W Series has split opinion since its launch last year, but as the countdown to its opening race continues, the opportunities on offer remain its focus. When the new, all-female W Series was announced back in October, it immediately became one of the most divisive topics in motorsport discourse. The concept of a racing championship […]
A study is under way in Finland to evaluate the feasibility of hosting a Formula 1 Grand Prix in the country, ostensibly at future MotoGP circuit KymiRing.A press conference was held on Wednesday to outline that 80 per cent of KymiRing, located around 130km North East of the capital Helsinki, has now been built. The […]
Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has been discharged from hospital in Vienna following treatment for influenza. The Mercedes non-executive chairman underwent a lung transplant in August of last year and has been recuperating since, but was taken ill while on holiday in Ibiza earlier this month. Lauda was admitted to Vienna General Hospital […]
Red Bull Racing’s switch to Honda power for 2019 has rekindled designer Adrian Newey’s motivation according to the energy drink’s motorsport boss Helmut Marko.Newey was the chief architect of the Milton Keynes-base team’s outstanding period of success between 2010 and 2013, when Red Bull won four consecutive team and driver titles. Thereafter, the design […]
Pierre Gasly says he has no intention of serving as Max Verstappen‘s number-two driver after swapping Toro Rosso for Red Bull in 2019. The Frenchman’s graduation comes as a result of Daniel Ricciardo‘s move to Renault, the Australian having reportedly grown concerned over Verstappen’s increased standing in the team. Gasly has been under the Red Bull umbrella since […]
Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time Formula One champion Michael, has reportedly linked up with the Ferrari driver academy.Schumacher, 19, will spend 2019 racing in Formula 2 – the final feeder category before F1 – with leading Italian team Prema. The BBC has reported sources close to Ferrari have confirmed the deal that will see Schumacher undertake two […]
Robert Kubica believes the experience he will bring to Williams will have a major impact on its attempts to recover from 2018, on top of his driving performances.Williams finished bottom of the constructors’ championship last season with just seven points to its name, 26 adrift of Toro Rosso in ninth place. The team struggled with […]
Max Verstappen’s progress has moved him clear of his ex-Formula 1 team-mate Daniel Ricciardo in both qualifying and race trim, according to Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko.Verstappen and Ricciardo were broadly equal in their time together at Red Bull from early 2016 to the end of last year, although Verstappen enjoyed a more impressive ’18 campaign overall. He matched Ricciardo, […]
The Dutchman had developed a mature form over the last season and lost his cool when backmarker Ocon impeded his sure win race and caused a collision during the final laps of the Brazilian GP. He confronted Ocon during the post-race weigh-in and the Frenchman is said to have provoked Verstappen. They handed him a […]
While there’s no way to know the level of performance Robert Kubica will reach in his full racing return with Williams, Paddy Lowe says the ‘proper driver’ is already having a positive impact on the team.“It’s really been terrific to have him working with us already, and he’s a great team member,” Lowe told […]
Lewis Hamilton’s dominance in Formula 1 has long been debated. Does his dominance stem more from his car or more from his skills? Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s Lewis Hamilton won his fifth career Formula 1 championship in the 2018 season, propelling him into a second place tie on the all-time Formula 1 championships list with Juan Manuel Fangio, […]
Mick Schumacher is in no hurry to make it to Formula 1, according to family friend and long-time junior formula team owner Nicolas Todt, as the teenaged prodigy is determined to leave a lasting impression on the pinnacle of motorsport, rather than make a fleeting visit. Schumacher – son of F1 legend Michael – was […]
Niki Lauda is set to spend more time in hospital than previously expected after contracting pneumonia, according to reports in Austria. The three-time world champion returned to Vienna General Hospital recently after suffering with flu at his family home in Ibiza. Lauda was hospitalised for much of the second half of 2018 after falling ill […]
McLaren F1 Team’s Zak Brown still believes the decision to move to Renault Sport power at the end of the 2017 season is the correct choice, despite the teams disappointing 2018 season.McLaren ended their three year engine partnership with Honda in 2017 as they aimed to move up the grid in 2018 by becoming Renault customers. The team improved to sixth […]
A doctor has said he believes Michael Schumacher was at a higher risk of suffering a traumatic brain injury when he injured himself skiing.The former Formula 1 champion has not been seen in public since he suffered a severe head injury while skiing at the Meribel resort in the French Alps on December 29, 2013. […]
Alan Baldwin Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Ferrari are set to replace Formula One team boss Maurizio Arrivabene with technical head Mattia Binotto after failing to win any titles last year, Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Monday.The sports daily, in a front-page story, said a formal announcement could come by the end of the day. […]
Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda is back in hospital in his native Austria, suffering complications from flu. Austria’s Oesterreich news site reports that the 69-year-old Lauda — who underwent a lung transplant last August — was flown to a hospital in Vienna from the Spanish island of Ibiza. Although Oesterreich cites sources as saying that Lauda is […]
For Robert Kubica, returning to Formula 1 after nearly a decade’s absence was the easy part. Staying there beyond 2019 will be a tougher challenge.”Returning to Formula 1 will not be easy,” the 34-year-old told Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska. “One of the biggest and most difficult challenges in my career is in front of me. […]
Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to Michael Schumacher on his 50th birthday, saying the seven-time Formula 1 world champion’s legacy “will last forever”. Only Schumacher stands above Hamilton in terms of drivers’ titles and grand prix victories as the Briton embarks on a run of success emulating Schumacher’s early 2000s run with Ferrari. Mercedes have matched Ferrari’s […]
Fueled by his desire to stand out from the crowd of plain white helmets, Ayrton Senna experimented with a number of helmet designs before settling on the bright yellow one with the green and blue tripes that became his signature. The winning combination came from Sid Mosca, founder of Sid Special Paint, in 1979. He had entered the […]
The perfect Formula 1 car met the perfect driver in 1978. We’ve celebrated their union, one that produced a world championship for Mario Andretti and the pioneering Lotus 79 chassis, with immense pride ever since. The man who delivered that title for America both loves and laments that fact. Arguably the greatest driver of all […]
Carlos Sainz Jr. has admitted his previous experience in rally-car driving has made him a “more complete driver”, allowing him to shine in Formula One.Sainz was rewarded with a seat at McLaren in 2019, after impressing last season at Renault. His father, Carlos Sainz Snr. is a two-time World Rally champion, and Sainz Jr. has filmed numerous rally-driving with […]
The seven-time world champion will turn 50 on Thursday but his millions of fans are none the wiser as to what the German superstar’s state of health is.LONDON – The radio silence surrounding the status of stricken Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is totally understandable, his mentor at Benetton and Ferrari Ross Brawn told Press Association Sport on Wednesday. The […]
Experience has taught Lewis Hamilton to finish the 2018 season as strongly as possible in order to try and carry momentum into the next year. Hamilton’s fifth drivers’ world championship was wrapped up at the Mexican Grand Prix, and on the previous two occasions he’d secured the title early he had failed to win another […]
Lewis Hamilton reached a “surreal level” in 2018 that was similar to how Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna changed the “reference” for Formula 1 drivers, says Ross Brawn.Hamilton wrapped up a fifth world title this year with a season that featured a joint-personal best tally of 11 wins from 21 races, despite increased opposition from […]
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport have been nothing short of dominant during the V6 turbo hybrid era of Formula 1. Will their dominance finally end in the 2019 season? Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport are set to enter the 2019 Formula 1season as five-time reigning constructor champions, as they have won the construction championship in each of the five seasons […]
Daniel Ricciardo admits he reached a point where he “didn’t care” about his statistical deficit to Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen in the 2018 Formula 1 campaign. Ricciardo finished two places and 79 points worse off than the Dutchman this year after a somewhat bizarre campaign. Ricciardo took victories in two of the first six races of 2018 […]
If Formula 1’s future regulations aren’t in phase with Red Bull’s expectations, the company could leave Grand Prix racing and support an Aston Martin Valkyrie-based effort at Le Mans. Red Bull Racing will enjoy the works support of Honda for the next two seasons, with its future beyond 2020 dependent on the partnership’s results, but […]
Renault managing director Cyril Abiteboul says the cost of winning in Formula 1 needs to come down in future years if his team is to continue to view the sport as a viable project. F1’s owners Liberty Media want to impose a cost cap in the future as well as restructure the distribution of funds […]
Any of the top drivers in F1 could have won the driver’s title if they had Lewis Hamilton’s car, says Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.The British driver took home his fifth world title this year, having won the title four out of the last five seasons. Hamilton is now on track to meet or succeed Michael […]
Michael Schumacher has been hailed as one of the “founding fathers” of Formula 1’s modern-day dominators Mercedes by team principal Toto Wolff. The seven-time world champion returned to F1 in 2010 with the newly formed Silver Arrows squad, before departing in 2012 to make way for Lewis Hamilton. Schumacher failed to add to his record 91 […]
Niki Lauda has revealed how touched he was to receive a handwritten letter from Sebastian Vettelwishing him well as he recovered from a lung transplant. Lauda returned home this week after months of rehabilitation in Vienna General Hospital and a specialist clinic. Lauda was taken ill while on holiday in Spain and doctors estimated he had […]
Robert Kubica has responded to claims from Sebastian Vettel that he had “mixed feelings” about the Pole’s return to Formula 1 in 2019. The Ferrari driver had pointed out that Kubica’s comeback at the age of 34 could block opportunities for younger drivers trying to make it to F1. Esteban Ocon and Sergey Sirotkin were those to lose out on […]
Christian Horner believes Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen have formed Red Bull’s strongest-ever driver pairing in F1.Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes the pairing of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen has been the best driver line-up his team has ever had in Formula 1. Ricciardo and Verstappen became teammates at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, when the Dutchman was fast-tracked into […]
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown is confident any role for Fernando Alonso in next year’s Formula 1 project will not undermine Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. Alonso is committed to another attempt at the Indianapolis 500 alongside the Rolex 24 and the remaining rounds of the World Endurance Championship in 2019. Although the Spaniard remains […]
McLaren do not regret their “expensive” $100m split from Honda, insists the team’s chairman, despite it not improving their form in 2018. After three years of struggles with the Japanese manufacturer, McLaren decided to break their contract as their slump showed no signs of slowing and switching to become a Renault customer for 2018. In […]
Lewis Hamilton has upset his hometown of Stevenage in England by referring to it as the “slums.” The five-time Formula 1 world champion made the comments while on stage at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, where he finished second behind Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas. The 33-year-old driver was describing the […]
Exhibition will be held by Ferrari at their Maranello headquarters from January 3 The display will open to coincide with Michael Schumacher’s 50th birthday It is set to feature photographs and mementos of his time at Ferrari Schumacher remains hidden from the public following a skiing accident in 2013 Ferrari will celebrate Michael Schumacher’s 50th […]
Sebastian Vettel has not visited his former mentor and friend Michael Schumacher since the F1 legend’s skiing fall and brain injuries in 2013.He said he misses the sort of advice his German countryman gave him while at Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel is the second-most successful Ferrari F1 driver of all time behind Schumacher.PHOTO BY MOTORSPORT IMAGES-LAT “Michael spent many years at […]
A Mexican government official has moved to refute comments attributed to her that claimed the Mexican Grand Prix returned due to bribes and corruption.Ana Gabriela Guevara, the newly appointed head of Mexico’s National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE), was quoted by France’s AutoHebdo as saying there are more important things in Mexico than […]