Formula One driver Romain Grosjean appears to have escaped without serious injury after his car crashed and burst into flames moments after the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. The 34-year-old French driver slid off track on the first lap and his Haas car burst into flames after Read more…
Alfa Romeo reserve driver Robert Kubica will fill in for Kimi Raikkonen in the first practice session of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Kubica has already ran in three FP1 sessions so far this season – namely at the Red Bull Ring, the Hungaroring and Silverstone. In a statement, Kubica said he Read more…
53 percent of F1 fans believe Sebastian Vettel is the best driver of his generation, a poll conducted by Formula1News.co.uk has found. Lewis Hamilton, who has matched and broken a number of all-time F1 records this season, received 31 percent of the vote. Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen were the only other Read more…
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he is not a big supporter of the triple-headers scheduled for 2021. On the new calendar, Formula 1 will race six times in seven weeks. The first of these two triple-headers will come directly after the summer break. Spa-Francorchamps, Zandvoort and Monza will follow Read more…
It is not unusual for the best paid Formula 1 drivers to own a private jet. We also see team bosses and former Formula 1 drivers quite often with their own jet. For example, Max Verstappen regularly flies along with David Coulthard in his private jet. But now he thought it was time to have his Read more…
Lewis Hamilton has his seventh world title in his pocket and can therefore sit down quietly with Toto Wolff. Where the team boss of Mercedes has announced that he will stay another year, for Hamilton that is not yet entirely certain. Everyone is assuming that Lewis will extend his contract with Mercedes Read more…
Lewis Hamilton has insisted that he is only just getting started after he created history at the Turkish Grand Prix, where he won a record-equalling seventh world title, drawing level with the great Michael Schumacher. Lewis Hamilton has now joined the legendary Michael Schumacher on winning 7 drivers’ championship titles, ahead of Read more…
Pirelli is investigating rear tire vibrations suffered by Lewis Hamilton during the last Formula 1 race at Imola and has confirmed the cause of Max Verstappen’s failure. Red Bull driver Verstappen suffered a rear right tire failure 12 laps from the end of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix two weeks ago, Read more…
Former F1 world champion Jenson Button believes Lewis Hamilton will keep cruising to titles unless Mercedes installs a more competitive teammate to drive alongside him. Hamilton is eyeing off world championship No. 7 this year and is 85 points clear of comrade Valtteri Bottas in the drivers’ standings. Barring any Read more…
Bernie Ecclestone thinks Liberty Media could be shaping up to sell Formula 1. The American company took over the sport in 2017, having bought it for some $4.6 billion. Ecclestone, who turned 90 recently, was ousted as CEO. Now headed by Chase Carey but with Stefano Domenicali to take over Read more…