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Valtteri Bottas admitted he was made to look “like a fool” in yesterday’s Sakhir Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton’s substitute George Russell outperformed him with a stellar, if unrewarded, drive.The Mercedes pair finished eighth and ninth, with Bottas ahead, after an action-filled race, but it was Russell who shone as he had a stunning maiden…
The team that is ousting Sakhir GP winner Sergio Perez says the Mexican “deserves a place in Formula 1”. 30-year-old Perez, who after Mercedes’ problems and the Max Verstappen-Charles Leclerc first lap crash surprisingly won Sunday’s race, admits he will have to take a sabbatical next year if he doesn’t secure Alex Albon’s Red Bull…
George Russell has kept his maiden Formula 1 points after avoiding disqualification for Mercedes’ tyre mix-up during Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix. Mercedes accidentally fitted tyres belonging to Valtteri Bottas to Russell’s car during Sunday’s race at the Bahrain International Circuit, forcing the British driver to come back into the pits. The front two tyres from…
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will have a three-place grid drop at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix after he caused a first-lap collision in Sunday’s penultimate round in Bahrain. The Monegasque tangled with Racing Point’s eventual race winner Sergio Perez in a collision that led to his retirement and that of Red Bull’s Max…
Sergio Perez took a stunning win for Racing Point in Formula 1’s Sakhir Grand Prix after a calamitous Mercedes pitstop and then a puncture cost long-time leader George Russell.Esteban Ocon finished second ahead of Lance Stroll, with the Mercedes cars down in eighth and ninth – Valtteri Bottas, also delayed significantly in the pitstop fiasco,…
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc crashed out of the Sakhir Grand Prix on lap one after a three-car incident that also involved Racing Point’s Sergio Perez. Verstappen and Perez were three-abreast with the slow starting Mercedes of Valterri Bottas but the Red Bull driver slowed early as they headed towards turn four. That allowed Lecerc…
Romain Grosjean has been ruled out of the Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi after electing to travel home for treatment on the burns to his hands.Grosjean was left with burns to his hands after a terrifying crash on the opening lap of last Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, escaping from a large fire that…
Fernando Alonso on Saturday smiled when told that some of Renault’s rival teams are unhappy about his participation in the forthcoming ‘young driver test’ in Abu Dhabi. Racing Point boss Otmar Szafnauer said in Bahrain that he disagrees with the FIA after the governing body granted the 39-year-old Spaniard special dispensation to test the 2020…
Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo has met with the Formula 1 organisation to discuss the TV coverage of Romain Grosjean’s accident last weekend, and he says that the chat was “productive”.After the Bahrain GP Ricciardo called the extensive replays of Grosjean’s accident and escape “disgusting”, pointing out how hard it was for drivers to watch while preparing…
Alex Albon will start the Sakhir Grand Prix from P12, and that didn’t go down well with Red Bull principal Christian Horner. The Thai driver has been underwhelming in 2020, but Red Bull are giving him all the way until after the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi to prove his worth. But…
