GP3 racer Tatiana Calderón remains determined to break into Formula 1 and put an end to a four-decade absence of women on the Grand Prix grid. Lella Lombardi was the last female driver to take part in F1 when she competed in 1976 Austrian Grand Prix. Women including Susie Wolff and María de Villota have…
Williams test and development driver Robert Kubica didn’t hold back when asked for his opinion of the team’s FW41 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It was the 33-year-old’s first outing in a Grand Prix race weekend since his rallying accident in 2011. “Coming to Barcelona, I was expecting to be in a difficult situation,” the…
Charles Leclerc heads to Barcelona buoyed by his impressive sixth-place finish at the preceding round in Baku, but the Sauber driver is keeping his expectations at a realistic level. The young rookie delivered a flawless performance over the course of the three-day Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, making the Q2 cut in qualifying and extracting the…
Valtteri Bottas says that when it comes to Mercedes coming out on top this season, the devil will likely be in how the team handles the fine details. Lewis Hamilton brought the German outfit its first win of 2018 in Baku following Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s dominance in Australia and Bahrain and Daniel Ricciardo’s victory…
Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s top brass all believe Ferrari’s power unit now has the upper hand over Mercedes, with Renault still slightly behind its rivals. Despite this year’s increased reliability demands, Ferrari’s efforts to boost the power and efficiency of its engine have been fruitful. Last winter, under the guidance of the Scuderia’s engine…
The atmosphere at McLaren’s Woking factory appears to be getting worse with hard-working staff members rumored to be on the verge of a revolt. Employees have allegedly taken aim at McLaren’s senior management, calling into question the executives’ competence in light of McLaren’s inability to improve its results. But working conditions are also at the…
Brendon Hartley will not take part in qualifying for the British Grand Prix following the Toro Rosso driver’s suspension failure and subsequent massive crash in FP3. Early in the free practice session, as it was running down Silverstone’s Wellington straight, Hartley’s STR13 suffered a complete front-left suspension failure under braking that violently pitched the car…
Renault will travel to Montreal with an ungraded engine in its bags but the manufacturer has yet to decide who among its works drivers and customer teams gets the new unit. Both Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne are on the penalty bubble following engine element failures earlier this year, while Fernando Alonso…
It was another glorious edition of the traditional post-qualifying Canadian Grand Prix raft race. Participants included all F1 teams, with the exception of a not-so-water-tight Scuderia Ferrari, a team of Formula 1 production personnel and a raft steered by a group of six lucky fans. Everyone was given the same amount of equipment – 10…
F1 sporting manager Ross Brawn believes Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel still have a shot at the world title, but the Scuderia urgently needs to recoup its momentum. With six races remaining on the calendar, Lewis Hamilton’s win in Singapore and subsequent 40-point lead over Vettel sets the Mercedes driver up nicely for fifth world title….