Williams CEO and team principal Jost Capito has suggested that Nicholas Latifi proved all of his haters wrong last time out in Hungary. Latifi, who has been criticised for “buying his way” into Formula 1 and being comprehensively outpaced by team-mate George Russell in qualifying, scored his first F1 points in Hungary. READ: Marko Questions
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2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has given his take on the escalating rivalry between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, saying he believes Mercedes have the upper hand for the time being. Verstappen had an outburst in Hungary after he was asked by British journalist Tom Clarkson about the collision between him and Hamilton
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2021 Hungarian GP winner Esteban Ocon has reacted to Sebastian Vettel being disqualified from the race for a fuel violation. The German crossed the finish line to P2, thinking he had scored Aston Martin’s second F1 podium. READ: Lewis Hamilton Blocks Meme Page On Instagram After Hungarian GP However, his car was found to have
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Remi Taffin, Renault’s engine technical director, left the French automotive brand’s F1 operation in early July by “mutual agreement”, the Enstone-based team confirmed this week. Taffin began working with Renault in Formula 1 in 1999, and he had remained at the team under its various different names until last month. READ: Perez: I Have ‘No
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was booed on several occasions over the course of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, with many Max Verstappen fans feeling that the seven-time World Champion deserved a harsher penalty for the incident involving him and the Dutch ace at Silverstone. British motorsport journalist Tom Clarkson has said he believes the boos weren’t
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Senior Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has criticised Sir Lewis Hamilton for suggesting that Fernando Alonso defended too aggressively against him in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton was steadily making his way up the field after a poor tyre call for the restart of the race, but he encountered staunch resistance when he was
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has seemingly blocked a Formula 1 meme page on Instagram, around a week after the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix. The account in question, @F1Troll_, is the largest Formula One meme page on Instagram, with it currently having just shy of a half-a-million followers. READ: Perez: I Have ‘No Reason To Look Elsewhere’
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Mexican driver Sergio Perez is confident that a contract extension with Red Bull Racing will be finalised over Formula 1’s summer break. After Red Bull axed Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon, Perez was on notice to perform this season or be subject to a similar fate as that of his predecessors. READ: Stroll Could Join
MoreDouble F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has clarified the remark he made ahead of last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, when he suggested that Max Verstappen’s nationality will make his Championship battle against Sir Lewis Hamilton more difficult for him. “He is not British, so it will always be more difficult for him,” Alonso said in
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The Williams F1 Team announced earlier this week that development driver Dan Ticktum had been dropped, with the Grove-based constructor not offering an explanation as to why they had decided to terminate their relationship. The move came hot on the heels of Ticktum insulting Nicholas Latifi, who has raced with Williams in Formula 1 since
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