The legendary defender has lauded the France international over his cultural impact on the next generation of footballers Rio Ferdinand says Kylian Mbappe is the number one role model for his two sons, Tate and Lorenz, as they track the Paris Saint-Germain star’s career while nursing the ambition to become footballers themselves. The 20-year-old is considered…
The former Milan sporting director thinks the Ivorian midfielder would be a perfect fit at the Stadio San Paolo Ex-AC Milan sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli would like to see Franck Kessie leave the Rossoneri and join rivals Napoli. Milan host Napoli next weekend with both clubs looking to leave behind their grim starts to the…
Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko is seeing evidence lately of a renewed popular interest in Formula 1. As a sponsor and owner of two F1 teams and one circuit, the Red Bull Ring in Austria, the energy drinks company closely follows the sport’s ratings and attendance figures. Trackside numbers and TV ratings already got…
Kimi Raikkonen will start from pole position for the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix, with his Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel alongside him on the front row. It’s the Finn’s first pole since France in 2008, his second in Monaco and the 17th of his Formula 1 career. That makes it a gap of 129 races…
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff doesn’t believe that Sebastian Vettel’s win in Monaco was the result of rogue tactics at Ferrari intended to favour the German to the detriment of team mate Kimi Raikkonen. Vettel took the lead yesterday from the Finn after playing the over-cut card, delaying his one and only pitstop by five laps…
The Haas F1 Team is bringing a new wardrobe to the glitzy Principality of Monte-Carlo next weekend, featuring several shades of gray on its VF17 challenger. Portion’s of red remain on the car, mainly at the rear of the engine cover but Haas has chosen to go dark gray for the most part of its…
Pirelli boss Marco Tronchetti Provera says the Italian company would not be opposed to fighting a rival manufacture in Formula 1 in the future. Pirelli has been the sport’s exclusive supplier since 2011, and will remain F1’s sole supplier until its contract is up at the end of 2019. Historically, Formula 1 enjoyed an open…
Lewis Hamilton has justified his struggles in Russia and Monte-Carlo by small set-up differences which led to significant consequences. The Mercedes driver has won two races so far this season but was clearly on the back foot in Sochi, but especially in Monaco where the Brit was nowhere near challenging championship leader Sebastian Vettel. In…
F3 driver Nikita Mazepin and DTM winner Lucas Auer will the opportunity have to showcase their skills with Force India at Budapest’s post-Grand Prix F1 test in early August. The young hopefuls will share duties behind the wheel of the team’s VJM10, with each driver awarded half a day of track time on both the…
Sebastian Vettel does not believe he has any issues with his temper, but admits that if he could go back in time he would exert better self-control in the case of the Baku incident. Vettel’s impulse which saw the German bang wheels with Lewis Hamilton cost the Ferrari driver a 10-second stop and go penalty,…