Gasly has been backed by Red Bull through the majority of his racing career, and graduated to F1 with its sister team, Toro Rosso, at the end of 2017. The Frenchman was promoted to the senior Red Bull Racing operation for 2019, only to be demoted back to Toro Rosso just 12 races into the […]
That’s why, in the latest list of our ‘Top 10 drivers’ series, we’ve extended the remit beyond Formula 1 to include all grand prix racing, which kicked off with the 1906 French GP near Le Mans. For our selection we’ve considered the success the drivers scored with Mercedes, the impact they had on the team […]
F1 announced on Wednesday night that it would be returning to Las Vegas in 2023 with a new street event that will see the cars race along the iconic Strip next November. It will mark a return to Las Vegas for F1, which last staged the infamous Caesars Palace Grand Prix in 1984 on a […]
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel tested positive in the days leading up to the Bahrain season-opener, ruling him out of the race weekend and prompting Aston Martin to draft in Nico Hulkenberg as his replacement. Vettel failed to return a negative test in time for him to take part in the second race of the […]
F1 has been in talks with promoters over a potential Las Vegas Grand Prix for some time, but confirmed on Tuesday night that the race would be joining the calendar from next year. It means the United States will stage three grands prix from next year as Las Vegas joins the Miami Grand Prix and […]
After losing his Mercedes drive to George Russell, Bottas had a choice between Alfa Romeo and Williams for this year, and he eventually opted for the Swiss-based team. In Bahrain he qualified and finished sixth, and then in Saudi Arabia last weekend he qualified eighth and was ahead of eventual sixth place finisher Esteban Ocon […]
The arrival of the Miami International Autodrome means that the 2022 season will be the first F1 campaign to have two races in North America since 1984. Michael Andretti also hopes to enter F1 with his own American team, to join Haas, but the other piece of the jigsaw would surely be an American driver. […]
Alfa Romeo driver Zhou qualified 13th on Saturday in Jeddah, only to drop all the way to the back of the field on the opening lap after anti-stall was triggered on his car following contact with Daniel Ricciardo at Turn 1. It left Zhou five seconds adrift of the pack in 20th place, and although […]
In the first event of the season in Bahrain, Alonso finished ninth, two places behind team mate Esteban Ocon, after a less than optimum race that was compromised by engine issues and his tyre strategy. Last weekend in Saudi Arabia the two Alpines battled for sixth place in the early stages, and while Ocon ultimately […]
In Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc fought out a gripping battle, which culminated in the final 10 laps when Verstappen started attacking Leclerc for the lead. Realising the power of the DRS on Jeddah’s long city streets, Leclerc purposefully started easing off the throttle […]