World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he was “way too hard on myself” during the early stages of his Formula 1 career, believing with hindsight that it was an unhealthy approach. Hamilton has taken six world titles and 84 wins, second only in both record tables to Michael Schumacher, but let Read more…
The 2020 Formula 1 World Championship will officially start in less than two weeks, and there are many expectations regarding the competitiveness of the Red Bull RB16 in Austria. The RB16, as we have seen during the February tests, looks set to be the main adversary to the Mercedes W11 Read more…
News that Mercedes engine chief Andy Cowell has agreed to leave the company after 16 years surprised the Formula 1 fraternity, and has understandably led to speculations as to where he might end up. One of the men behind the dominant power units of the hybrid generation would of course be valuable to any Read more…
Red Bull will return to the racetrack with a filming day for the 2020 car on Thursday, June 25 at Silverstone, it has been reported. Unlike several other teams, the energy drinks outfit are unable to run their 2018 car in an unrestricted test due to their switch away from Read more…
Lewis Hamilton has mainly spoken out on social media about racism in recent weeks and, by extension, a lack of diversity in Formula 1. Now he is launching a platform to actually do something about it. Together with the Royal Academy of Engineering he starts ‘The Hamilton Commission’, which aims Read more…
Racing Point shut down rumors that four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel may join the team, rebranded as Aston Martin, for the 2021 season. Of the 20 drivers who are set to compete in the 2020 Formula 1 season, the only one who is set to lose his ride after the Read more…
The streets of Maranello were closed off early on Thursday morning as Charles Leclerc drove Ferrari’s 2020 Formula 1 car on public highway. At around 06:30 Leclerc drove from the Officina Classiche – where the racing department used to be based – before crossing the Via Abetone Inferiore, which is Read more…
On Wednesday a storm erupted when Lewis Hamilton attacked Helmut Marko. The Brit had been pointed out a quote from the Austrian which he did not want, but in the end it turned out that this quote did not exist at all. The medium that put the quote on the Read more…
An unhappy internal atmosphere will plague Ferrari’s 2020 season, according to Zak Brown. McLaren supremo Brown will lose his driver Carlos Sainz to the Maranello team for 2021, with Ferrari having signed him to replace Sebastian Vettel. Vettel, however, will race in 2020. “I doubt there will be a great Read more…
In an attempt to reduce costs and create a fairer battle, more and more parts of Formula 1 will be standardized in the coming years. Although he does understand where this comes from, David Coulthard believes that the sport is playing a dangerous game with this. According to the Scotsman, Read more…