Liberty Media. Once the takeover of the commercial rights was completed in January, Carey quickly put into place his management structure with Sean Bratches and Ross Brawn helping oversee the handling of the sport. Carey admits the task […]
Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul has said the team are prepared to power a fourth outfit for 2018, should a team be looking for a new supplier. As the French manufacturer continues to grow its team after the takeover of the Enstone base, formerly under the Lotus guise, Renault claims they are capable of […]
Renault has moved to play down the speculation Robert Kubica could be in line for a potential seat in 2018, this comes after a recent lengthy trouble-free test in Valencia. Since the news broke that the Pole would be driving a 2012 car around the Ricardo Tormo circuit, rumours began to spread quickly as […]
Force India team owner Vijay Mallya could change the name of the team to try and attract more sponsors. Just before the first race of the 2017 season, Force India announced a raft of new sponsors, most notably the BWT water company who’s colours have changed the VJM10 into a bright pink. Mallya bought the […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen says he is ‘tired’ of the reliability issues which continue to plague his 2017 season. On lap 11 of 70, while trying to stay ahead of Valtteri Bottas, Verstappen’s car completely cut out on the exit of Turn 2, leaving the Dutchman stranded on the side of the circuit. “I was […]