A couple of months ago, just after the new year, Valtteri Bottas uploaded a picture of himself on social media. It showed him sporting a beard, to seemingly signify a change in appearance to change himself. In addition to the physical changes, the Finn has also said that he has altered his driving style in […]
It is currently day 4 of pre-season testing and all the teams are hard at work gathering data. The RoKit Williams F1 team have FINALLY joined the rest of the grid at the Circuit de Catalunya. Earlier today, there was a close call between Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica. On Wednesday, George Russell took over […]
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he would be interested to see the dynamic between the Ferrari pair. In fact, many would love to know how Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc will work alongside each other. Ferrari have openly stated that Vettel will be the alpha dog, pending the direction of the 2019 title race. However, Vettel is fully […]
With the 2019 Formula One season just beginning, it is also time for the F1 social media teams to flex their fingers and dig deep into the F1 joke book. Now, Racing Point F1 has drawn first blood and their first victim is the Scuderia Ferrari team. As it turns out, just like last year, […]
The newly christened, Racing Point F1 team have elected to expand their Silverstone base by buying up property to build their new factory. Recently, the team acquired around 27 acres of farmland in Silverstone. This land surrounds the current site which sits at three acres. The team has been situated there since 1991 back when it […]
There was some respite for the RoKit Williams F1 as their 2019 car finally made its track debut. This was certainly gratifying, given all the problems they faced in just building the car. Williams F1 rookie driver, George Russell was the first to sample the car and stretch his legs. When the FW42 finally made […]
Testing is well underway in Barcelona as the teams work out their new 2019 cars but an issue may have already arisen at Red Bull. According to some early rumours, the team is unable to run full power due to vibrations caused by the power unit. According to ex-McLaren engineer Marc Priestley, the RB15 is currently […]
It seems that Scuderia Ferrari have developed a trick to use against Mercedes. According to Mercedes via Auto Motor und Sport, “They tried this Ferrari concept but with that you are losing downforce at the front which you have to find somewhere else and they are surprised how it works at the Ferrari.” The concept […]
Williams F1 are on the verge of an outright mutiny against their under-performing technical director, Paddy Lowe, as problems with building their 2019 car threaten to deprive the team of crucial winter testing time for a third straight day. Even by the British team’s dismal recent standards, events of the past 48 hours have been beyond parody. At a […]
Kimi Raikkonen is a driver who will be blunt in his responses and the fans love him for it. The Finn is currently racing for the Alfa Romeo team alongside Italian driver, Antonio Giovinazzi. The outfit had a fairly decent test session with the team being able to gain valuable data. Recently, during the third […]
Sebastian Vettel has admitted that he views his new team-mate Charles Leclerc as a “full rival” in the 2019 driver’s championship, as the pair take to testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona for the first time in the new SF90 Ferrari car. Last season it was announced that Leclerc would be promoted from Sauber to Ferrari after […]
On Monday, the opening day of pre-season testing kicked off and the session was topped by Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel. Now, a day later, it was Charles LeClerc who took top honours. Leclerc set a benchmark time of 1m 18.247s, set on the same C3 compound of tyres that Sebastian Vettel used to put in […]
