Category: Formula 1

(GMM) Hermann Tilke has become a third high-profile expected attendee who is in fact not present at the Russian GP this weekend. We reported earlier that Russian president Vladimir Putin … Read More

(GMM) Kimi Raikkonen has denied reports that he has extended his stay at Alfa Romeo into 2021. Roger Benoit, a veteran and highly respected correspondent for the Swiss newspaper Blick, … Read More

Alexander Albon and Nicholas Latifi will both take a five place grid penalty for Sunday’s Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix after gearbox changes following qualifying. Albon had been due to … Read More

Drivers: 1. Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2. Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull) 3. Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Stoffel Vandoorne) Q: Valtteri, it was looking so good after Q2, what … Read More

Valtteri Bottas does not qualify to shine Lewis Hamilton’s shoes.  Period. Hamilton put his #44 Mercedes on pole for the Russian GP at Sochi with a lap of 1m31.304 s, … Read More

(GMM) Liberty Media is facing serious opposition to its plans to revive a proposal for reverse-grid qualifying sprint races for the 2021 season. Mercedes vetoed the idea for 2020, but … Read More

(GMM) Stefano Domenicali will be a bulwark against “artificial” measures creeping into Formula 1. That is the view of Toto Wolff, who admits that he was another candidate to succeed … Read More

(GMM) Vladimir Putin is not planning to attend Sunday’s Russian GP. The controversial Russian president normally attends the event at Sochi’s Olympic Park. Recently, after it emerged that Liberty Media … Read More

As predicted, and right on script, Valtteri Bottas leads the Friday practice times while the track gets rubbered in, and then his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton destroys him the rest … Read More

(GMM) Lewis Hamilton has benefited from not having better teammates in past seasons, according to Fernando Alonso. This weekend, Mercedes’ Hamilton – who is also cruising towards an equal-record setting … Read More

F1 finally made it official – Stefano Domenicali is to become President and CEO of Formula 1 in January 2021, with Chase Carey, the current Chairman and CEO, moving to … Read More

As is typical on Friday, Lewis Hamilton lets Valtteri Bottas lead the way until the track is clean and rubbered in.  He then vanquishes the Finn the rest of the … Read More

(GMM) Michael Schumacher cannot speak, according to Flavio Briatore’s former wife. Briatore, who was the F1 legend’s boss at Benetton, and Italian model and TV personality Elisabetta Gregoraci (shown above … Read More

(GMM) Daniil Kvyat has played down concerns about the presence of spectators this weekend at Sochi. Sebastian Vettel has travelled to Russia contrary to the official advice of the German … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso claims Formula 1 is “the most boring” category in the world of motorsport. The Spaniard has spent a two-year sabbatical racing at Le Mans, the Dakar Rally … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen says he hopes Honda stays in Formula 1 beyond 2021. That is despite the fact that the Dutchman suffered two consecutive Honda-related problems at Monza and Mugello, … Read More

(GMM) Sebastian Vettel says Stefano Domenicali is “more than capable” of becoming F1 supremo. With the F1 teams reportedly already informed, it is expected that news of the former Ferrari … Read More

(GMM) F1 drivers sent a letter to the governing body after the recent race at Mugello. It follows criticism by top drivers including Lewis Hamilton about the safety car re-start … Read More