To state that Alpine had an abysmal British Grand Prix is an understatement. Having one car with enough penalties to line up in London, which subsequently had to withdraw after the formation lap due to gearbox issues was bad enough, but the other car then ending two laps down after fumbling the strategy took the…
A sight not long seen, two Mercedeses on the front row, made an interesting promise for the race, with Charles Leclerc and Sergio Pérez having to come through the field. The latter opted to start from the pit lane after spinning out of yesterday’s qualifying. Pierre Gasly’s is over before it has started, as he…
The typical British summer conditions (moist, grey and quite cold) prompted everyone out on the wet tyres to start the only practice session of the weekend. After a Virtual Safety Car test a handful of drivers remained out to finish some laps. Williams junior Franco Colapinto was the first one to go to the top…
Coming off a pole and podiums in Montreal and Barcelona, things were looking good for Mercedes, but to add another win to the team’s record so soon was quite unexpected for Toto Wolff, who saw George Russell take the top step in Spielberg after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collided in a scrap for the…
Andy Cowell, former Managing Director of Mercedes AMG High Performing Powertrains is appointed as the new Group CEO for Aston Martin Aramco Formula 1 Team. The Briton will replace fellow countryman Martin Whitmarsh from October 1st onwards, reporting to Executive Chairman and team owner Lawrence Stroll. Cowell started his motorsports career at Cosworth, before moving…
Theo Pourchaire is an IndyCar-driver no more. Arrow McLaren has announced that the replacement of Palou’s replacement, is now also replaced. The Frenchman was in the #6 seat since the Grand Prix of Long Beach last April, after David Malukas, who was set to replace Palou, injured himself in the offseason. Pourchaire’s place will be…
After scoring just two points in the last three races, Aston Martin finally had a proper points haul in Montreal, finishing sixth and seventh in last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Especially after a poor Monaco Grand Prix, the result was welcomed by team boss Mike Krack. “Yeah, I think when you look at the final…
Fernando Alonso cruised home to a decent sixth place during last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Starting just in front of Lewis Hamilton he managed to hold off his former teammate for quite a bit, but eventually had to let the seven-time World Champion go as Mercedes delivered the goods in pit lane, resulting in a…
A very rainy Friday and Saturday were followed up by a nice and dry Sunday for the race. With first-time polesitter Linus Lundqvist ahead of Colton Herta is is Marcus Armstrong who has a great start as the green flag falls. Unfortunately he hits teammate Lundqvist in turn 1, spinning them both. Herta is collected…
For the second race in succession Sergio Pérez failed to escape Q1, while in both cases teammate and championship leader Max Verstappen reached Q3. In short, yet another frustrating day in the office for the Mexican, who just extended his contract with Red Bull Racing. Pérez had looked close to teammate Verstappen in FP3 but…
