Carnage at Turn 1 paved the way for Ocon to rise up to second before a bizarre situation saw Lewis Hamilton take the standing start alone while the rest of the field pitted for slicks, leaving the Mercedes driver to drop back upon pitting one lap later.Ocon was tailed by Read more
The Finn bolted to the top of the times towards the halfway stage of the one-hour stint when he ran to a 1m17.012s benchmark on soft tyres to put himself two hundredths clear. While Hamilton was able to recover time through the final sector compared to his team-mate, a quicker opening Read more
McLaren is aiming to repeat its feat of finishing third in the teams’ standings from last year, but faces stern competition in the form of Ferrari.Charles Leclerc’s charge to second place in the British Grand Prix helped Ferrari cut the gap to McLaren in the championship down to 15 points, Read more
It was always going to be difficult for Formula 1’s first sprint qualifying race to live up to the hype that had been building around it for weeks.Hopes of 100km of flat out racing, with drivers banging wheels in their battle for the top positions now that they were unleashed Read more
With the Silverstone-based outfit poised to make a fresh announcement about the signing of more senior technical staff, it is not holding back with its ambitious expansion programme.Construction is underway on a new state-of-the-art factory, and the green light has been given for it to build its own windtunnel as Read more
Silverstone is expecting 140,000 fans through its gates on race day thanks to the British GP’s status as part of the UK Government’s Events Research Programme – a controversial development since November’s Australian GP has been cancelled owing to logistical issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.GP Racing editor Ben Anderson Read more
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