Category: Formula 1

Sergio Perez won his 2nd F1 race, and first for Red Bull Honda, holding off a resurging Sebastian Vettel, and Pierre Gasly in a 2 lap sprint to the finish. … Read More

Mansour Ojjeh, a major shareholder in McLaren and key figure in the history of the team for nearly 40 years, has died aged 68. The Paris-born Saudi billionaire bought into … Read More

(GMM) Mercedes sacrificed Valtteri Bottas so that his teammate Lewis Hamilton could get a major slipstreaming benefit in qualifying. That is the view of Dr. Helmut Marko, as the open … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso has urged his fellow Formula 1 drivers to “calm down” ahead of Sunday’s Azerbaijan GP. On Saturday at the high-speed Baku street circuit, there were multiple session … Read More

(GMM) Well-known and colorful Formula 1 broadcaster Kai Ebel has hit out at the sport’s reigning champions Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. He was the flamboyant face of RTL’s long-running television … Read More

(GMM) Toto Wolff is still refusing to rule out a post-race protest against Red Bull’s allegedly flexible rear wing. Amid a chaotic qualifying at Baku, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton managed to … Read More

Lando Norris has been handed a three-place grid drop for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix following a red-flag infringement during F1 qualifying. Norris opted to stay out on track when the … Read More

In a qualifying session with many red flags caused by five drivers crashing out, Charles Leclerc, who had pole in Monaco but then crashed, has won the pole position for … Read More

Baku punishes the smallest mistakes! Max Verstappen’s qualifying preparations were dealt a huge blow at Turn 15. His teammate Sergio Perez finished P2 with a 1:42.595. Verstappen was P15 with … Read More

(GMM) Pirelli is confident that Formula 1 can be more exciting even without a ‘tire war’. Earlier this week, well-known former F1 driver and now broadcaster David Coulthard admitted he … Read More

(GMM) Carlos Sainz is “surprised” that so much is being said about Formula 1 drivers struggling to adapt to their cars in 2021. So far this year, high profile drivers … Read More

(GMM) Kimi Raikkonen has denied that “bad luck” explains why he is trailing his Alfa Romeo teammate so far in 2021. Speculation is mounting that with so many youngsters knocking … Read More

(GMM) Christian Horner has warned his Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff to “keep his mouth shut” about excessively flexible wings at Baku. Wolff is not backing down over his threat to … Read More

(GMM) Even with Singapore now scrapped and several other races looking obviously endangered in 2021, there is some good news for Formula 1. Torrential rain at Spa-Francorchamps has flooded the … Read More

(GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has played down Mercedes’ performance slump on the streets of Baku. The reigning champions also struggled at Monaco, but neither Lewis Hamilton nor Valtteri Bottas were … Read More

This year’s Singapore Grand Prix has been cancelled because of coronavirus restrictions, with Formula 1 now looking at alternative options as a replacement. “We understand that our fans were looking … Read More

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Guenther STEINER (Haas) – Part 1 Franz TOST (AlphaTauri) – Part 1 Otmar SZAFNAUER (Aston Martin) – Part 1 Frédéric VASSEUR (Alfa Romeo) – Part 2 Simon ROBERTS … Read More

The winds that battered the Baku City Circuit yesterday may have abated – at least a little – but the Azerbaijani track wasn’t any less tricky today, as drivers tackled … Read More

(GMM) Fernando Alonso says he quit Formula 1 almost three years ago because he felt he was “wasting my time” in the category. After a two-year sabbatical, including adventures at … Read More

(GMM) Valtteri Bottas has hit back at his Mercedes boss’s suggestion that the Finnish driver was at least partly to blame for his retirement from the Monaco GP. Bottas’ rejoinder … Read More

(GMM) The high tension between Mercedes, Red Bull and the title rivals’ respective top bosses is “exactly what Formula 1 needs”. That is the view of F1 legend Gerhard Berger, … Read More

(GMM) Max Verstappen says it’s “understandable” that Mercedes is “trying to slow us down” by pushing on with the flexible wing saga. Formula 1 has now arrived at Baku, where … Read More