Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen have both expressed their disagreement with the FIA’s initial decision to add another two penalty points onto Lewis Hamilton’s super licence. “He’s been punished enough with the time penalty. I’m not sure whether the penalty points are correct,” Verstappen said after the Russian Grand Prix. READ: Alonso Says Hamilton ‘Can
MoreFernando Alonso, a former team-mate of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren, has said he believes the six-time World Champion can be “better than Valtteri Bottas 100 times out of 100” in equal machinery. “We see Valtteri is close to Lewis in some races and wins two or three per year, gets a couple of pole positions,
MoreOutgoing Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has accused the Scuderia of compromising his strategy at the Russian Grand Prix to help team-mate Charles Leclerc. The four-time World Champion believes he was deliberately left out to slow down other cars which were indirectly racing against Leclerc. READ: Sainz Says Sochi’s Turn Two Is Badly Designed After Crashing
MoreMcLaren driver Carlos Sainz has slammed the second corner of the Sochi Autodrom after crashing there on the first lap of the Russian Grand Prix. “That corner is not very well designed. It’s forcing drivers to take very strange lines and very strange incidents like the five-second penalties that we are given if we don’t
MoreValtteri Bottas has won the Russian Grand Prix from third on the grid, benefitting from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton being handed two five-second penalties for performing practice starts outside of the designated area of the pitlane. Bottas, who qualified third on Saturday, got himself up into second position after overtaking Max Verstappen on the run
MoreLewis Hamilton was awarded two five-second penalties at the Russian Grand Prix for completing practice starts outside of the designated area of the pitlane. Hamilton also picked up a further two penalty points on his super licence for the infringements, leaving him just two points away from a one-race ban. READ: FIA Outlaws Wearing Of
MoreThe FIA has clarified its rules with regards to what drivers can and can’t wear on the podium and in post-race interviews as it looks to prevent them from wearing unofficial message-bearing clothing in the future. Lewis Hamilton’s decision to wear a t-shirt which read “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor” at the Tuscan
MoreLewis Hamilton was on a flying lap and had not yet set a lap time in Q2 (as his first lap was deleted for a track limits violation) when Sebastian Vettel crashed his Ferrari at the exit of turn four. This resulted in the session being red flagged with two minutes and 15 seconds remaining
MoreFerrari had yet another poor showing on Saturday, with both Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc failing to make it into the final session of qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. However, it could have been much worse, as onboard footage from Leclerc’s shows he came very close to crashing into Vettel after the German shunted
MoreLewis Hamilton, who was under investigation by the FIA for a track limits infringement in the first part of qualifying, will start the Russian Grand Prix on pole position after the FIA decided that no further action was needed. The track limits infringement was related to Hamilton running wide at turn two during a flying
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