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 →
Ricciardo gets grid penalty for Brazilian GP
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 takes a stunning pole position at Singapore!
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 →
Sebastian Vettel fights back in Belgium!
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 →
Formula 1 Mid Season Review 2018 – Part Two
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 →
Red Bull opt for some extra ‘Gas’ next year
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 →
Fernando says “Adios” to Formula 1
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 →
Verstappen wins as Mercedes lose out in double DNF
Max Verstappen broke Red Bull's curse at their home grand prix as both pole sitter Bottas and points leader Hamilton failed to finish after reliability issues. It was surprising to see the Finn ahead of his teammate, but Bottas looked strong after qualifying, though he was jumped by Hamilton and Raikkonen after turn one. Verstappen... Continue Reading →
Vettel takes championship lead with dominant win in Canada
Sebastian Vettel lead from start to finish in a strong display at the Montreal circuit this weekend. Turn one was looking to be pretty spicy with Vettel, Bottas, Verstappen, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Ricciardo all in the mix, the only change however was Ricciardo getting ahead of Raikkonen. Just a few corners later a big crash... Continue Reading →