Formula 1

As the curtain came down on the 2019 Formula 1 season, Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a silky smooth evening beneath the floodlights at Abu Dhabi to record his 11th win of the season, ahead of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc. Hamilton’s 50th pole-to-win of his career was arguably his […]

Lewis Hamilton’s 88th career pole position had been a long time coming, with the Briton’s last pole having come at the German Grand Prix, 10 races ago. And after capturing P1 in Abu Dhabi, this year’s world champion admitted he was pleased to have given his “special” 2019 car a good send-off on its final […]

Valtteri Bottas headed a comfortable Mercedes 1-2 ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton during second practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Bottas – who faces a back-of-the-grid start for the 2019 season finale at Yas Marina following an engine change – turned in a 1m36.256s to top FP2, the most representative of the three practice sessions due to being […]

Lewis Hamilton has been demoted from third to seventh in the Brazilian Grand Prix over his clash with Alex Albon, with Carlos Sainz Jr inheriting a maiden Formula 1 podium. Hamilton clashed with Red Bull driver Albon on the penultimate lap of the race in the battle for second place, spinning Albon to the tail […]

Max Verstappen won a crazy Brazilian Grand Prix in which Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly claimed his first Formula 1 podium in second and the two Ferraris collided with each other. Poleman Verstappen had to pass Lewis Hamilton on-track twice to score his third victory of 2019, while Gasly beat Hamilton in a drag race to […]

Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly says his Brazilian Grand Prix podium was “insane”, “really emotional” and “just the best day of my life”. The 23-year-old racer, who is contesting his second full campaign in grand prix racing, was unable to score a podium in his 12 races with Red Bull’s main team this […]

Red Bull-Honda’s Max Verstappen claimed his second Formula 1 pole position in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Verstappen was fastest on the first runs in Q3, but only by 0.008 seconds from Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel after running wide out of the Pinheirinho left-hander on the infield. Then Verstappen improved on his second run to […]

Sebastian Vettel led a Ferrari one-two in the second Formula 1 second free practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix. Vettel hit the front early on when using the medium-compound Pirellis, setting a best time of 1m09.570s – a quarter-of-a-second ahead of second quickest Leclerc. When the field switched to the soft-compound Pirellis for performance […]

Red Bull has officially announced that Alex Albon will be Max Verstappen’s team-mate in 2020 with Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly staying at Toro Rosso. Albon was given the call-up to the senior team during the summer break as the underperforming Gasly made his way back to Toro Rosso. The British-Thai driver has responded in […]

Lewis Hamilton clinched his sixth Formula 1 title despite being passed for victory late on by Valtteri Bottas in the United States Grand Prix. Hamilton jumped both Ferrari drivers on the opening lap to run third and was then only one among the leaders to execute a one-stop strategy, which elevated him above Bottas and […]