Last week Honda boss Toyoharu Tanabe announced that the second engine of Max Verstappen was damaged after the crash at Silverstone. After qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix it appeared that the engine even needed to be replaced, which meant that he already had to use his third engine, halfway through the season. Max Verstappen…
Despite losing the lead in the Drivers’ Championship, Max Verstappen isn’t disheartened as he is “absolutely sure” he is faster than Lewis Hamilton. Recording his first-ever hat-trick of wins in Formula 1 – France, Styria, Austria – Verstappen went into the British Grand Prix leading Hamilton by 32 points. He left eight points ahead of…
Race Director, Michael Masi has clarified why four drivers were handed reprimands for wearing T-Shirts ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Following last year’s Tuscany Grand Prix, race-winner Lewis Hamilton faced investigation for wearing a slogan emblazoned T-Shirt. Before the race, and again on the podium, the world champion sported a black T-Shirt which read…
Ralf Schumacher thinks it will be important for Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing not to get too distracted by Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula 1 driver sees all sorts of distraction tactics, but Verstappen and his team are coping well with them so far. “Max has had bad luck twice now, but…
Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says the first-corner mayhem that took both of his drivers out of contention at the Hungarian Grand Prix highlighted “the brutality of racing”. For the second race in a row Red Bull lost one of its drivers on the opening lap due to a Mercedes as Valtteri Bottas…
The FIA confirmed on Sunday evening that it had received a notice of intention to appeal the decision of the Hungarian GP whereby the race stewards disqualified Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel on Sunday evening after the finish of the race – For now, Vettel’s finishing position and points have been reinstated. The four-time world…
Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll have both been given five-place grid penalties for the next race in Belgium as a result of the chaotic start to this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Bottas suffered a poor start and then braked too late into the first corner, the mercedes running into the side of Lando Norris’ McLaren…
Valtteri Bottas admits that it was his misjudgement that caused the huge incident at Turn 1 on the opening lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver had a poor start in the damp conditions and then got his braking point wrong, which caused him to lock up and hit the back of Lando…
After the race in Hungary, both Esteban Ocon and Sebastian Vettel came to a stop on the track. In the case of Ocon because he forgot that he had to enter the pits after the run-out lap. He did not receive a penalty for this. Sebastian Vettel however is facing a penalty, as he was…
Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he suspects he has long COVID, after suffering dizziness and fatigue in the aftermath of a hard-fought Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. “Everything got a bit blurry on the podium,” said the 36-year-old, who had to be looked over by his Mercedes team doctor after a flat-out…
Alpine driver Esteban Ocon shocked the Formula One world when he managed to secure his first-ever win at the Hungarian Grand Prix — and it all came down to a chaotic start that saw countless drivers knocked out of contention. Just before the race began, the skies opened up and rain began to fall, making…
Franco Morbidelli has undergone successful surgery on his left knee and will now face an eight-week rehabilitation programme. The Italian’s knee was operated on for an hour to fix his injured meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament and will remain in hospital under observation until Sunday. Morbidelli aggravated the existing injury in a training incident earlier…
Mick Schumacher has been warned he needs to stop the “heavy” crashes which have become “too frequent” in recent races. On Saturday, the Haas driver missed qualifying for the second time season after a 30G impact with the barriers at Turn 11 during final practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix. This comes after Schumacher also…
Mercedes blame comments made by Red Bull bosses for the booing and backlash aimed at Lewis Hamilton since the British Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion was the target of intense criticism and abuse, some racial, on social media after colliding with Max Verstappen at Silverstone. Then, after taking pole position in Hungary on Saturday,…
Williams Formula 1 reserve driver Jack Aitken has suffered collarbone and vertebra fractures in a terrifying Spa 24 Hours crash, but feels “quite lucky” to have escaped worse consequences. Aitken, who stood in for a Mercedes-drafted George Russell in F1’s Sakhir GP last year, was contesting his first Spa 24 Hours in an Emil Frey…
Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen will race with a fresh internal combustion engine after the team’s Japanese engine supplier Honda detected a reliability problem on the Dutchman’s engine overnight. After the British Grand Prix, there were some concerns regarding Verstappen’s power unit due to his heavy crash on the opening lap. The integration of…
