Pierre Gasly will perhaps be taking a cautious approach to this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix – the venue where he claimed his first-ever Formula 1 podium back in 2019 – with the Frenchman just two penalty points away from a race ban. Since the penalty points system was introduced in 2014, no driver has ever
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Valtteri Bottas formed a formidable partnership at Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton, helping the team significantly in their period of dominance in his five year spell with the team. The Finn won ten races with the Silver Arrows but never quite managed to put together a title challenge that could rival his teammate, before moving to
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Time is most certainly against Mercedes to claim a win before the end of the season, with just races remaining in Brazil and Abu Dhabi; however, if recent performances are anything to go by, the Germans have the potential to reach the top step. After a year spent playing catch-up, the Brackley-based team have achieved
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Alfa Romeo got off to a good start under the new regulations, with Valtteri Bottas coming home in P6 at the opening race of the season in Bahrain. The team have dropped off in performance in the second half of the season, with the Finn’s tenth place finish in Mexico bring a run of scoreless
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Audi have confirmed that they will be entering into Formula 1 in 2026, taking over Sauber with a 75% buyout. The team will have its power unit provided by Audi, with the German car manufacturer being confident of creating a car and power unit capable of fighting for wins within only a couple of years.
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Valtteri Bottas drove like a man possessed during qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix, after astonishingly claiming sixth place for Sunday’s main event. The Finn was comfortably best of the rest and even managed to out-qualify Charles Leclerc, making him the second Ferrari-powered driver on the grid. If this achievement wasn’t enough to be proud
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Despite 2022 edging ever closer to an end, 2021 continues to be the biggest topic of the Formula 1 season, with Red Bull’s budget cap breach having resulted in some unwanted emotions returning. It was announced the day after Max Verstappen claimed his second title in Japan that the Austrians had exceeded the 2021 budget
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Max Verstappen’s fellow double World Champion Fernando Alonso has seemingly jumped to somewhat of a defence for Red Bull, following the announcement that the Austrians exceeded the 2021 budget cap. The day after Verstappen sealed his second consecutive Drivers’ Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix, it was announced by the FIA that following much speculation, Red Bull had exceeded
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George Russell has started life at Mercedes better than anyone could’ve predicted, with the Brit currently ahead of seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton in his first year at the Silver Arrows. It was expected throughout 2021 that Russell would replace Valtteri Bottas at the Germans for this season, something that was confirmed after Bottas signed
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has told the FIA that they were extremely fortunate to avoid a more serious consequence after they deployed a recovery vehicle at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. In 2014, Jules Bianchi was involved in a fatal accident in Japan when a crane was sent out to collect Adrian Sutil’s crashed Sauber.
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