Valtteri Bottas has beaten his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by six-thousandths of a second to take pole position for the British Grand Prix. The Finn set the pace on his first run in Q3, while his teammates run in the session was compromised when he lost the rear at Brooklands. Although Bottas was unable to
Valtteri Bottas narrowly beat his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by six-hundredths of a second to top second practice for this weekends British Grand Prix. The Finn set his fastest time early on, going nearly a second faster before Hamilton narrowed the gap. As expected Mercedes were the clear favorites at the Northamptonshire circuit. Bottas himself
Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly set the pace during the first practice session for this weekends British Grand Prix. The Frenchman was four and a half tenths faster than the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas with his teammate Max Verstappen third. Gasly moved ahead of the Finn late in the session going fastest on his final run
Formula One returns home for the halfway point in the season, Silverstone the circuit on the border of the counties of Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire hosted the first world championship race in 1950. However, the first British Grand Prix was held at Brooklands in 1926, on the first purpose-built circuit along with Monza which joined the
The way F1 handles driving offences has been in the spotlight following the Canadian Grand Prix, but could deregulation have its difficulties when it comes to other motorsport? Masi open to rewriting some rules of conduct F1 race director Michael Masi says he is open to the idea of rewriting some of the rules of
Renault upgrades fail to make an impact Renault drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg say that the recent upgrades have not had the impact they were expected to have. The “substantial” upgrade package was introduced at the French Grand Prix, which included a new front end and floor. Both drivers were out-qualified by Renault’s customer
“Painful” Austria for Mercedes Mercedes CEO and team principal Toto Wolff says it was “painful” to see both its drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton held back by cooling problems during the Austrian Grand Prix. The team were running the W10 at the maximum cooling set up in Spielberg, despite that they were still needing
The Austrian Grand Prix could go down as one of the greatest races in F1 history. The race, following the below par race in Paul Ricard was one the sport needed showing that F1 has a great future in terms of drivers with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc. It was a race no one was
Horner dismisses rumours of Verstappen leaving Following Max Verstappen’s thrilling win in Austria has made Red Bull team principal Christian Horner dismissed suggestions of the Dutchman having his heart set on a move to a rival team. Last year the Dutchman extended his contract until the end of 2020, but in the last week, the
