Category: Formula 1

(GMM) Ferrari admits it’s a “concern” that the FIA has appointed to one of its top positions a recent special advisor to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. It emerged recently that … Read More

(GMM) Formula 1’s highest paid drivers have found themselves united against their respective team bosses. “It’s completely wrong,” said world champion Max Verstappen, who like Lewis Hamilton earns about $50 … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff says he has “no doubt” that Lewis Hamilton will still be in Formula 1 next year. The seven time world champion is contracted to Mercedes to the … Read More

GRID INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Johnny Herbert)  Q: Max Verstappen, third. Tell us about the lap. Not quite what you wanted I’m sure. Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, I think the start of the … Read More

Q: Guenther, we’ll come to you first. Talk to us about progress this weekend first, because the last three races have been tough for the team. Do you feel you’re … Read More

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is becoming the qualifying master of F1, winning yet another pole position, this time for the Azerbaijan GP in Baku. Four consecutive pole positions for Leclerc. Six … Read More

Max Verstappen was balked by Esteban Ocon on his fast lap, which resulted in his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez keeping the fastest lap for the final practice in Baku … Read More

Alpine driver Fernando Alonso found himself right in the mix with Ferrari and Red Bull on Friday in Baku, spending the day in the top five. But the experienced two-time … Read More

(GMM) Nikita Mazepin says he will return to Formula 1 at “the first opportunity”. The 23-year-old Russian and his sponsor Uralali were ousted from Haas this year as part of … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff has leapt to the defense of Mick Schumacher, suggesting the struggling young German could even have a future at Mercedes. “Why not?” the Mercedes boss said at … Read More

(GMM) Mercedes will take “decisive steps” as the team continues to struggle with a woefully bouncing car on the streets of Baku. The reigning constructors’ champions have shown signs of … Read More

(GMM) Top Formula 1 drivers are asking for better official management of the sport’s on-track action. Race director Michael Masi was ousted as a result of the controversial 2021 title … Read More

(GMM) Lewis Hamilton is involved in the production of a Top Gun-style feature film about Formula 1 that will star Brad Pitt. Reports from Baku suggest the movie will be … Read More

(GMM) Andreas Seidl (shown above) says Daniel Ricciardo has a contract to keep racing at McLaren in 2023. Earlier, team CEO Zak Brown indicated there may be “mechanisms” to end … Read More

(GMM) Franz Tost (shown above) is confident Pierre Gasly will still be in an Alpha Tauri cockpit next year. Frenchman Gasly, 26, is disappointed to have been locked out of … Read More

Q: Zhou, we’ll start with you. Welcome. You’ve raced here before in Formula 2. Podium, of course, last year, how different do you expect this track to be in a Formula … Read More

Ferrari Charles Leclerc #16 We had a solid first day. The progression we made from FP1 to FP2 was good and we worked well as a team. The lap times … Read More

Charles Leclerc once again has shown the speed of the 2022 Ferrari by comfortably topping the 2nd practice session for the Azerbaijan GP with a lap of 1m43.224s. The two … Read More

Picking up where he left off in Monaco two weeks ago, a confident Sergio Perez turned a lap of 1m45.476s to top opening practice for the Azerbaijan GP on the … Read More

The Alfa Romeo F1 team will run a revised livery at this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku to commemorate the European release of the Alfa Romeo Tonale, the brand’s new … Read More

(GMM) New FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has backtracked after suggesting Formula 1 drivers were becoming too political. He recently told Speed Week that it is not the role of … Read More

(GMM) Pierre Gasly says he isn’t surprised that Red Bull signed to keep Sergio Perez as the “second driver” next to world champion Max Verstappen. The 26-year-old Frenchman has been … Read More

(GMM) Gunther Steiner admits he will have a “serious conversation” with Mick Schumacher if Haas’ struggling German driver has another major shunt at Baku. The team boss has already warned … Read More

(GMM) Red Bull is confident a straight line speed advantage will give its 2022 car the edge over the forthcoming Baku-Montreal double header. “For the first time in the hybrid … Read More

(GMM) 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg has been banned from Formula 1 for refusing to take the covid-19 vaccines. Viewers of Sky Deutschland’s F1 coverage in Monaco wondered why the … Read More