The Finn’s departure from Mercedes has been expected for some weeks, and a return to Williams was also a potential option before it became clear that his destination was Alfa Romeo. Kimi Raikkonen’s retirement announcement on Wednesday was the first in a series of pieces of the driver market puzzle fall into place. Confirmation from… […]
Verstappen held track advantage from the start and, although Lewis Hamilton was able to keep in contact with his title rival, there was no chance of being able to pass on track. The only possibility Hamilton had was in trying to undercut Verstappen by pitting first, and by Mercedes making use of Valtteri Botttas on […]
Bottas was called in for a precautionary pitstop on “safety” grounds at Zandvoort on lap 67 of 72, switching from medium to soft tyres, and promptly set the fastest first two sectors of the race. But the Finn was instructed to slow down in the final sector, which allow Hamilton’s stop for softs on lap […]
Verstappen scored a dominant victory in Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix to move back into the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship, keeping title rival Lewis Hamilton at bay throughout the race. Red Bull ran a two-stop strategy and reacted to both of Mercedes’ attempts to undercut Verstappen with Hamilton, clinching him a popular victory in… […]
Following an incident between the drivers over qualifying etiquette on Saturday, Mazepin and Schumacher had a near-miss during Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix in the opening stages. As Schumacher looked to pass Mazepin on the right-hand side as they started the second lap, Mazepin moved across late, forcing Schumacher to back out. Schumacher… Continue Reading on […]
The only major threat to Verstappen’s race arrived after his first pitstop when he resumed behind Valtteri Bottas, but the Mercedes driver was soon cleared with the aid of DRS. As Hamilton worked around an alternative strategy, which put him on the quicker medium tyres but for a lengthy stint, Verstappen held a 2.5s lead […]
Kubica was expecting to wake up on Saturday to the usual reserve driver routine of sitting in on the odd debrief combined with a lot of hanging around at the Alfa hospitality building. Instead, he found himself fast-tracked into the cockpit of Raikkonen’s C41 after the Finn tested positive for COVID-19. Two years after his […]
The Spaniard’s Ferrari was badly damaged when he spun into the barriers at the banked Turn 3 left-hander, his car turning sharply right and breaking the front-left suspension. A delay in getting in back to the pits did not help the mechanics with the repair job prior to qualifying. Fortunately, his gearbox didn’t have to […]
Wild speculation over the Dutch Grand Prix weekend suggested that Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll had made an approach for the Spaniard to leave Alpine and join the Silverstone-based outfit for 2022. The stories were fuelled by a lunch that Stroll had with Alonso’s manager Flavio Briatore over the summer break. That was before Alonso… […]
Q2 was ended prematurely as a result of two red flag interruptions, caused by Williams drivers Russell and team-mate Nicholas Latifi shunting into the barriers. Russell, running in 11th, caused the first stoppage when he suffered a spike of oversteer on the entry to the final corner. As he caught the slide, he spun into […]