De Ferran defends Norris’ race performance
Date published: March 21 2019 McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran has defended rookie Lando Norris after he slipped down the order in Melbourne. Competing […]
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Wolff: This is a different Red Bull
Date published: March 21 2019 Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is very impressed with Honda’s improvements and expects them to put Red Bull in the […]
Formula 1 secures new Middle East TV deal
Date published: March 21 2019 Formula One chiefs have confirmed a new deal for television coverage in the Middle East and North Africa, following the […]
Domenicali predicts stronger Ferrari in Bahrain
Date published: March 21 2019 Former Ferrari principal Stefano Domenicali believes Ferrari will bounce back in Bahrain after a poor showing in the season-opener. The […]
Schumacher: There is no new Bottas
Date published: March 21 2019 Former Formula 1 racer Ralf Schumacher believes Valtteri Bottas only won in Australia due to Lewis Hamilton’s floor damage. Bottas […]
Mercedes blame kerb for Hamilton’s floor damage
Date published: March 21 2019 Mercedes strategist James Vowles believes a kerb was to blame for floor damage sustained by Lewis Hamilton at the Australian […]
Ferrari happy with ‘team player’ Leclerc
Date published: March 20 2019 Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has praised Charles Leclerc for his display in Australia, his first Formula 1 outing as fully-fledged […]
New season but same ol’ criticism of Ferrari
Date published: March 20 2019 The champions predicted for 2019, Ferrari got it completely wrong at the Australian Grand Prix, from the technical to the […]
Rosberg: Hamilton has weak periods
Date published: March 20 2019 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg believes his former Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton has weak moments, opening the door for Valtteri […]
Wolff: FIA will find it ‘impossible’ to replace Whiting
Date published: March 20 2019 Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes the FIA are starting to realise how difficult replacing Charlie Whiting will be. Whiting […]
‘Fastest lap point livened up the closing stages’
Date published: March 20 2019 Ross Brawn believes the decision to award a point for the fastest lap of the race “livened up” the closing […]
Kubica adamant he has ‘no’ regrets but…
Date published: March 20 2019 Robert Kubica insists he has no regrets about returning to the F1 grid, he just didn’t expect to arrive in […]
Sainz unfazed by Gasly ‘more potential’ claim
Date published: March 20 2019 Carlos Sainz has defended his decision to quit Red Bull following claims from Christian Horner that Pierre Gasly has ‘more […]
Hakkinen lauds Bottas’ Melbourne achievements
Date published: March 20 2019 Two-time World Champion Mika Hakkinen believes fellow Finn Valtteri Bottas gave himself a ‘psychological boost’ in Australia. Bottas stormed his […]
Russell: Australia was a test session
Date published: March 20 2019 Williams rookie George Russell believes the Australian Grand Prix was merely an extended test session for the team. The Mercedes […]
Mercedes turned Netflix away because Ferrari did
Date published: March 20 2019 Team principal Toto Wolff says one of the reasons the team refused to feature in Netflix’s ‘drive to survive was […]
Bottas had ‘no reason to think’ about team orders
Date published: March 19 2019 Valtteri Bottas is adamant he never once thought of last year’s Russian GP team orders as he raced to the […]
Kvyat the unsung hero from the Australian GP
The world is talking about Valtteri Bottas‘ domination; Ferrari’s woes, but what about the solid return for Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat? It felt like as […]
Team ratings from the Australian Grand Prix
Which teams started the 2019 season in style? Who wanted to leave their opening weekend down under? We bring you the 2019 Australian Grand Prix […]
Why Formula 1.5 is the series to watch in 2019
Annoyingly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, the hype of the start of the F1 season has seemingly been replaced by negativity and recency bias. A dominant 1-2 […]
Hamilton admits he drove ‘well, well off the pace’
Date published: March 19 2019 Lewis Hamilton has backed up Sebastian Vettel’s claims that he didn’t try all that hard in Melbourne, saying once Valtteri […]
Pit Chat: The Alonso effect is still being felt
The best bits from the season opener in Australia featuring Daniel Avocado, Kimi Raikkonen (of course) and the lasting effect of Fernando Alonso. Damn it’s […]
Binotto explains Ferrari’s early use of team orders
Date published: March 19 2019 Mattia Binotto felt it was “wiser to take no chances” in Melbourne, leading to Ferrari’s call to issue team orders […]
Honda ‘more relaxed’ after Melbourne podium
Date published: March 19 2019 Scoring a podium on their first race with Red Bull, Honda’s F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe admits that has taken […]
Stroll relishing the F1 midfield battle
Date published: March 19 2019 Racing in F1’s closely-contested midfield, Lance Stroll thoroughly enjoyed the “wheel-to-wheel” racing as he scored his first points for Racing […]
Mercedes won’t discount Ferrari despite Aus woes
Date published: March 19 2019 Mercedes trounced Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix, taking an uncontested race win, however, no one at the team is […]
‘Gasly has more potential than Sainz’
Date published: March 19 2019 Pierre Gasly may not have had the Red Bull debut he dreamed of but Christian Horner still feels he has […]
‘No difference’ to overtaking in F1
Date published: March 19 2019 Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen say this year’s new regulations have made “no” difference to overtaking, it is still “very […]
Valtteri Bottas and his new ‘f*** you’ mentality
Date published: March 18 2019 “When I came back from winter I decided that I’m going to beat everyone this year.” There were snorts of […]
More questions asked of Ferrari in Australia
Not for the first time, Ferrari’s in-race strategy was brought under the spotlight by our readers… Plus praise for race winner Valtteri Bottas, a dismal […]