F1 TODAY – 04/05/2015

Big chance in Monaco Jenson Button say that this month’s Monaco Grand Prix will give McLaren the best change to cause an upset this season. The team has failed to score any points since they revived there partnership with Honda. He says that the fact he feels confident in the car’s handling could bode well

F1 Today – 01/05/2015

25 races gets green light Formula One has been given the go ahead from the FIA to raise the maximum number of races to twenty five if the teams agree to the proposal. For many years Bernie Ecclestone has wanted to take the sport to new places and boost its fan base. This season was

F1 TODAY – 30/04/2015

2016 Calendar leaked FOM has confirmed that the 2016 leaked provisional calendar is the official drafted version. In a statement FOM says “It would appear that the proposed 2016 calendar has been leaked. This calendar has not yet been approved.” The calendar was published by the magazine Autosport last night. Australia will host the season

F1 TODAY – 29/04/2015

2016 season could start in April The 2016 season could start in April with the first Grand Prix being on third of the month. Australia has a deal which means the country must hold the season opener. Organisers said “The 2016 Australian Grand Prix event dates are 31 March–3 April, 2016, with the later start

F1 Today – 28/04/2015

No deal yet Mercedes have denied rumours that Lewis Hamilton has signed a contract extension with the team. Reports in Sport Bild suggested that the two times world champion had signed a deal for three seasons with an extension until 2020. Bild estimated that Hamilton who earn over €175 million. Chairman Niki Lauda wouldn’t confirm

F1 Today – 27/04/2015

Winning start to son’s career Mick Shumacher has kicked started his career by taking victory in the third race of the opening round of the German Formula Four championship. Schumacher finished ninth twelfth in the first two races. The German did have a fight to claim victory after Australian Joseph Mawson after a period behind

F1 TODAY – 23/04/2015

Build a car for Kimi – Arrivabene Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has said he demanded that the 2015 car would suit Kimi Raikkonen. Raikkonen struggled throughout last season with the lack of grip and feedback from the car’s front end as the main reason. Arrivabene told ESPN “I as asking [chief designer] Simone Resta, and

F1 TODAY – 22/04/2015

More powerful – Hamilton Lewis Hamilton says he feels more powerful now than at any other stage of his career. Hamilton has  won nine of the last 11 grands prix and has been on pole at the last four, and he already holds a 27-point cushion in the drivers’ standings. He told The National “I

F1 TODAY – 21/04/2015

Hamilton will be triple champion – Stewart Sir Jackie Stewart says that his title as Britain’s only triple world champion maybe on borrowed time after Lewis Hamilton’s storming victory in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. It is 42-years since the Scott won his third and final title in 1973, but Hamilton looks to be on his

F1 Today – 16/04/2015

Amnesty warning over Bahrain A report has been release by Amnesty International ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix warning that human rights abuses in the country continue despite reassurance from the government. Every year as we examined earlier this week, when the race comes round the focus returns to the political unrest in the