F3 – Daruvala back on form with pole in Spa-Francorchamps
PREMA Racer qualifies ahead of Piquet and Tsunoda Jehan Daruvala scored his first pole position of the season with a scintillating late tour of Spa-Francorchamps in today’s FIA Formula 3 Qualifying. The PREMA Racing ace was the best of a late sprint to pole, beating out Trident’s Pedro Piquet and Jenzer Motorsport’s Yuki Tsunoda. Christian…
EHSRC – 2019 Championships Decided in Hungary
The Italian crew finished 43 seconds ahead of the Category 3 no3 Porsche 911 SC of Karl Wagner and Gerda Zauner at the end of the 12th and final stage of the event, the second placed Austrians taking the Category 3 title for the second time in a row. Will Graham and Michael Johnston, who had…
F1 – 2019 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX SUNDAY PRESS CONFERENCE
DRIVERS1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes)3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Martin Brundle) Q: Valtteri Bottas, pole position to victory and you’ve just beaten on the greatest drivers of all time in Formula 1 history. You must be so satisfied with that victory?Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, it’s a nice win.…
Hamilton comes out on top in rain-hit Brazil qualifying
Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix from pole position after a rain-hit qualifying session in Interlagos. The Mercedes driver set a new track record time of 1:07.281s at Interlagos to see off the threat of Sebastian Vettel by just 0.093s. However the Ferrari driver will have a potential advantage in the race having…
Vandoorne set back by McLaren ‘politics’ and lack of support
Stoffel Vandoorne believes team politics and a lack of support from McLaren contributed to his disappointing performance in 2018 and his subsequent departure from F1. The Belgian driver was perceived as one of the sport’s brightest young talents when he stepped into the limelight with the Woking-based outfit in 2017. But the team’s dismal state…
Szafnauer rubbishes Marko’s ‘conspiracy theory’ claims
Force India boss Otmar Szafnauer says that claims his driver Esteban Ocon deliberately tried to take out race leader Max Verstappen during the Brazilian Grand Prix are absolutely groundless. Verstappen had just succeeded in putting Ocon a lap down, but the French driver fought back and tried to repass the Red Bull going through the…
Ousted Sirotkin admits it’s ‘a tough moment for me’
The confirmation of Robert Kubica’s return to the grid next season with Williams has left Sergey Sirotkin out in the cold, and the Russian driver admits its “a tough moment”. The 23-year-old endured a difficult debut season in F1, hindered by the poor performance of Williams FW41, but in the eyes of many pundits he…
McLaren announces 2019 MCL34 launch day
McLaren will unveil its 2019 challenger with a little help from Cupid apparently, although the Woking-based outfit’s car will likely be draped in papaya once again. McLaren will launch its Renault-powered MCL34 on Valentine’s Day on February 14, according to the team’s post on social media. McLaren’s new design will hopefully help Formula 1’s second…
‘Equal’ Gasly will be free to race Verstappen, says Marko
Pierre Gasly will not be held back by team orders in 2019 when he joins Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing. That’s according to the team’s motorsports advisor Dr Helmut Marko, who says the two drivers will be given equal status at the start of next season’s campaign. But Marko also makes clear that there…
Dan Ticktum banking on Red Bull F1 test in 2019
Red Bull junior Dan Ticktum hopes he’ll be given an opportunity to test with Red Bull later this year, ahead of a possible graduation to F1 in 2020. The two-time Macau Grand Prix winner was initially earmarked for a run with Red Bull Racing at last year’s in-season test in Hungary, but a lack of…