Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel to retire from Formula 1 July 28, 2022 Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel this morning announced that he’d retire from the sport come the end of the season. The German, who drives for Aston Martin, announced the news on his newly-created Instagram account. Having made his Formula 1 debut in the United States in 2007 with BMW Sauber, 35-year-old Vettel currently [...]
‘London can be to Formula E what Monaco is to Formula 1’ July 26, 2022 Nothing conjures up images of east London quite like the warm Mediterranean and a plethora of casinos, right? Because that’s where Formula E’s sporting director Frederic Espinos believes organisers of the London E-Prix should set their sights. Alright, the Swiss bigwig isn’t actually suggesting that Formula E turn the banks of the Thames adjacent to [...]
Verstappen pounces on Leclerc and Ferrari’s errors July 24, 2022 Yesterday’s French Grand Prix result saw a top three that could have been from so many races last season: two Mercedes drivers and one from Red Bull. Because at Circuit Paul Ricard the Silver Arrows of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell achieved their team’s first double podium of the season, flanking Drivers’ Championship leader and [...]
Lewis Hamilton calls for Bernie Ecclestone and Sir Jackie Stewart to be censored after Nelson Piquet’s racial slur July 1, 2022 Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton believes Bernie Ecclestone and Sir Jackie Stewart should be censored, as he declared “enough is enough” after Nelson Piquet’s racial slur. The seven-time world champion was speaking ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix – days after 69-year-old Piquet’s offensive reference to Hamilton emerged from a podcast recorded last November. [...]
‘Practically treacherous’: Ex F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone lambasted for saying he’d ‘still take a bullet for Putin’ June 30, 2022 Formula 1’s Bernie Ecclestone has defended Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, saying despite the war in Ukraine: “I’d still take a bullet for him.” The controversial former motorsport boss, 91, made his remarks on Good Morning Britain, when asked, “do you still regard him as a friend, do you still stand by that feeling towards him?” [...]
Piquet’s comment reminds us why role models in F1 matter ahead of British GP June 29, 2022 Home country hero Lewis Hamilton has, and there’s no other way to put this, dominated the British Grand Prix in recent years. On a run of three consecutive wins – seven wins in eight years – you’d be forgiven for thinking Hamilton and Silverstone were joined at the hip. But as he, his Mercedes team, [...]
Formula E, Extreme E and E1 Series co-founder Alejandro Agag on the future of sport June 29, 2022 In the overcrowded market that is sport it’s difficult to stand out. New ideas, usually brainchilds of multi-millionaires, come and go – often passing within the blink of an eye. And if they are successful one year, there’s little certainty of a cut through the next. But with growing concerns surrounding the environment and the [...]
McLaren deal with Neom could stimulate economic growth away from oil June 28, 2022 Saudi Arabia’s latest venture into sport has come with an increased presence in electric racing. Yesterday motorsporting giant McLaren announced that Neom – a region of the Middle Eastern Kingdom that’s set to become an eco hub at a cost of $500bn – would become title partner of both the Formula E and Extreme E [...]
In Andretti Formula 1 could find a long-lasting 11th team June 8, 2022 Andretti – remember the name. Because come the opening race of the 2023 Formula 1 season, we could be seeing an 11th team on the grid for the first time since 2016. Andretti Autosport have the motorsporting pedigree – albeit not in Formula 1 – having won the Indy 500 five times, and pockets deep [...]
Perez wins in Monaco as race for F1 title intensifies May 29, 2022 Just a week after decisions taken on the pit wall forced Sergio Perez to move aside and give up an almost certain victory, smart Red Bull strategy yesterday in the principality of Monaco handed the Mexican his third F1 win. But it wasn’t quite the procession that the narrow streets of the microstate have become [...]