Ocon started the season strongly for Alpine, scoring points in four consecutive races from Imola to Monaco and outqualifying two-time F1 world champion team-mate Fernando Alonso at each of those events.But the Frenchman has failed to record a top-10 finish in any of the last four rounds, and was eliminated Read more
Perez and Leclerc were squabbling for eighth place on lap 41 when Perez drove the Ferrari driver towards the outside of Turn 4 while the latter was attempting a move around the outside, which put Leclerc into the gravel.Perez was soon hit with a five-second time penalty, but before he Read more
Mazepin revealed at last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix that his car was running at a heavier weight that Schumacher, making him feel like “a carrot that was about to be caught by a rabbit” against his team-mate in the race.Mazepin has beaten Schumacher just once in races both drivers have Read more
It marked Red Bull’s fourth straight F1 victory, extending its lead at the top of both championships as Mercedes was left unable to respond to the pace of its fierce rival, who now looks harder to beat than ever.It left Lewis Hamilton asking Mercedes for an upgrade on his car Read more
Fresh from victory at the French GP, Red Bull’s Verstappen topped both free practice sessions on the opening day at the Red Bull Ring, setting the fastest time in FP2 of 1m05.412s to lead former team-mate Ricciardo.Lewis Hamilton would have taken top spot for Mercedes but his 1m05.335s lap time Read more
With speed gains in any area now being enough to swing form one way or another, the two teams have been locked in a game of cat and mouse about set-up approaches.Of particular focus has been downforce levels, and especially rear wing configurations, as both balance the right level of Read more
Max Verstappen pulled off a surprise pole position at Paul Ricard on a track where Mercedes has been dominant in the past.The Dutchman’s form was helped by Red Bull electing to run its low downforce rear wing configuration, which helped boost its speed on the straights.But while Mercedes acknowledged that Read more
Williams entered the 2021 season looking to continue the progress it showed last year with the updated FW43 car, while also pushing more resources to the new car designs planned for 2022.The team said last month that it was in the “final throes” of developing its car for this year as Read more
While it was widely known that he had experienced health issues, having undergone two lung transplants in 2013, few knew that his situation had recently become more serious.Ojjeh was a fixture in the sport for 43 years, known first as a sponsor of Williams, then as the backer of the Read more
Stroll and Verstappen both suffered huge accidents on the straight after experiencing what appeared to be similar failures while running Pirelli’s C3 tyre, which was the hard compound in Baku.Isola said a cut found on the left rear that came off Lewis Hamilton’s car after the red flag indicated that Read more