Lewis Hamilton was third fastest in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. But he’ll be starting Sunday’s race a lot further down the grid than that. Hamilton has a five-place grid penalty for an unauthorised gearbox change during the week, meaning he will line-up in eighth place. Ahead of him will be all his major…
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Romain Grosjean was thoroughly satisfied with his Austrian Grand Prix performance, crossing the checkered flag P6, the best result for himself and Haas this year. The result also brought the Haas F1 Team’s championship points sum to 29, the exact total which the US outfit achieved in all of last season. Grosjean ran as high…
Max Verstappen lost no time in owning up to his mistake at the start of the Hungarian GP which put out Daniel Ricciardo and likely cost himself a podium finish. After losing out to his team mate on the exit of Turn 1, the pressing Dutchman tried to reclaim his due but rammed into the…
Amid signs of green shoots of recovery at McLaren, driver Stoffel Vandoorne says that the team should aim to be among the top four teams on a regular basis from now on. After failing to score any championship points in the first seven races of 2017, McLaren acquired nine points in Hungary. Fernando Alonso finished…
The Japanese Grand Prix saw Max Verstappen once again in the running as the Red Bull Racing driver collected a well-deserved second-place finish in Suzuka. Verstappen was incisive at the outset, getting the measure of team mate Daniel Ricciardo on the run through Turn 1 at the start and then passing a troubled Sebastian Vettel….
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Daniel Ricciardo took a cautious approach to the start of his Malaysian GP, a costly attitude which led the Aussie to lose ground at the outset on the front-runners. Following Kimi Raikkonen’s demise even before the race got underway, Red Bull Racing was left to challenge poleman Lewis Hamilton off the line when the lights…
Daniel Ricciardo admitted that he was very lucky not to get taken out in the first corner of the Singapore Grand Prix, and that he was then able to finish the the race despite oil pressure issues. “It was probably a good thing that I got a bad start. Otherwise I would probably have got…
The Belgian Grand Prix at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit is always a popular and well-attended event. We’ve compiled a collection of pictures of Sunday’s action. 46 You may also like Japanese GP: Friday’s action in pictures Japanese GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures Russian GP: Sunday’s action in pictures Russian GP: Saturday’s action in pictures…