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Hamilton and Mercedes only announced they had signed a one-year contract extension for the 2021 season in February after postponing talks through last season. Hamilton has previously said he was not treating 2021 as his final season in F1, and has recently made comments that he intends to be on the grid with Mercedes in […]
The Ferrari driver qualified third at Barcelona and was right behind Bottas after the start as they came out of the opening sequence of corners. However, he seized a brilliant opportunity to go around the outside of Bottas at Turn 3 in a move that was reminiscent of a similar effort that Fernando Alonso pulled […]
While Verstappen won the wheel-to-wheel fight at Turn 1, he didn’t have the pace to beat Hamilton over the race distance as Mercedes switched to an audacious two-stop strategy. In flashbacks to Hungary 2019, Hamilton was able to hunt Verstappen down and pass with seven laps to go, clinching a win that extended his championship […]
After pitting early on during the safety car period caused by Yuki Tsunoda’s stranded AlphaTauri, Russell tagged on to the back of Alpine’s Fernando Alonso and was in solid contention for a top ten finish throughout. In the end, the team’s push to get through the race with just a single stop did not quite […]
Rossi has scored just four points from the opening four rounds of a campaign that could be his last in MotoGP, as his current deal with Yamaha and Petronas SRT expires at the end of 2021. With just one 12th-place finish to his credit, this marks Rossi’s worst start to a season in his entire […]
The Spanish Grand Prix has hardly cemented itself as a must-watch in Formula 1 through recent history, yet Sunday’s race had plenty going for it to entertain hardcore fans. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen went wheel-to-wheel for the fourth race in a row, only for their tussle to ultimately be settled by their respective pit […]
In a wide-ranging interview with Autosport’s Lewis Duncan and Motorsport.com’s Oriol Puigdemont, the former Suzuki rider discusses the situation with MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi at the moment and gives his assessment of the Doctor’s season. Having scored just four points from the first four races, this is Rossi’s worst start to a grand prix season […]
The Milton Keynes-based outfit is locked in a tight fight with Mercedes, and both teams are pushing to the limits in a bid to come out on top. Hamilton dropped some intrigue into Red Bull’s performance, however, when he suggested over the Spanish Grand Prix that its rival could be gaining from its rear wing […]
The Dutchman was leading the race from Lewis Hamilton over the first stint, and elected to pit on lap 24 for a change from the softs to the mediums. But the stop was delayed when Verstappen’s pitcrew did not have all the tyres ready as he came for the pitstop. Although Red Bull’s pitcrew recovered […]
The seven-time F1 champion scored his third win of the year at Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix to extend his lead at the top of the F1 drivers’ championship, pulling off an audacious two-stop strategy to beat Red Bull rival Max Verstappen. Hamilton dropped behind Bottas into third place after making his second pitstop, but Mercedes […]