A short statement from the Williams team said he had been admitted to hospital on Friday and passed away peacefully on Sunday morning surrounded by his family.The Williams team earned 114 F1 victories, along with seven drivers’ titles and nine constructors’ crowns, to became one of the best-known teams on Read more
Earlier this year, the Russian complained that he was running a chassis that was heavier than the one used by teammate Mick Schumacher.Finally, at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mazepin got the lighter chassis, which at the time he said had “massively improved” his one-lap pace.But the Russian driver was forced Read more
The Catalunya circuit has one of the longest unbroken runs of any current Grand Prix venue, having been on the calendar continuously since its first race in 1991.The long term future of the race had been unclear in recent seasons due to the close involvement of the local authorities, and Read more
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton dominated the Qatar GP weekend to take a second consecutive win, which brought the championship gap with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen down to eight points with two races left to run of a hotly contested 2021 world championship.Verstappen was in for a weekend of “damage limitation” after Read more
Having been a strong contender for third place in the constructors’ championship heading in to the Mexican Grand Prix, a run of incidents and bad luck has proved costly for both Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris.Despite showing some good pace with its car, Ricciardo got tangled up in a first Read more
Horner received a warning from the FIA stewards after the race in Losail on Sunday for remarks where he accused a “rogue marshal” of having put out double-waved yellow flags in qualifying.It was those flags that triggered an offence for Max Verstappen, who was handed a five-place grid penalty for Read more
Horner was called to the Qatar GP stewards after mentioning a “rogue marshal” in a TV interview when discussing the Q3 yellow flag incident that led to Max Verstappen earning a five-place grid penalty.The marshal in question waved yellow flags at the last corner in the closing moments of Q3 Read more
Red Bull enquired with the FIA about Mercedes’ rear wing design over the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend after team boss Christian Horner noted Lewis Hamilton’s “mind-boggling” top speed at Interlagos.Horner said on Friday in Qatar that Red Bull was prepared to protest Mercedes as it questions the legality of Read more
Drivers and fans alike have been asking for more consistency in stewarding decisions in the wake of the Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton battle in Brazil, but how have the FIA typically penalised drivers for off-track excursions?Max Verstappen v Lewis Hamilton, Brazil 2021 – no investigationWhile some incidents are controversial Read more
The Red Bull driver’s behaviour is under the spotlight in Qatar this weekend with Mercedes asking the FIA for a right to review its decision not to investigate the incident with Hamilton on lap 48 at Interlagos.Mercedes’ request has been prompted by the emergence earlier this week of the front-facing Read more