For all the celebrity and personal honor Formula 1 drivers receive, it is worth remembering F1 is a team sport. Unfortunately, it is sometimes hard to get away from the fact that team orders can often influence the outcome of a race. Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has denied team meddling prevented Max Verstappen from winning the Hungarian Grand Prix. Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton passed Verstappen with just four laps of racing left, with some pointing to poor strategy from Red Bull. Heading into […]

The 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Champion Mick Schumacher has entered the Ferrari family after signing a contract with the Ferrari Driver Academy. Mick, who will be racing in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, will be taking part in the pre-season preparation activities with fellow FDA drivers starting next week. "I am thrilled that Ferrari has entered a partnership with me and my next future in motorsport will be in red, being part of the Ferrari Driver Academy and also of the Scuderia Ferrari […]

Lewis Hamilton’s 70th F1 victory might not be one he’ll look back on as a career standout, with Mercedes boosting the championship leader to the top step ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, but as Formula 1 Managing Director, Motorsport Ross Brawn explains, team orders are an integral part of the sport, and with five races left and a maximum 125 points up for grabs, the decision to make the switch was the right one. In parc ferme after the Russian Grand Prix, it was noticeable that none […]

As the Japanese Grand Prix looms, Haas' drivers have their eyes pointedly set on Renault and, more specifically, its fourth-place standing in the constructors’ ranks. Renault has it and Haas F1 Team wants it. It’s been a relentless battle, which makes Suzuka an appropriate venue for another round of jousting as the track serves up a relentless flow of corners that drivers find both challenging and rewarding. Q: Haas F1 Team confirmed its driver lineup before the Russian Grand Prix, with you and Magnussen returning […]

Mercedes’s untouchable total, another milestone for Kimi Räikkönen, a surprising 2018 digit and a perfect points record in Russia for two likely contenders and one from outside the usual record club – Sochi’s intense fifth grand prix threw up some special stats. 5 wins for Mercedes at Sochi Autodrom. Lewis Hamilton’s third win at the track, allied to wins for Nico Rosberg in 2016 and Valtteri Bottas last year maintains Mercedes’ unbeaten record in Russia. Bottas’ second place yesterday saw the Silver Arrows secure their […]

In front of the packed grandstands of the Sochi Autodrom Lewis Hamilton has won the Russian Grand Prix ahead of his team mate Valtteri Bottas, after Mercedes applied team orders in order to secure Hamilton's victory. On lap 26 Bottas was told by the pit wall to let Hamilton through as he had a blister on his tyre and was under threat from Vettel. Bottas obeyed but was not pleased and he was back on his radio on the last laps asking to swap back […]

Formula 1 will light up downtown Miami on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st October, when the city plays host to the final F1 Festival of 2018. The event will run alongside the Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Unleashing the spectacle of F1 for fans in the USA, will be Aston Martin Red Bull Racing and Renault Sport Formula One Team, as well as two-time F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, who will be driving his Championship winning McLaren M23 along […]

On Sunday afternoon in Sochi, Russia, F1 and its teams will pack up over 750 tonnes of crucial race equipment and a little over 72 hours later have it assembled and ready to go again – 8,000km away in Suzuka, Japan. Formula 1 Sporting Director Steve Nielsen reveals how F1 keeps the show on the road. Q: We’ve already had a triple-header this year and now we have, what on the surface at least, looks like a tricky back-to-back from Russia to Japan. How complex is this […]

Under the white-hot spotlights of the Marina Bay Street Circuit there were no big stage nerves for Lewis Hamilton, as the Mercedes driver delivered another pitch-perfect performance to extend his championship lead over arch-rival Sebastian Vettel. This time it was the German’s Ferrari team that fluffed its lines, as Formula 1’s Managing Director, Motorsport Ross Brawn reveals, but while the battle for the lead was settled early on there was plenty of action to enjoy further down the order. Maximum Mercedes What an amazing weekend for Lewis Hamilton. On Saturday, an […]

Formula 1 announces a ground-breaking sponsorship and data rights commercial partnership with Interregional Sports Group (ISG) to produce a F1 betting offering and give fans new ways to get closer to the sport they love. In a first-of-its-kind partnership for the sport, Formula 1, ISG and Sportradar will work with data taken directly from the track on race weekends to bring F1 into line with other major global sports by enabling the development of all new in-play betting markets during Grands Prix – giving fans […]

It might have been a perfect race for the championship leader but for once it was surprisingly free of major Lewis landmarks. Instead, it was left to others to bring up some noteworthy stats, including a Singapore first for Max Verstappen, a career first for Kevin Magnussen and a fine final Marina Bay race for Fernando Alonso. 6 podium finishes for Max Verstappen this season so far. The Dutchman finished third in Spain, Canada and Belgium, second in France and Singapore and won in Austria. Yesterday’s second place […]

The Singapore race ran true to form, in that in the Monaco of the East, anything can happen, but usually nothing does. Sebastian Vettel made it to the podium in third spot and Kimi Raikkonen was fifth, meaning Scuderia Ferrari finished where it started. At the start, Vettel attacked Verstappen, right with him after the first corner and then getting past at the gentle curve of Turn 6, just before the yellow lights came on, because Esteban Ocon was in the wall. Raikkonen meanwhile had […]