Bottas was waiting for season to end in final laps | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
A dejected Valtteri Bottas says he was just waiting for the season to end over the final laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The […]
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Red Bull thought Ricciardo was heading for “another China” win | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Red Bull believed Daniel Ricciardo had a genuine chance to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when they saw how quick he was after his […]
Halo did not delay Hulkenberg extraction after crash – Whiting | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
FIA race director Charlie Whiting says he is entirely satisfied with how the Halo performed in Nico Hulkenberg’s crash during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. […]
Verstappen regrets not having chance to race Alonso | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Max Verstappen says he wished he’d had the chance to race properly with Fernando Alonso during his F1 career. Alonso will start his final planned […]
Verstappen: Starting on hyper-softs not “negative” | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Max Verstappen says he isn’t necessarily at a disadvantage by being the only driver among the top three teams to start the Abu Dhabi Grand […]
Gasly: Grosjean apologised for practice collision | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Romain Grosjean apologised to Pierre Gasly for the collision between the pair during final practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The pair made contact […]
Alonso: We thought Q2 was impossible | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso says McLaren didn’t think it would be possible to reach Q2 in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In his final qualifying […]
Analysis: Why Haas’s ‘defeat’ in Force India protest was really a win | 2018 F1 season
“The stewards decide to dismiss the protests lodged by Haas Formula One Team”, concluded the stewards’ verdict on the team’s case against Force India. But […]
Alonso plans pit wall role and possible practice runs for McLaren in 2019 | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso will remain closely involved with McLaren’s Formula 1 team despite stepping down from his race seat in 2019. RaceFans understands Alonso will have […]
Pirelli to replace tyre names with numbers in 2019 | 2019 F1 season
Pirelli will use numbers to describe the different tyres compounds it will offers teams in the 2019 F1 season and hopes to reduce the range […]
F1 drivers ask FIA to reconsider sausage kerbs after Macau crash | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Formula 1 drivers have urged the FIA to look into the role the ‘sausage kerb’ design may have played in Sophia Floersch’s Macau Grand Prix […]
“I don’t like it at all”: Hamilton explains his one-off number one | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton says he chose to run the number one on his car as a one-off because his engineers had asked him to. Mercedes have […]
Steiner says Haas is seeking “equal treatment” with its Force India protest | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says it has brought a protest against Force India to ensure it receives “equal” treatment with its rival team. The […]
Ferrari didn’t lose championships due to mistakes – Arrivabene | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene denied errors by the team and its drivers cost them a chance of winning this year’s championships. Mercedes won the […]
Ocon steps back to Mercedes reserve role for 2019 | 2019 F1 season
Esteban Ocon will take up a test and reserve role for Mercedes in the 2019 F1 season after making his last race start for Force […]
FIA won’t demand Macau track layout changes in wake of Floersch crash | Formula Three
The FIA will not demand changes to the layout of the historic Macau Guia street circuit in the wake of last week’s crash which left […]
F1 drivers differ over Ocon-Verstappen clash and aftermath | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Formula 1 drivers gave a mix of views on the collision between Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon in the Brazilian Grand Prix and its aftermath. […]
FIA investigating role of yellow light signal in Floersch Macau crash | Formula Three
The FIA will investigate whether Sophis Floersch’s serious crash in last weekend’s Macau Grand Prix was triggered by a yellow warning signal which may have […]
Bottas calls 2018 his “worst season so far” | 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas admits his second season at Mercedes this year has been the “worst” of his Formula 1 career despite having performed better. Asked by […]
Alonso: Being dedicated to F1 meant “no friends, no family” | 2018 F1 season
Fernando Alonso says his dedication to Formula 1 left him with “no friends, no family, no free time, no privacy, no wife, no kids” – […]
Vasseur praises Ericsson’s contribution: ‘It’s not easy to have a team mate like Charles’ | 2018 F1 season
Sauber team principal Frederic Vasseur says the value of Marcus Ericsson’s contribution to the team should not be underestimated ahead of his last start.
Kubica says his F1 return “shows nothing is impossible” | 2019 F1 season
Robert Kubica says his return to Formula 1 next year “shows nothing is impossible” in his first interview since confirming his comeback. Williams announced this […]
Hamilton believes he can ‘handle anything’ now | 2018 F1 season
Lewis Hamilton says mental strength is the area he’s most improved since winning his first Formula 1 world championship 10 years ago. The Mercedes driver, […]
Pirelli was asked to make wrong kind of tyres – Wolff | 2018 F1 season
Formula 1 should give official tyre supplier Pirelli a new brief to produce rubber which allows drivers to race each other more closely, Mercedes team […]
Why the “scary” Hamilton-Sirotkin near-miss in Brazil wasn’t investigated | 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix
The high-speed near-miss between Lewis Hamilton and Sergey Sirotkin during qualifying at Interlagos initially looked like a slam-dunk penalty for the Mercedes driver. Sirotkin caught […]
F1 drivers keen on “mega” Zandvoort but warn passing would be hard | 2018 F1 season
Two Formula 1 drivers gave enthusiastic responses to the idea of a race at Zandvoort but warned overtaking would be difficult if the track returned […]
Force India plans to add 125 staff in two years | 2018 F1 season
Force India is planning a rapid expansion of its workforce over the next two years. The team, which was bought by a consortium led by […]
Hamilton wasn’t happy after winning drivers’ title – Wolff | 2018 F1 season
Lewis Hamilton wasn’t happy after winning his fifth drivers’ title in Mexico because Mercedes hadn’t clinched the constructors’ championship, team principal Toto Wolff has revealed. […]
Stroll: Williams has made no progress with “terrible” FW41 | 2018 F1 season
Lance Stroll describes Williams’ 2018 car as “terrible” and says it hasn’t made any progress with the FW41 since the first race of the season. […]
Mercedes will be ‘no walkover’ in F1 prize money debate – Wolff | 2018 F1 season
Mercedes will not be a “walkover” in its discussions with Liberty Media over future changes to Formula 1’s prize money, team principal Toto Wolff has […]