While the Grand Prix heroes of the sixties and seventies were often renowned for being close friends off-track as well as fierce rivals on it, the increasing professionalism of the sport in more recent decades means that today’s F1 drivers are not as closely-knit as they were. It’s a state of affairs that Vettel believes
Fernando Alonso believes that opening-up tyre choice would spice up the sport in future.
McLaren-Honda star Alonso, who scored his best result of the season in the recent Hungarian Grand Prix, thinks that drivers should be given the option to play their allocated tyres for the season differently at each track. Pirelli is planning a ‘wild card’ system next year, to create more flexibility of options to teams, but Alonso wants to go several steps further. “I
Hungarian GP: Vettel wins race; Red Bull gets double podium
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel took victory in a dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix, as Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg suffered their worst race of the season. It was the German’s first victory at the Hungaroring and second of the season, bringing his career tally to 41 to equal three-time world champion Ayrton
Hamilton wins Silverstone for third time
The key to Hamilton’s victory came with a perfectly-timed pitstop for intermediate tyres, just as Rosberg was making huge inroads into his lead. Williams duo Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a moment of glory when they ran 1-2 in the early stages, but Hamilton established himself out front after the first pitstops. Mercedes’ F1
Rosberg must ‘save 2015 F1 championship’ – Ecclestone
“We know from Friday to Saturday that Mercedes turns the engine up,” the German said. “It is not just Mercedes. If you look at Williams on Friday versus Sunday there is also a massive step.” And even on Friday, although Hamilton was outpaced by both Ferraris, the Briton’s teammate Nico Rosberg maintained his recent grip
Verstappen: Toro Rosso quickest car on Silverstone corners
“The car is very good here,” said the Dutchman. “You can see again in high speed we are the fastest cars. “The car is very enjoyable to drive. Of course we are missing straightline speed but that is how it is, and we try to make the best of it.” Although Verstappen thinks a repeat
Wolff open to ‘solution’ if Lotus drops Mercedes power
Officially, no party is willing to confirm the increasingly-widespread speculation about Renault, the French carmaker, buying back 51 per cent of the Enstone team from Gerard Lopez. Lopez, however, has been conspicuously absent in 2015, leaving the running of Lotus up to Matthew Carter. Carter said at Silverstone: “I’m not sure how you missed him
Four F1 teams tweaked ‘flexi’ front wing designs
Four teams made modifications to their front wing designs ahead of the recent Canadian grand prix. In the days after Monaco, we reported that the FIA was clamping down once again on the well-trodden area of so-called ‘flexi wings’ in formula one. Spain’s El Confidencial reported that a new 50 Newton-metre load test would be
Michelin confirms F1 2017 tyre tender application
Formula One governing body FIA’s time limit for the tender process closing on June 17, Michelin and current supplier Pirelli come out set to go head to head for the three-year deal from 2017. “Yes, we have entered. Michelin Motorsport director Pascal Couasnon confirms to Autosport. “The reasoning is we’ve been proposing ideas, talking about
Alonso: “McLaren should focus on 2016 season”
The Woking based team has struggled to extract pace from its Honda powered MP4-30 this season, resulting in a solitary points finish from seven grands prix this year. Reliability has also been a concern for the former world champion outfit with both Alonso and team-mate Jenson Button already onto their fourth and final power units