Category: Formula 1

Formula 1 has become so popular under liberty media, even a race with a weekend attendance of 200,000 is not big enough to guarantee a race. The French GP at … Read More

(GMM) French GP promoter Christian Estrosi insists he is “not resigned” to seeing the race drop off the Formula 1 calendar for 2023. Although the French GP boss and mayor … Read More

(GMM) Heikki Kovalainen admits his Formula 1 career may have been cut short because he split with Flavio Briatore. The now 40-year-old Finn was once one of F1’s most promising … Read More

(GMM) Mick Schumacher will miss out on Haas’ long-awaited upgrade package for its 2022 car this weekend in Hungary. The least-updated car on this year’s grid is the Ferrari-powered Haas, … Read More

(GMM) Even Ferrari and Charles Leclerc’s closest rivals rued the crash on Sunday that spoiled a thrilling head-to-head with championship leader Max Verstappen. The Monaco-born driver was leading the French … Read More

The FIA has explained that a hardware problem was behind the controversial delay in the virtual safety car restart late in the Formula 1 French Grand Prix that screwed Sergio … Read More

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc took full blame for crashing out of the 2022 French Grand Prix, admitting he was thinking too much and lost control of his car. Leclerc was … Read More

TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard)    Q: George Russell, a very hard fought third place on the podium there. Put us in the cockpit. That was quite a battle with … Read More

Defending World Champion Max Verstappen pressured polesitter Charles Leclerc early, then pitted early for the undercut, was gaining on Leclerc’s Ferrari, which likely led Leclerc to choke and crash his … Read More

Possible Race Strategies and Pirelli Tire Race Sets available for drivers at Paul Ricard for the French GP. The temperature is expected to reach 93-degrees under sunny skies in Le … Read More

(GMM) Alpine looks likely to ‘loan’ Oscar Piastri to Williams next year, clearing the path for Fernando Alonso to stay with the Renault-owned team in 2023. 40-year-old Alonso’s contract expires … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff hopes his friend Sebastian Vettel can hang onto his place in Formula 1. While the quadruple world champion is in talks with Aston Martin and expected to … Read More

(GMM) The FIA’s new secretary-general has laughed off claims her connections to Toto Wolff and Mercedes constitute a clear conflict of interest. Earlier this year, Shaila-Ann Rao – Wolff’s former … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko applauded rival Formula 1 team Ferrari after Charles Leclerc secured pole position in France. “Ferrari played it very well,” he said, referring to the … Read More

DRIVERS 1 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 3 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing)   PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Johnny Herbert)    Q: … Read More

PART ONE – TEAM REPRESENTATIVES James KEY (McLaren), Jan MONCHAUX (Alfa Romeo), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli)   Q: James, we’re going to start with you, tell us about the new parts you’re running … Read More

Before a large sun-drenched crowd, Charles Leclerc has taken pole position for the French GP Formula 1 race at Paul Ricard. The Ferraris have had the upper hand on the … Read More

After Ferrari dominated both French GP practice sessions at Paul Ricard on Friday, F1 points leader Max Verstappen moved to the top in the final practice session ahead of qualifying … Read More

(GMM) Mattia Binotto thinks the battle at Paul Ricard “will be about fractions of a second again”, even if Ferrari appeared to have its nose ahead in French GP practice. … Read More

(GMM) Up to six teams are resisting efforts for permanent rule changes next year to stamp out ‘porpoising’. Following the recent technical directive, Formula 1’s governing body is now pushing … Read More

(GMM) Andreas Seidl has dismissed speculation Sebastian Vettel may make a shock switch to McLaren for 2023. Although quadruple world champion Vettel said at Paul Ricard that contract talks with … Read More

Carlos Sainz Jr, and Charles Leclerc dominated the 2nd practice session for the French GP at Paul Ricard as Ferrari clean sweep Friday running. Sainz Jr. turned a lap of … Read More