Lewis Hamilton shrugs off Mercedes threat as team give warring drivers green light to battle at Silverstone July 7, 2016 World champion Lewis Hamilton has welcomed Mercedes’ decision not to impose team orders preventing him from racing freely against team-mate Nico Rosberg at this weekend’s British Grand Prix. The fierce title rivals clashed for a third time in five races in Austria on Sunday when Rosberg was penalised for forcing Hamilton off the track – [...]
Sparks fly as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg clash at Austrian Grand Prix July 3, 2016 World champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s rivalry spilled over after the pair collided in a dramatic Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Both drivers accused the other of causing the final-lap crash in which Hamilton decisively took the lead and Rosberg suffered damage to his front wing, condemning him to fourth place. Victory [...]
Formula E more of a sport than Formula 1 suggest DS Virgin Racing Team ahead of London finale in Battersea Park July 1, 2016 Alex Tai has flown jets in the Royal Air Force, worked on space travel, submarines and hot air balloons. So when he says that being team principal of the DS Virgin Racing in Formula E, the electric car racing series, is one of the “most enjoyable jobs I’ve ever had”, you’re inclined to pay attention [...]
Mercedes blame F1 rules after Lewis Hamilton thwarted by technical problem in Baku June 19, 2016 Mercedes blamed Formula One’s radio regulations after a technical problem dented Briton Lewis Hamilton’s title hopes at the European Grand Prix in Baku, Azerbaijan on Sunday. Hamilton vented his frustration to the team as he battled with the settings on his car and, although Mercedes engineers knew how to fix the problem, F1 rules prevented [...]
Nico Rosberg fumes over collision as Hamilton wins again in Montreal and dedicates victory to Muhammad Ali June 12, 2016 Furious championship leader Nico Rosberg refused to conceal his anger at an early collision with eventual race winner Lewis Hamilton as his lead at the top of the drivers’ standings was cut to nine points in Montreal. Rosberg was forced off track after the two Mercedes’ went wheel to wheel at turn one of a strategic [...]
Heineken hopes F1 will help its beer zoom off shelf June 1, 2016 Brewing giant Heineken is reportedly close to tying up a five-year £100m deal to sponsor Formula One. The sport is more globalised than ever, with races now taken place in extremely lucrative markets across the Middle East, America and eastern Europe. Although many consumer brands have sponsored the sport over the years – with Red [...]
Jules Bianchi family start legal action against F1 bosses and Marussia over tragic racer’s death May 26, 2016 The family of Jules Bianchi has started legal proceedings against Formula One bosses and his former team Marussia over the crash that killed the promising racer in 2014. Bianchi’s family plan to argue that errors in the planning, timing and organisation of the Japanese Grand Prix may have contributed to the Frenchman fatally colliding with a [...]
Rookie Max Verstappen makes Formula One history as Mercedes’ Niki Lauda points finger of blame at Lewis Hamilton for first-lap collision at Spanish Grand Prix May 15, 2016 Mercedes non-executive chairman and former world champion Niki Lauda blamed Britain’s Lewis Hamilton for an “unacceptable” collision during the opening lap of the Spanish Grand Prix. Teenager Max Verstappen, 18, became Formula One’s youngest-ever race winner with victory on his Red Bull debut, surviving the challenge of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who was within a second [...]
Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton questions wisdom of Red Bull over Daniil Kvyat’s demotion to Toro Rosso May 13, 2016 THREE-TIME world champion Lewis Hamilton has become the latest driver to question the wisdom of Red Bull’s decision to demote Daniil Kvyat to junior team Toro Rosso following an error-strewn Russian Grand Prix. Kvyat crashed into Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel twice in the first three corners of the race at the Sochi Autodrom earlier this month [...]
Bernie Ecclestone reckons a £100m F1 race could hit London’s streets next year May 10, 2016 Could London’s streets be ringing to the sound of Formula 1 cars as soon as next year? The sport’s boss, Bernie Ecclestone, reckons so. Ecclestone has told ITV News there’s only one “small technical issue” is preventing the capital from hosting its own version of the Monaco Grand Prix, in which F1 cars use the City’s [...]