British motor racing legend Stirling Moss returned home on Thursday after a prolonged stay in hospital battling a chest infection. The 87-year-old was admitted to hospital on Dec. 22 in Singapore, where he had been due to embark on a Christmas cruise with friends. “After some 134 days in hospitals, we are delighted to be…
Read morePerez boosted and looking for more points
Sergio Perez has enjoyed a relatively consistent 2016 season which currently sees him 8th in the championship standings, with a 20-point lead over his team mate Nico Hulkenberg. His future with Force India was the subject of much speculation until recently, when Perez himself said that he believed he would be staying with Vijay Mallya’s…
Read moreLeclerc set for FP1 run in Brazil, GP2 step
Haas development driver Charles Leclerc will return to the wheel of the VF-16 in the opening free practice at this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The Monegasque-born racer has already made three of his five scheduled FP1 outings this year, having tested in Silverstone, Hungary, and Germany. Leclerc, who leads this year’s GP3 Series, was initially set to run…
Read moreHamilton happy with close gap to pole after ‘big’ setup changes
Lewis Hamilton was not too disappointed to narrowly miss out on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, after “big changes” were made to the setup of his Mercedes W07. Team-mate Nico Rosberg has topped all track sessions so far at Suzuka, but Hamilton came within 0.013s of pipping his title rival in Q3 after trailing…
Read moreWolff on title duel: technical issues ‘my biggest nightmare’
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff admits his “biggest nightmare” would be for technical issues to decide the 2016 Formula One title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton kept his championship hopes alive by winning a rain-hit Brazilian GP ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. The German will travel to the Yas Marina Circuit…
Read moreNordstrom teams with Girl Gang on nostalgic collection
Nordstrom has launched a new collaboration that nods towards vintage nostalgia ahead of the gift-shopping season. The high-end department store chain has teamed on a new collection with Girl Gang the Label, an emerging Los Angeles-based women’s apparel and accessories brand that aims to inspire and empower The Girl Gang x Nordstrom collaboration is inspired…
Read moreHorner explains ‘totally unusual’ Verstappen pit stop
Christian Horner has labelled the unscheduled pit stop made by Max Verstappen at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix as “totally unusual”. Red Bull mechanics were caught out during the race at COTA when the Dutchman came in the pit lane prematurely, having wrongly interpreted a message to push as an order to box. “It…
Read moreHonda still targeting points at Spa and Monza
Honda believes it can still target points at power-dominated circuits such as Spa and Monza as it aims for the top ten at every race weekend. McLaren has shown improved competitiveness since Honda introduced upgrades this season, with the team scoring in six of the past nine races. Honda’s head of F1 project Yusuke Hasegawa…
Read moreWehrlein set for gearbox penalty in Japan
Pascal Wehrlein is set to receive a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change at the Japanese Grand Prix. Drivers are required to use a gearbox for six consecutive events as part of the 2016 regulations, with penalties if they do not do so. FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer reported Wehrlein will use a…
Read moreFemale Formula One driver ‘within ten years’
Former Williams Formula One test driver Susie Wolff says that she hopes to see a female driver on the grid for a Grand Prix race within the next decade, although she admits that the forthcoming technical regulation changes will make it harder for that to happen in the short term. “Everybody would always ask me…
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