However, Sabine Kehm has made claims that the seven time world champion wanted to disappear from the attention of the media and the general public, the Dailymail report. Schumacher’s manager also hints that it is for these reasons why very little information is being revealed about the F1 Legend’s recovery. ‘Once in a long discussion
McLaren to start 2016 Formula 1 season with ‘unknowns’
Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso completed a combined 780 laps over two weeks in Barcelona but the Honda-powered team failed to complete their full pre-season testing programme. McLaren are set to trial their 2016 package in Friday’s practice at the Australian GP, and Boullier said: “It’s been a very long winter, and I know that I
Hamilton: “Formula 1 keeps making the wrong rules decisions”
s a traditionalist, Hamilton would prefer an ‘old-school’ car reminiscent of 1980s F1. Though he knows that dream will never be realised, he still thinks wrong turns are being made. He denied that it was just Mercedes’ domination stifling the F1 spectacle. “I don’t think the [current] regulations are fine, even if there were five
Alonso too optimistic? “Only McLaren can beat Mercedes”
Fernando Alonso is convinced that only McLaren-Honda has the capacity to knock Mercedes off the top of Formula 1, even though it will take it at least until 2017 to do so. Although the team has made big gains over the past 12 months, following a challenging 2015 campaign, it is under no illusions about
Hamilton ‘gets’ the title and Rosberg blows it
Poleman Hamilton led away as fellow front-row starter Raikkonen failed to get away cleanly from the startline in his Ferrari, stuttering away and dropping to last by the first corner. Vettel looked to outside of Hamilton at the first chicane, but quickly tucked in behind, with the Williams duo of Massa and Bottas running third
Vettel, Rosberg happy with Pirelli solution, but Hamilton is not
Pirelli released their finding on the tire issues experienced at the Belgian Grand Prix earlier today and the fallout has been mixed. Sebastian Vettel is pleased with the response from Pirelli and so is Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg. Vettel said: “We’ve been looking very closely into the issue we had,” said Vettel. “Pirelli has been
Mercedes uses all engine tokens for Italian GP
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton will switch to their third power unit of the season at Monza, and it has incorporated changes that take up all seven of the tokens the team had at its disposal. But rather than the approach being a bid to maximise its power potential for the Italian Grand Prix, the
Hamilton wins but Vettel blows it away
Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix to extend his Formula 1 world championship lead to 28 points. Lewis Hamilton made a decent start from pole while title rival Rosberg made a poor getaway and was swamped by Sergio Perez (Force India), Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), Valtteri Bottas
Spa Qualies bring no surprises, but Ferrari struglles
Lewis Hamilton claimed his 10th pole position in 11 Formula 1 races this year by comfortably defeating Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Rosberg was narrowly faster than team-mate Hamilton in Q2 at Spa, but the reigning world champion reversed the situation by a massive 0.446 seconds after their respective
Hamilton flies in final Spa practice
The reigning F1 world champion clocked a 1m48.984s to finished 0.498 seconds quicker than his title rival, who was fastest in both practice sessions on Friday. Ferrari proved to be Mercedes’ closest challenger at a gloriously sunny Spa Francorchamps, with Sebastian Vettel third and his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen fourth. Sergio Perez set the fastest final