Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton is relieved to be back on the podium after a superb performance in Canada that saw him finish third. Hamilton managed to get past Fernando Alonso late on in the race to put himself on the podium as George Russell and Esteban Ocon also got ahead with the help of a
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Mercedes’ George Russell has revealed that the team found no benefit from running an extra floor stay during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, which is why they did not use it for the race. The FIA brought in a new directive for the Canadian Grand Prix weekend in the form of a metric that will
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Max Verstappen was enthused by his late defending from the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz as the Red Bull driver took his sixth win of the season in Montreal. Verstappen had started on pole ahead of Fernando Alonso and Sainz, with the Ferrari get past the Alpine after a few laps of running. The Virtual Safety
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has revealed he tried to push harder into the final corner during his final qualifying run in a bid to get pole, but a mistake cost him over five tenths. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had been in imperious form throughout the session on Saturday, and dominated the third and final qualifying session
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Sergio Perez has offered his apologies to Red Bull after his crash in qualifying in Canada put him out of the second session. The Mexican was one of a handful of drivers to test the waters, so to speak, on the Inters having completed Q1 on the Wets, with another being Alex Albon. The Williams
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Williams CEO and team principal Jost Capito continues to keep his cards close to his chest regarding the possible signing of Oscar Piastri and the subsequent Renault engine deal. Nicholas Latifi has been out-qualified by Alex Albon at every race so far this season including the Imola sprint race, and a combination of poor form
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe that other team principals are taking the “porpoising” and bouncing situation seriously enough amid concern for driver safety. Both George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton struggled physically last weekend in Baku because of the aggressive bottoming out they experienced on the straight, and Russell has called for
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Before qualifying on Saturday, Mercedes took off the second floor stay that they implemented ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend after questions were raised by McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull. The Silver Arrows have been suffering greatly from “porpoising” and bouncing this season amid the new technical regulations that brought about the return of
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Formula 1 has reportedly opted not to give Russia’s entry fee back to race promoter Rosgonki, and VTB, the Russian state-owned bank that sponsored the event, will not be reimbursing them. F1 was set to hold the ninth Russian Grand Prix in Sochi this season having made its first appearance there in 2014, the same
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Sergio Perez has maintained that he still has faith in his Red Bull team to make the right calls after he was told not to fight team-mate Max Verstappen in recent races. The Mexican was asked to move over for the quicker Dutchman to take the win at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, before
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