Evan Roberts, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

“I would have loved to continue with him” — Hamilton reflects on news his long-time F1 race engineer Peter Bonnington will not join him at Ferrari

Evan Roberts3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Since Lewis Hamilton joined Mercedes back in 2013, there have been many changes to the team. Including teammates, George Russell is the third different driver to have lined up alongside Hamilton. Despite this, throughout his time with the silver arrows, there has always been one constant, his race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington. Even with a…

IndyCar | St Louis | Race | Spin and win for Newgarden in a chaotic, caution filled race

Evan Roberts3 months ago3 months ago014 mins

St Louis saw spin and win for Josef Newgarden who reigned victorious in a chaotic race that saw multiple cautions, a red flag and huge championship implications. As the green flag dropped to signal the return of IndyCar from the summer break, Scott McLaughlin led the field into turn one. The Kiwi, who was controlling…

IndyCar | Practice 2 | O’Ward tops second practice under the lights in St Louis

Evan Roberts3 months ago07 mins

It was a much better second half of the day for Pato O’Ward and Arrow McLaren after struggling for pace earlier on in the day. The Mexican topped the final practice session under the floodlights around the Worldwide Technology Raceway. With qualifying set, the third session of the weekend started out with the high line…

IndyCar | St Louis | Practice 1 | Malukas leads the way in the first session back from summer break.

Evan Roberts3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

David Malukas topped the opening session of the weekend in St Louis, followed by Colton Herta and Scott McLaughlin. Malukas is no stranger to the WWT Raceway, it’s the place he picked up his career best second place finish this time two years ago, before turning up a year later and finding himself on…

BREAKING – Malukas signs multi-year deal with AJ Foyt Racing for IndyCar 2025 and beyond.

Evan Roberts3 months ago05 mins

The latest move in the ever expanding chaos of the IndyCar driver market has seen David Malukas announced as a AJ Foyt Racing driver having signed a multi-year contract with the Texas-based team for 2025 and beyond. This makes Foyt the fourth team Malukas will be part of in a two year period, adding to…

IndyCar | Toronto | Qualifying | Hasty Herta on pole as Andretti take front row clean sweep

Evan Roberts4 months ago4 months ago07 mins

Pole position in Toronto for Colton Herta makes it his third of the season, the most of any driver on the grid. The Californian achieved it in style, having topped both free practice sessions and now qualifying too, he currently sits in a position to sweep the weekend if a win is achieved tomorrow. It…

IndyCar | Toronto | Practice 2 | Herta leads Andretti 1-2

Evan Roberts4 months ago4 months ago05 mins

Colton Herta tops a procesional session on the streets of Toronto as all 26 out of the 27 drivers attempted to find the limits in the caverns of concrete. Andretti appear to be the car to beat going into qualifying as a sweep of practice so far from Herta was backed up by his teammate…

F1 British GP strategy blunder “a little bit painful given the gap to Lewis” Hamilton at the end — Piastri

Evan Roberts5 months ago5 months ago06 mins

A disappointed Oscar Piastri found himself coming up short once again in his search for a first Grand Prix victory, finishing P4 around Silverstone, after a botched strategy call left him on a wet track on slick tyres. Piastri described the situation as painful, as for the second week in a row, victory was in…

Hamilton refutes Stella’s comparison linking F1 Austrian GP incident to any of his own altercations with the Dutchman: “I don’t agree with it”

Evan Roberts5 months ago04 mins

Last weekend’s big talking point in Austria, was an incident that saw a collision on lap 64, between title contenders Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, that took both drivers out of contention for the win, handing victory to Hamilton’s teammate George Russell. Verstappen received a 10-second penalty for the contact, which did not go down…

We “need a much faster car if you want to fight for points ” — Lance Stroll pulls no punches on Aston’s lack of performance at the F1 Austrian GP

Evan Roberts5 months ago5 months ago03 mins

Finishing P13 in the Austrian grand prix, Lance Stroll has made a damning declaration that a stagnant lack of pace and improvement is the reason his Aston Martin team have dropped to the back of the grid. Fresh off a brand new multi-year contract extension, Stroll would have hoped for a better way to celebrate…