McLaren has released a special episode of its TOONED animation series, marking 40 years since James Hunt won the world championship. The new episode features Hunt – voiced by his son Freddie – alongside regular characters Jenson Button, Murray Walker and Alexander Armstrong, as well as 2017 driver pairing Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne for…
It did not take long after Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from Formula One for the rumour mill to start spinning names of potential candidates to replace the 2016 world champion. Among them is F1’s hottest property Max Verstappen, who nearly became a Mercedes junior back in 2014 before Red Bull secured his services with a Toro…
As the curtain closes on his time in Formula 1, Felipe Massa believes he achieved a good result in qualifying this evening in Abu Dhabi, securing the last spot among the top 10 on tomorrow’s grid. Contrary to his rivals, Massa accomplished just a single lap in Q3 as his prospects of moving meaningfully up…
Jenson Button is betting on a development race among F1 teams in 2017, and thinks the frenzy will have a positive impact on Grand Prix racing. Next’s year’s massive regulation changes include wider cars and tyres, increased downforce and the removal of the token allocation system which limited engine development. Cars will obviously be faster,…
Williams failed to deliver “across a number of key elements” in 2016, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams. Since the introduction of the new power unit regulations in 2014, Williams had been very competitive, initially beating Ferrari to third place in the constructors’ championship before getting the better of Red Bull to retain that…
Officials in Mexico imposed water restrictions on towns and cities along a river in the state of Sonora on Sunday following a spill late last week of around 10 million gallons of contaminated wastewater containing sulfuric acid from mining operations in the north of the country. Local media and residents reported the river turning…
While news of Ebola quarantines being lifted in Dallas on Monday brought a measure of relief in the United States’ effort to combat the spread of Ebola, healthcare workers and officials across the globe are saying that the only way to contain what could become the “definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation” is with a…
Fernando Alonso will honour his McLaren contract and not join Mercedes this winter, according to his manager Flavio Briatore. Click Here: Putters Alonso has been linked with a move following Nico Rosberg’s shock decision to retire from Formula One with immediate effect. Rosberg’s departure has left Mercedes weighing up its options, with Toto Wolff saying…
One of Valtteri Bottas’ former team bosses has praised the driver’s talent and attitude, and tipped the Finn for big success at Mercedes this year. Bottas has been announced as Nico Rosberg’s replacement at the team, after the newly crowned world champion shocked the world of motorsport by retiring just five days after the end…
Mercedes hadn’t topped any of the free practice sessions before qualifying. But Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton were both in determined mood on Saturday evening in Bahrain to outdo the competition – and each other. Hamilton had already been narrowly fastest in both Q1 and Q2. On his first flying lap of Q3, he initially…