Renowned auction house RM Sotheby’s – which is selling Lewis Hamilton’s 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix-winning Mercedes W04 in Las Vegas next month – sold 324 lots across three days. The exact reason for the 1992 F1 champion moving on his private collection, previously housed in his museum on the island of Jersey, in such a […]
Pramac’s Martin moved seven points clear of Bagnaia after a dominant sprint victory on Saturday and looked on course to inflict further damage on the world champion in Sunday’s contest. Taking the lead from sixth on the grid off the line, Martin was three seconds out front when he slid off his Pramac Ducati at […]
Hamilton was pitched out of the race at the Losail circuit after clashing with team-mate George Russell as they jostled for position on the run away from the start-line. While Russell’s car escaped serious damage in the incident and he was able to continue, Hamilton was out on the spot and ended up in the […]
The Spaniard won the sprint on Saturday at the Mandalika track to take a seven-point lead in the championship after Francesco Bagnaia struggled to eighth. Having taken the lead from sixth on the grid at Turn 1 of the grand prix, Martin looked set to dominate Sunday’s 27-lap contest when he crashed out at Turn […]
The FIA has vowed to evaluate the ways that extreme temperature and humidity meant that drivers had to take themselves to the physical limit in Qatar. The excessive heat and flat-out nature of the tyre stint-limited race at Losail left drivers facing one of the biggest challenges of their careers, which some described as “hell” […]
Bagnaia came through from 13th on the grid to score his sixth grand prix victory of the season to take an 18-point lead in the championship. It comes just a day after he lost the standings lead for the first time since before the Spanish GP to Martin, who dominated the sprint at Mandalika to […]
Pirelli identified microscope failures in the tyre sidewall at the Losail International Circuit last weekend, a problem triggered by drivers running protractedly over new kerbs with a 50mm raised edge. As a result, the tyre manufacturer and the FIA imposed a maximum stint length of 18 laps for the 57-lap grand prix, which compelled drivers […]
At last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix Piastri and Norris scored McLaren’s second consecutive double podium of the season, finishing just five seconds down the road from Verstappen. According to the new triple world champion, McLaren has not only announced itself as the most consistent threat to Red Bull’s hegemony, but it also has the strongest […]
Martin has now won four sprint races on the bounce to head Bagnaia in the standings for the first time in 2023. Ducati has also wrapped up the constructors’ championship for 2023 following Martin’s sprint victory. The Spaniard beat poleman Luca Marini by 1.131 seconds having started sixth on the grid following a crash in […]
Had Nick Heidfeld’s career path gone as expected then he would never have spent the 2002 Formula 1 season at Sauber with Felipe Massa. The long-time Mercedes protege had won the German Formula 3 and International Formula 3000 titles in McLaren liveries, set the Goodwood hillclimb record in a 1998 MP4/13 and raced at Le […]