Mercedes protégé George Russell believes Formula 1 would ideally require two additional teams to make up the numbers and offer more opportunities for young drivers. Russell, the current leader of the FIA Formula 2 championship, is targeting an F1 drive for 2019, but a scarcity of available seats has complicated his situation. Just like Force…
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton bounced back from a lacklustre final practice to clinch pole position for Sunday’s United States Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel was second fastest in qualifying, but the Ferrari driver will have a three-place grid penalty demoting him to fifth place for the start of tomorrow’s race. That means Kimi Raikkonen will be on…
It’s an understandably despondent Daniel Ricciardo that will be leaving Mexico City this evening, the unwilling victim on Sunday of his eighth DNF of the season! The Aussie has a good reason to be livid and wipe his signature smile from his face after dropping out of the Mexican Grand Prix with ten laps to…
The Haas F1 Team has confirmed that newly signed test driver Pietro Fittipaldi will also be their de facto reserve driver in 2019. The 22-year-old Miami-born Brazilian will attend all of next year’s Grand Prix races, on hand and ready to take over in the event that either Romain Grosjean or Kevin Magnussen are unable…
The Mercedes team is planning to run its controversial wheel rim design for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It will be the first time that Mercedes have run spacers featuring little holes that help cool the rear wheels since Japan. Click Here: Newcastle United Shop Rivals had been rumoured to be planning an official…
A Tokyo court denied on Tuesday an appeal from Carlos Ghosn to be granted bail, a decision that will likely keep the Renault boss in detention until early March. Ghosn was arrested in Japan in November on charges of financial fraud, with the former Nissan chairman accused of understating his income with the automotive group…
Patience will likely be a virtue for McLaren’s die-hard fans in light of the five-year recovery plan delivered by CEO Zak Brown to the team’s shareholders. It’s been slim pickings for McLaren since 2012 and the Brazilian Grand Prix , when Jenson Button brought the Woking-based outfit its 182nd and last F1 win. The performance…
Adding yet another voice to the growing chorus of European activists and government officials who oppose the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the U.S. and EU, the president of the German Bundestag, or parliament, has threatened to vote against the so-called “trade” agreement due to its lack of transparency and democratic legitimacy. “I…
Renault chassis technical director Nick Chester says the French outfit’s R.S.19 has the pace to lead F1’s midfield, an assertion the team will work to prove in the next few races. With a pair of seventh-place finishes shared between drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo in Australia and China and a double DNF in Bahrain,…
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