Marika Petracca

Photo Credits: Aston Martin F1

Back pain and braking issues didn’t stop Alonso at F1 Brazil GP: I had to finish it “for the mechanics”

Not quite a fun time for Aston Martin and Fernando Alonso at the F1 Brazil GP. With both cars being severely damaged during an usual Sunday morning qualifying under the rain, mechanics had to rush to have both cars ready just on time for the early afternoon race. Certainly not a walk in the park…

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Photo Credits: Mercedes F1

Kimi Antonelli on his FP1 performance: Mexico was “much better than Monza”

Friday of rookies in Mexico City for the very first free practice session of the weekend: from Pato O’Ward taking over the McLaren of Lando Norris on home soil, to Felipe Drugovich stepping in for Fernando Alonso at Aston and Robert Shwartzman taking Zhou Guanyu’s place beside Valtteri Bottas. For some only a chance to…

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Wolff on Hamilton’s strategy for the F1 Singapore GP: “That was the wrong decision that we all took together jointly”

P3 on the starting grid, ahead of him only the two title contenders: poleman Lando Norris and defending champion Max Verstappen. Things did not look so bad for Lewis Hamilton ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix. On race day, however, he was the only one – along with Daniel Ricciardo – to start on the…

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Photo Credits: McLaren F1

Stella on F@ Baku’s yellow flags in Q1: “It’s not in the area of mathematics, it’s in the area of understanding or perceiving what is danger”

.Not quite the luckiest way to kick off the weekend for Lando Norris in Baku. He was on what was supposed to be the final run of Q1 for his McLaren, when Esteban Ocon – who was running in front of the Brit, while on his own flying lap with his Alpine – touched the…

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Photo credits: McLaren F1 Team

F1 | Dutch GP | FP1 | Norris ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton at the end of a wet first session after the break

Time to dust off the helmets and get back on track for the second half of the season for Formula 1. After a summer break that ended with Lewis Hamilton on the highest step of the podium in Belgium, after teammate George Russell was disqualified after the race, action resumes in Zandvoort, home of standing…

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Photo Credit: Alpine F1 Team

Ocon on former Alpine F1 Team Principal Bruno Famin: “I want to thank him for the hard work, for his dedication”

Last time out before the break didn’t start out in the best way for Esteban Ocon, who spent the whole first free practice session  in the garage, as mechanics were working on an issue on his A524. The weekend took a better turn with him Qualifying in P10 and ultimately finishing the race in P9…

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