Charles Leclerc stormed to pole position for the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix from his Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. The young Ferrari driver set a new lap record around the Bahrain International Circuit with a time of 1m27.866 to secure his first ever pole position in Formula... Continue Reading →
It has been learnt that Williams Formula 1 chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has taken “a leave of absence”, just over a week until the start of the 2019 World Championship. The former Mercedes technical director has had his future at the team put under scrutiny after production delays meant the 2019 car missed two... Continue Reading →
Alexander Albon has today been announced as a Toro Rosso driver the forthcoming 2019 Formula 1 campaign. Albon finished the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship in third place, behind eventual champion George Russell and Lando Norris – both of whom will also be on the F1 grid next season with Williams and McLaren respectively. Albon... Continue Reading →
Daniel Ricciardo’s difficult season continues as he takes yet another grid penalty for this weekends Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Ricciardo will get his sixth turbo of the season and will therefore drop 10-places on the grid from wherever he qualifies on Saturday afternoon. This season has been one to forget for the Australian with... Continue Reading →
Lewis Hamilton took another crucial step in the championship as he produced the lap of the season ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen. It seemed that Mercedes were going to struggle in qualifying compared to Red Bull and Ferrari but Hamilton produced a stunning 1:36.0 on his first Q3 run to take his 79th pole... Continue Reading →
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel dominated the Belgium Grand Prix to cut the gap to 17 points in the championship! Hamilton led from the start into La Source but down the Kemmel Straight, Vettel slip-streamed the Mercedes to take the lead. All of this was overshadowed by a huge crash involving Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg and Charles... Continue Reading →
The 2018 Formula 1 World Championship has thrown up some cracking moments so far, from controversial clashes to great races with some great overtakes! Ferrari has got closer to the ever-dominant Mercedes and Red Bull have also cropped up with some race wins in the first half of the season. But which drivers have impressed,... Continue Reading →
After the announcement that Daniel Ricciardo would move to the works Renault team for 2019, it left his seat open for one lucky driver to take. And after a couple of weeks, it has been announced that Red Bull Junior driver and Torro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly will move up to the senior team for... Continue Reading →
Today, after seventeen years of competing in Formula 1, two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso has announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2018 season. There’s no doubting that the Spanish racing driver has found the last few seasons in Formula 1 troublesome to say the least, with the McLaren-Honda relationship not... Continue Reading →
