Speaking exclusively to Autosport at a IWC Schaffhausen basketball event ahead of the Miami Grand Prix – which featured seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and Hollywood movie stars James Marsden and Simu Liu – Coulthard said that the never-raced street track venue in Weehawken, New Jersey, could complete F1’s roster of US races. Coulthard drove […]
The seven-time champion is out of contract at the end of this year, but he and Mercedes are already in discussions about extending their deal. At last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff suggested that it was only a matter of agreeing on finances for things to get across the line. “It’s […]
While some love the way that the series is trying to open its doors for new followers, others are not so happy with the direction. They feel that there is a danger the championship’s chiefs are ignoring the quality of the racing that is critical to keeping the hardcore fan interested. But while consensus on […]
Perez’s alternative tyre strategy couldn’t keep up, whilst Alonso, Ferrari and Mercedes just can’t match up… but were there glimpses of hope? Jon Noble and Martyn Lee talk about everything from the Miami Grand Prix, and even look to how the upcoming Imola / Monaco / Barcelona triple-header may provide some grounds to let Alonso […]
Leclerc started only seventh after his crash in qualifying, and in a race not impacted by safety cars, he finished in the same position 52.9 seconds behind winner Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. His Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz fared little better on his run to fifth, having overcome a five-second penalty for speeding in the pitlane. […]
Amid pomp and ceremony in the build-up to the Miami GP, the entire grid was introduced by American rapper LL Cool J in front of an orchestra, cheerleaders and dry ice. F1 is planning to host similar driver introduction events at between six and seven races this year – with them being individually tailored to […]
Of course, it’s the FIA’s F1 safety car driver Bernd Maylander. The 51-year-old from Waiblingen, in the southwest of Germany, has the ice-cold veins required to keep F1’s racers in check when things go off the rails. Maylander is in his 24th season of driving the safety car and has only missed a couple of […]
P1 Fuels technology shot to attention at last year’s British Grand Prix when Vettel completed a demonstration run in Nigel Mansell’s championship-winning 1992 car using its own fossil-free fuel. At the time, Vettel said that one of the motivations for the run was to prove that it was possible to keep using internal combustion engines from both past and […]
Despite the landmark shift to the ground-effect design regulations for 2022, the MCL36 of last season was still blighted by the same mid-corner handling unpredictability as its 2021 predecessor. Lando Norris has since raised the same complaint with the current MCL60, while team boss Andrea Stella says the car is weakest in low-grip conditions and […]
Amid the backdrop of teams having started to unlock dramatic gains in downforce with the 2023 cars, Pirelli feels it makes sense to intervene and introduce stronger tyres in time for the Silverstone race in July. The move is not being made because of safety concerns, but more as a bid to guarantee no problems […]