Lewis Hamilton has beaten his championship rival Sebastian Vettel to take pole position for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver out qualified the Ferrari by two-tenths of a second following a brilliant final run in Q3. Hamilton and Mercedes have appeared to have the slight edge throughout the session after going fastest in all
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes Lewis Hamilton both topped a practice session each during Friday’s practice for the Belgian Grand Prix. Raikkonen was five tenths faster in FP1 than Hamilton, but the Brit outpaced the Finn during FP2, going two-tenths faster. Mercedes look strong While both Ferrari and Mercedes topped a session each looking a
Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the second practice session for this weekends Belgian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver was two tenths faster than the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen with his team-mate Valtteri Bottas third. Hamilton looked in strong form when he got going after fighting with Bottas and his championship rival Sebastian Vettel, who set
Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen was fastest in the first practice session for this weekends Belgian Grand Prix. The Finn set his fastest lap on the ultrasoft tyre to go .05 of a second faster than Lewis Hamilton driver with his team-mate Sebastian Vettel third. Raikkonen who has always performed well at Spa, set his best time
Mercedes learnt importance of back up plan Mercedes say they will ensure they will always have a backup plan following the sudden retirement of Nico Rosberg. The German team were caught out when Rosberg signed a contract last August, but after he won the title announced he was retiring. Currently, the team only has Lewis
Verstappen putting pressure on Red Bull Former Red Bull driver Mark Webber says that Max Verstappen’s ‘flaky’ approach to race weekends is putting pressure on the team. Writing for the team in a midseason review piece, the Channel 4 pundit claimed that the Dutchman has been ‘going off the road a lot’ during Friday and
The death of the former Formula One boss Don Nichols who employed many great drivers during the 1970’s has been announced. The American designer designed many cars for formula one and Can-Ann for Shadow team. His career started with spells at various teams, where he designed cars which gained a cult following. This was because
Honda changes way it evaluates development Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa says the manufacturer has changed they evaluate the development of their engine. It has been a very frustrating first half of their third season since returning to the sport, with poor reliability and a lack of power threatening its future with McLaren. Last month,
Round thirteen of the 1998 season saw Formula One head to the legendry circuit at Spa. Going into the race Mikka Hakkinen lead the championship from Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard. McLaren had the lead over Ferrari in the Qualifying Report Mikia Hakkienen qualified on pole beating David Coulthard and Damon Hill to take his
Sauber Honda deal collapse “very bad” Honda boss Yusuke Hasegawa has described the collapse of the deal with Sauber has as “very bad” for the Japanese manufacturer. Following the replacement of Monisha Kaltenborn, new team principal Fred Vasseur pulled the team out of the deal and opted to stay with current suppliers Ferrari. Honda wanted
