Mercedes has faced pressure from a number of groups after announcing ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that it had signed a deal with Kingspan, whose logos appear on the side of the nose of the team’s car.Kingspan’s involvement in the Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 remains Read more
Both title contenders had their mid-session qualifying simulations disrupted, with Hamilton’s session-topping time remaining his best from the early running on the medium tyres.Under the lights with night having set in over Jeddah, Carlos Sainz Jr led the pack around to set the first time of the day’s second one-hour Read more
In many sports the last event of the season sees the presentation of the trophy to the winner. At the Indy 500 the Borg-Warner trophy is given to the winner moments after they step out of the car, in the NFL the Lombardi Trophy – given to the winners of Read more
The first Formula 1 race I ever watched was the 1987 British Grand Prix. We all know the story – Nigel Mansell stops to change tyres, chases Nelson Piquet down, and then dramatically passes him for the win, kicking off an incredible crowd invasion.That race made me an F1 fan, Read more
Piastri currently leads the Formula 2 standings after taking the FIA F3 title at his first attempt last year with Prema.But despite his rapid rise the Australian will spend 2022 on the sidelines, becoming Alpine’s reserve driver after missing out on a potential F1 seat.Piastri was said to be in the frame for a Read more
Picci has been an important figure at Sauber over recent years, having played a key role in saving the team in 2016 when it was sold to investors Longbow Finance.He stayed on board as chairman of Sauber holdings to work closely with the Islero Investments consortium of entrepreneurs that were Read more
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