Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda wants the FIA to speed up its process of deciding the legality of a car or its components. Lauda pointed to several ongoing investigations involving issues with Ferrari which the Austrian believes are simply taking too much time to clarify. “There have been rumours about the smoke produced by the […]
Lewis Hamilton said that he wouldn’t have been able to pull off his historic pole position for the 2018 British Grand Prix if it wasn’t for the support from the home fans. It’s the sixth time in his F1 career that Hamilton has taken the top spot in qualifying for the event. That’s more than […]
Valtteri Bottas came very close to losing his podium finish in last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, Mercedes has revealed. “It’s fair to say that it was extremely marginal,” chief strategist James Vowles said in the team’s latest Pure Pitwall video presentation. “If the race had been a lap or two longer, we could have been […]
Red Bull tech boss Adrian Newey says Daniel Ricciardo will be hit with a grid penalty in Montreal next weekend following the Aussie’s MGU-K failure in Monaco. It was initially expected that Ricciardo’s MGU-K could be salvaged by Renault for the Canadian Grand Prix, but according to Newey that won’t be the case. “He will […]
Former F1 driver Martin Brundle offered a gloomy assessment of Kimi Raikkonen’s state of affairs, believing the Ferrari driver’s level of performance has maxed out. The Finn has repeatedly squandered this season good opportunities in qualifying to line up on the front row, while his race pace has also been by far inferior to that […]
Max Verstappen picked up his first win of the season with victory in the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix ahead of the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. It’s the first time that Red Bull has come out on top at the eponymous Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Red Bull’s delight had also been somewhat […]
Fernando Alonso topped the timesheet for Toyota at the Le Mans 24 Hours official test day which which enabled the Spaniard to enjoy his first experience of the Circuit de la Sarthe. The McLaren driver put himself and the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid on top at the outset, achieving the fastest lap in the morning […]
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has said that the sharp drop in form of the McLaren and Williams teams in recent seasons shows all too starkly that the sport is no respecter of history or reputation. McLaren’s illustrious record in F1 includes 12 drivers championships and eight team titles. But the last time that […]
Former Formula 1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella has dismissed criticism that his former Renault team mate Fernando Alonso causes more trouble than he’s worth. Fisichella raced alongside Alonso for two seasons in 2005 and 2006 and said that things could not have gone better between them. “We shared two very nice years together,” Fisichella told the […]
Daniel Ricciardo clocked in with the fastest lap in Friday’s first free practice session for this weekend’s German Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver led the field with a 1m13.525s lap achieved on Pirelli’s ultra-soft compound, edging Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by a small 0.004s margin and team mate Max Verstappen by 0.189s. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel […]