Nyck de Vries replaced Alex Albon on Friday morning at the Spanish Grand Prix, after being used in FP1 by Williams Racing. De Vries’ appearance for the team came as the Dutchman was taking part in one of two mandated young driver sessions that all teams are obligated to complete this season. The Dutchman performed
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Sebastian Vettel, now 34 years old, has explained the crazy way he was prepared for his first-ever Formula 1 race back in 2007. The four-time World Champion who at the time was a young 19-year-old teenager, was brought in as a replacement for Robert Kubica at BMW-Sauber. The Pole crashed heavily at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
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A report from Auto Motor und Sport has revealed that the teams may be forced to cease introducing any upgrades to their cars beyond the Canadian Grand Prix this year. This is due to the added stringency of the circa $140 million that the teams are working on this season, and the rate of inflation
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes that it will not be too long before Mercedes start involving themselves in the title fight in 2022. The Silver Arrows looked a lot better in Spain last weekend after a tumultuous last few weekends that were littered with inconsistency, a confusing lack of pace and the “porpoising”
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George Russell’s second podium of the season in Spain was earned on merit, unlike the first in Melbourne, according to the 24-year-old. Russell got onto the podium in the third round of the season in Melbourne after a reliability failure for Max Verstappen and a horrible weekend for Carlos Sainz, coupled with a slice of
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Fernando Alonso has cleared the air with FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem after he lashed out at the stewards follow the Miami Grand Prix. Alonso was given 10 seconds’ worth of penalties in Florida a fortnight ago, the first of which he humbly accepted after he whacked Pierre Gasly and ruined the Frenchman’s race into
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez has revealed that he was told during the Spanish Grand Prix that he would be awarded his position back having let team-mate Max Verstappen through. The Mexican was initially asked to move over when the reigning champion went off at Turn Four and ended up behind his team-mate and the Mercedes
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is at risk of an upcoming race ban, as the seven time World Champion looks set to ignore the FIA’s request over his jewellery. The British driver was given a two race period to get all his jewellery removed, with some of his accessories needing surgery for removal. However, with these two
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McLaren’s Lando Norris has revealed how tonsillitis affected him during the Spanish Grand Prix after he battled through to finish eighth. Norris went to the circuit on Sunday feeling unwell, and was even unable to speak to his race engineer Will Joseph while in the car, so had to press buttons on the wheel to
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Sebastian Vettel chased down robbers on his scooter in Barcelona on Monday after they took his personal bag. After the Spanish Grand Prix, Vettel was spending an extra day in Barcelona before heading to Monaco for this weekend’s race in the Principality, but was affronted by a group of miscreants, who took his bag and
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