Reporters – 14/10/2018

Sebastian Vettel’s championship hopes appear all but dead, now. But Flavio Briatore believes that his biggest and most costly errors have been down to his obsession with winning. So what advice would he give the four times champion? Vettel too focused on race wins – Briatore Former Benetton and Renault team principal Flavio Briatore believes

F1 Today – 12/10/2018

Russell joins Williams for 2019 George Russell will make his Formula One debut next season and become the third British driver on the grid, after signing a “multi-year contract” with Williams. The Mercedes driver currently leads the Formula Two championship ahead of next months Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Speaking to BBC News Russell said, “I

F1 Today – 10/10/2018

Vettel too focused on race wins – Briatore Former Benetton and Renault team principal Flavio Briatore believes that Sebastian Vettel’s biggest mistake has been focusing on race wins rather than the championship this season. The Ferrari driver is now sixty-seven points behind his championship rival Lewis Hamilton, with Vettel’s hopes of a fifth title appearing

F1 Today – 09/10/2018

Hamilton calls on media to respect Vettel Lewis Hamilton has called on the media to give his championship rival Sebastian Vettel more respect. The German has had a number of mistakes in the last couple of races, allowing Hamilton to open a six seven-point lead. Writing on social media, the four times champion said “I

Notebook – Japanese Grand Prix – Review

Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory to take his fifth win at the Japanese Grand Prix. The four times world champion is now on the brink of taking his fifth world title in Austin after his rival Sebastian Vettel spun on the opening lap. Hamilton’s form in the last five races has seen him build

Japanese GP – Result

Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:27:17.062 25 2 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes +00:12.919 18 3 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Tag Heuer +00:14.295 15 4 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull – Tag Heuer +00:50.998 12 5 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari +01:09.873 10 6 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari +01:19.379

Japanese GP – Qualifying Result

Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:28.702 01:28.017 01:27.760 2 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 01:29.297 01:27.987 01:28.059 3 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:29.480 01:28.849 01:29.570 4 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 01:29.631 01:28.595 01:29.521 5 Romain Grosjean FRA Haas – Ferrari 01:29.724 01:29.678 01:29.761 6 Brendon

Notebook – Japanese Practice

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas made it a Mercedes one-two in both of Friday’s practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix. In FP1, Hamilton was four tenths faster than Bottas, while Daniel Ricciardo was half a second off. In FP2, Hamilton and Bottas continued to set the pace, but the advantage grew to eight tenths