Mercedes Qualifying – 1st Lewis Hamilton 2nd Nico Rosberg Hamilton looks to be on form and as ever will be keen to stay ahead of Rosberg a task which may prove difficult on Sunday. Hamilton needs a win to extend his narrow lead in the championship. Nigel Mansell said once that Silverstone is worth an
Name Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:35.796 01:33.068 01:32.248 2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:33.475 01:32.737 01:32.361 3 Felipe Massa Williams – Mercedes 01:34.542 01:33.707 01:33.085 4 Valtteri Bottas Williams – Mercedes 01:34.171 01:33.202 01:33.149 5 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:33.426 01:33.911 01:33.379 6 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:33.562 01:33.641 01:33.547 7 Daniil Kvyat
Lewis Hamilton has qualified on pole position for his home Grand Prix at Silverstone narrowly beating his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by .113 of a second giving him his eighth pole of the season. The Englishman will be looking to beat Rosberg for the first time in Europe this season. Mercedes powered Williams qualified third
Nico Rosberg went fastest in second practice with both Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel separating him from his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. It was another difficult session for the world champion after he struggled and even aborted his race-simulation run because of the car’s handling. The champion struggled to control his car saying
Nico Rosberg was fastest pipping his team-mate Lewis Hamilton in first practice ahead of the British Grand Prix. Rosberg missed most of the session after a loss of hydraulic pressure forced him to stop on track. Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen managed to impress when he went third fastest on track. Hamilton had been leading
Season starts properly Force India’s Deputy Team Principal Bob Fernley says that the team’s season truly begins with this weekend’s British Grand Prix. The team suffered delays in manufacturing this year’s car will make its race weekend debut at Silverstone as they have been running a B-spec 2014 car up to this weekend. Fernley told
Haas in favour of being customer team Haas F1 team says it would be in favour of running a customer car rather than building their own car if it meant the outfit was competitive when it debuts next season. The team has a technical partnership and engine supply deal with Ferrari for 2016 while Dallara
Only if there bigger – Michelin Michelin will only supply tyres to F1 if the sport agrees to make them bigger. Motorsport boss Pascal Couasnon feels sure that the change will happen eventually. The French manufacture are set to fight with current suppliers Pirelli for a three year contract from 2017 when the rules could
Sky bidding for stake The British Broadcaster Sky and telecommunications firm Liberty are in formal conversations with CVC to buy their stake in formula One for a an estimated £4.5bn. The announcement comes days after it emerged that RSE Ventures and Qatar Sports Investments are making a joint offer. The broadcasters will have more control
Round nine of the season takes us to Silverstone and the historic circuit. The track originally built on a WWII airfield half in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. Silverstone still takes in many of the old runways from the war and means the circuit is very fast. The circuit held the first grand prix on the 13th
