Gasly: ‘We shouldn’t get too excited, everybody is hiding!’
Pierre Gasly kickstarted his team’s second week of testing with a productive day in Barcelona, but the Frenchman insists Red Bull’s rivals are likely playing their cards close to their chest. Gasly was the day’s marathon runner, clocking in with 136 laps and the second fastest time. As Red Bull finally showed a bit of…
Mercedes hands Barcelona test outing to Mazepin
Formula 2 racer Nikita Mazepin will drive for Mercedes alongside Valtteri Bottas at this week’s two-day test in Barcelona which kicks off on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Russian – who tested for Force India in the past – will be handed one day of running onboard the team’s W10 although Mercedes has yet to decide on…
New McLaren boss Seidl at the helm for the first time in Spain
McLaren’s new F1 boss Andreas Seidl, who started his tenure with the Woking-based outfit on May 1, will take his post on the team’s pitwall for the very first time this weekend in Spain. Seidel, the man who masterminded Porsche’s LMP1 efforts in the WEC, was recruited by McLaren at the start of the year…
De Ferran predicts long road still ahead for McLaren
McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran definitely isn’t getting carried away by a solid start to the 2019 season for the team. Click Here: new zealand rugby team jerseys After several seasons in the wilderness, a McLaren renaissance was signalled by the team’s rookie driver Lando Norris making it all the way to Q3 in…
Ilott gutted after ‘weird’ test crash on maiden F1 run
Callum Ilott will surely remember his first F1 test, albeit for the wrong reasons after the Ferrari junior’s day came to a premature end when he crashed heavily his Alfa Romeo in Barcelona. Up until the mishap which occurred on Tuesday afternoon, Ilott had acquitted himself well, running consistently and with a good level of…
Bouillier ‘comfortable’ French GP has solved traffic issues
French Grand Prix strategic advisor Eric Boullier says organisers are relying on an “analytical” approach to traffic management to avoid the massive congestion that impacted race fans in 2018. The French event returned to the F1 calendar last year after a decade-long absence, and it was memorable come-back for thousands of spectators albeit for the…
Norris hopes Hamilton will ‘stick around’ a few more years
Lando Norris hopes Lewis Hamilton will race on in F1 for at least two more years, the time it will take for McLaren to supply him with a car to battle properly the Mercedes star. Norris is enjoying an impressive maiden season in F1 and features clearly among the sport’s future stars. As the McLaren…
Formula E names ex-Manchester United boss as new CEO
Jamie Reigle, a former leading executive for Manchester United at the Los Angeles Rams, has been named the Chief Executive Officer for Formula E with immediate effect. The Canadian executive takes over a role handled by FE founder Alejandro Agag since the series’ inception in 2014 as the latter steps up to his Chairman duties.…
Hamilton on FP2 mishap: ‘I’m surprised that I caught it’
Lewis Hamilton says his mishap in FP2 that led to an incident with Max Verstappen could have resulted in much worse than a “cool” drift. The Mercedes driver lost the rear end of his car on the entry into Turn four, slid wide, took out a bollard but managed to regain control on the outside…
Hamilton says brush with the wall was ‘innocent mistake’
Lewis Hamilton made no excuses for the error that cost the Mercedes driver his FP2 afternoon session, claiming the mistake was made as he was seeking the limit of his W10. In the first 30 minutes of Friday’s second practice session, the championship leader drifted wide at the exit of the Turn 9 chicane, thumping…