Haas F1 Team founder Gene Haas urges F1 to be “very careful” in its drive to shake-up the sport’s income distribution model. F1 CEO Chase Carey’s main focus as he steers the sport into the future is to cut costs and restructure income distribution to the teams in order to make Formula 1 a viable…
Read moreMonger praises ‘inspirational support’ from motorsport family
Billy Monger has spoken about how much the support he’s received from across the world of motorsport has meant to him. The teenage Formula 4 driver suffered a horrendous crash while racing at Donington Park last month. Unsighted by another car, he smashed into the back of a rival at high speed. It took more…
Read moreHamilton won’t play with Vettel’s mind
Lewis Hamilton wants to beat the best Sebastian Vettel has to offer and won’t resort to mind games to try and undermine the German out of the car. It’s early days still but the 2017 season is turning into a full head-on battle between Mercedes’ Hamilton and Vettel’s Ferrari. As worthy opponents, both drivers have…
Read moreLondon GP idea gets thumbs-up from McLaren boss
McLaren executive director Zak Brown has put his support behind the idea of a London Grand Prix. “I would love to see a London GP,” Brown told the Daily Star newspaper this week. However, Brown added that in his view, any street race held in the city must look recognisably London-based if it’s to succeed….
Read moreHonda admits MGU-H will last only two races!
The good news is that Honda can correctly predict when its MGU-H component will fail. The bad news is that it will only last two races. There were more reliability woes for Honda this weekend in Monaco. One-off stand-in Jenson Button put in a great effort to qualify P9 yesterday only to be demoted to…
Read more‘The pace has gone,’ says a bewildered Palmer
Jolyon Palmer was looking forward to the opportunity of moving up the grid in Barcelona after a troubled first four races with Renault this year so far. While his runs in free practice since yesterday morning appeared to bode well for qualifying, the Brit was unexpectedly eliminated in Q1 with a disappointing P17 result. “To…
Read moreMercedes likes Sainz, but Red Bull holds the cards
Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz is held in high regard by many F1 teams on the grid, including Mercedes according to Toto Wolff. Following reigning world champion Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement last December, Mercedes discretely inquired about the young Spanish driver’s availability, but a water tight contract with Red Bull quickly discarded that option. Still, Toto…
Read moreWilliams introduces update package for FW40 in Austria
In a bid to recoup its ‘best-of-the-rest’ title, Williams have brought an updated FW40 to the Austrian Grand Prix featuring a series of aerodynamic changes. The Grove-based outfit has been outrun so far this season by rival Force India and sits fourth in the Constructors standings 42 points behind its rival. Williams’ challenger sports a…
Read moreDid Alonso park it? Honda finds no issues with engine
Fernando Alonso retired his McLaren-Honda on lap 25 of the Belgian GP, invoking a power loss but Honda has found no issues with the Spaniard’s engine. Alonso was off to a thundering start at Spa, rocketing off the grid from P10 and moving up to seventh by the second lap. It was all downhill from…
Read more‘On fire’ Verstappen still putting the jigsaw together – Webber
Former F1 driver Mark Webber believes that Max Verstappen will only gain from his current woes which have seen the Red Bull racer retire in four of the last six races. The young charger was racing with the leaders on Sunday when his engine expired after just ten laps, forcing the Dutchman into a bitter…
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