Notebook – Azerbaijan Practice

The second practice was the only real running in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku after the Williams of George Russell brought FP1 to a very early end after hitting a loose drain cover. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc outpaced teammate Sebastian Vettel by three-tenths of a second in second practice ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Monacan avoided

Notebook – Chinese GP – Review

Lewis Hamilton took a fifth victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, after taking the lead of the championship from Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. The five-times champion overtook his teammate before pulling away to take victory in the 1,000th Grand Prix by six seconds. Hamilton got a better start on the run down to the first

Notebook – Chinese Qualifying

Valtteri Bottas took pole by twenty-three thousandths of a second to out-qualify Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton by twenty-three thousandths of a second to take pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes had a clear advantage over Ferrari and Bottas had the advantage over the course of the weekend over his five times champion teammate,

Notebook – Chinese Practice

Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas set the pace in practice in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. In FP1, the Ferrari driver was two tenths faster than his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, however, the Englishman didn’t set his fastest time on the softest tyre compound. In FP2, Bottas was two-hundredths of a second faster

Notebook – Australian Grand Prix – Review

Valtteri Bottas has got his 2019 season off to a great start, with a dominating race win in Melbourne. The whole weekend was a story of surprise as we believed that Ferrari were going to be ahead of Mercedes this weekend.   Bottas stronger than ever? Valtteri Bottas has really recovered from that disappointing 2018

Notebook – Australian Practice

Despite his claims that Mercedes were on the back foot going into this weekends opening race in Melbourne, Lewis Hamilton topped both of the practice sessions. In FP1, the five times champion was three hundredths off a second faster than his expected title rival Sebastian Vettel. While he was four hundredths faster than teammate Valtteri

Notebook – Abu Dhabi Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton has beaten his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by a tenth of a second to take pole position for tomorrow’s final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The five-times looked very strong in the middle sector to pull out a few tenths over his teammate. It looked as if Bottas had

Notebook – Friday Abu Dhabi

Red Bull and Mercedes lead the way in practice ahead of this weekend’s season finale in Abu Dhabi. In the early session, Max Verstappen edged out his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo by four and a half tenths. While in the twilight conditions Valtteri Bottas edged out both the Red Bulls by four-hundredths of a

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

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