Not too many drivers go from one-make national racing to getting a call up to test for Williams, but that was the situation facing Warren Hughes in 2000. Unfortunately, his big Formula 1 chance was thwarted by the most mundane of obstacles – a lack of flights. The British Formula 3 stalwart had planned to […]
Jessica Hawkins, who races in W Series and is an ambassador for the Aston Martin F1 team, has managed to use her skills behind the wheel to earn her place in pulling off some of Hollywood’s biggest stunts. And is she proud of it? Absolutely. “Who doesn’t want to have worked on a Bond move?” […]
Reutemann’s condition has deteriorated after he suffered further issues with haemorrhaging while in the intensive care unit of a health centre in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina. Runner-up in the 1981 F1 world championship, Reutemann had been hospitalised on 5 May with anaemia and dehydration, but his condition worsened due to previous… Continue Reading […]
At last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, it even emerged as a thorn in the side of the world champion Mercedes team – outqualifying the Silver Arrows and battling them hard in the race. Its approach to making that progress has been measured too. Rather than rushing through upgrades, it appears to be taking stock of what’s […]
The Milton Keynes-based squad has been much more aggressive with developing its RB16B than title rival Mercedes has with its own car. While Mercedes has had a very limited development programme, with potentially a final upgrade coming for the British Grand Prix, Red Bull has been non-stop in pushing to improve its chassis. It has worked… Continue Reading […]
Seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton put pen to paper on a new two-year deal with Mercedes last week, ensuring he will remain with the team until at least the end of the 2023 season. The contract will expire just one month shy of Hamilton’s 40th birthday, with the Briton currently standing as the third-oldest driver […]
A series of events over the last few weeks centred around what was previously thought to be a solid title sponsorship deal of his graduating VR46 team could mean that Rossi will race in 2022 after all, campaigning a VR46 Ducati with his brother Luca Marini as his team-mate. The 42-year-old Italian is racing in […]
With one absolutely at the top of his game and overachieving every weekend, the other has been left perplexed by his struggles to adapt to the car. It also means that on days Ricciardo feels he has done well, like his charge to seventh in the Austrian Grand Prix, it is all overshadowed by what […]
F1 will debut its new sprint weekend format at the British Grand Prix, introducing a 100km race on Saturday afternoon in place of qualifying. The format shake-up sees qualifying move to Friday evening, with the result setting the grid for the 17-lap race on Saturday. The result of the sprint race will set the grid […]
F1 will debut its new weekend format at the British Grand Prix, holding a 100km sprint race on Saturday in place of regular qualifying. Qualifying will still take place using its traditional format on Friday, setting the grid for the sprint race, the results of which will then define the starting order for the grand […]