Month: November 2019

Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel powered through the second leg of the Rallye du Maroc, blitzing the opposition by an impressive 11 minutes and nine seconds. The Toyota Hilux duo now head team-mates Giniel de Villiers/Alex Haro by more than 17 minutes with Stéphane and Andrea Peterhansel rounding out the top three just 37…

Bruno Senna – No1 Rebellion Racing R13-Gibson [LMP1] “I felt Norman’s pain because I started on a full set of quali tyres and we were really struggling with pace and we losing time to the guys behind us on old tyres, so it was a real struggle. “Then when we put two new tyres on…

Williams driver Lance Stroll was clearly feeling over the moon after finishing in the points on Sunday for only the second time this season. “Feeling good is an understatement,” he beamed. The Canadian teenager had started the Italian Grand Prix from tenth place on the grid, after Williams had successfully made it through to the…

McLaren boss Zak Brown believes Stoffel Vandoorne should have perhaps displayed more character during his two-year stint in F1 with the Woking-based outfit. Heralded as a bright young talent when he made the grid in 2017, Vandoorne’s failed to deliver on the team’s expectations, although the reverse also holds true given McLaren’s dismal period of…

The new all-female W Series has unveiled a list of 55 drivers that will compete for a spot on the inaugural championship’s 18-strong 2019 grid. The series, which was launched earlier this year with the backing of F1 notables David Coulthard and Adrian Newey, aims to showcase the talent of young women racers and support…

Once again, COTA delivered the goods against a back-drop of Texas bravado and colorful atmosphere. And Sunday’s thrilling race day more than made up for the rainy start to the US Grand Prix weekend. Here is our collection of scenes from the paddock and stolen moments from Austin.

Romain Grosjean has praised his team for the progress it has made over the course of 2019, and the positive atmosphere that Haas has maintained during the season. The French driver struggled in the first half of the season and failed to score any points in the first eight races. He finally got back into…

Valtteri Bottas believes he would be fighting Lewis Hamilton “flat-out” for the championship without the bad luck that has often set him back this season. The Finn held his own at Mercedes in the early part of the season, contending for outright wins in Shanghai and Baku until unfortunate circumstances wreaked havoc on his chances…

Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams won’t play the blame game and point the finger at any one individual responsible for the “embarrassing” delay in getting the team’s FW42 up and running. Williams’ 2019 charger suffered a production set back that saw the car make its track debut for pre-season testing only on Wednesday afternoon…

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto says divergences between himself and former Scuderia boss Maurizio Arribanene on the team’s internal management led to the latter’s ousting. Last summer, rumors of a simmering conflict between the top two Ferrari men started swirling around the F1 paddock. Arrivabene dismissed the stories as ‘fake news’, but the divide between…