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Sebastian Vettel

Hamilton fight in Austria reminded Vettel of Alonso’s Monza battle

It was only for a brief moment but the two 2018 Formula 1 title contenders Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton came wheel-to-wheel in the Austrian Grand Prix with the former winning the...
McLaren

McLaren launches new eSports programme

Following the success of World's Fastest Gamer last year, a new programme named 'McLaren Shadow Project' has been launched to unearth a fresh new online talent. Rudy van Buren became the official simulator driver for...
Max Verstappen, Christian Horner

Horner hails Verstappen’s ‘mature’ drive amid drama in Austria

For once in the 2018 Formula 1 season, Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen's race craft was commended by almost everyone when things were falling apart for his rivals in a race of attrition at...
F1

F1 2019 season set for an early start with Australian GP

The 2019 F1 season is set to start one week early than the current season with the Australian Grand Prix organisers confirming the dates on Monday. The current season started during the March 23-25 weekend...
Mercedes

Mercedes: Austria DNFs not related to recent performance upgrades

Mercedes had a disastrous 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday with a double retirement due to mechanical issues after dominating Friday and Saturday at Red Bull Ring circuit. It wasn't the best of...
Charles Leclerc, Marcus Ericsson

Leclerc’s confidence not ‘crazy high’ despite points results

Another team to do a double in the 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix was Sauber with both Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson finishing inside the Top 10 despite starting from the back. This was...
Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon

Perez to check with Force India on team order call in Austria

Despite the team's first double points of the 2018 Formula 1 season in the Austrian Grand Prix, team orders could disrupt the celebrations within Force India after Sergio Perez said he wants to check...
Kevin Magnussen, Romain Grosjean, Haas

Fourth, fifth in Austria ‘justice for Australia’, says Magnussen

Among all the terrible things happening to the teams around, for once the Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean weren't on the receiving end of it in the 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand...
Max Verstappen

Austrian GP: Verstappen wins as Mercedes lose lead to Ferrari

It wasn't the result anyone predicted for the 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix as both the Mercedes retired due to engine issues allowing Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen to take his first win...
Mercedes, Ferrari

Vettel not ‘worried’ by Mercedes upgrades

Mercedes' brought an upgraded power unit in Paul Ricard and fresh new bits in Red Bull Ring to get ahead of their rivals, but Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel is not quite worried looking at their...
Valtteri Bottas

Austrian GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole by 0.019s

The 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix qualifying saw a solid fight among Mercedes and Ferrari as Valtteri Bottas defended his crown beating Lewis Hamilton by just 0.019s as Sebastian Vettel was only third. Q1: The...
McLaren

McLaren uses Austrian GP practice sessions for data-gathering

McLaren updated on its 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix programme where it used the three practice sessions to collect as much aero data possible in order to improve the car going forward. The Woking-based...
Sebastian Vettel

Austrian GP: Vettel beats Hamilton by 0.029s in FP3

The fight for pole is set to get intensified with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton going head-to-head in FP3 of the 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix as the German beat the...
Red Bull's Christian Horner, Toto Wolff

Red Bull took ‘absolutely right decision’ with Honda, says Wolff

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is of the view that Red Bull Racing has taken an 'absolutely right decision' to pair up with Honda for the next two seasons in Formula 1, adding that in...
Robert Kubica, Williams

Kubica: Unfair to put ‘weakest’ team sticker on Williams

It sure has been a disastrous 2018 Formula 1 season for Williams so far as they more or less finish last in the races with only points finish to show in Baku. With Lance Stroll...
Kevin Magnussen

Haas needs to ‘eliminate bad weekends’, says Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen believes Haas F1 Team on good weekends are easily the fourth best Formula 1 team in 2018 season but it needs to eliminate bad weekends and maintain the consistency. The American outfit in...
Lewis Hamilton

Austrian GP: Hamilton remains on top in FP2

It remained same at the top in the second practice of 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix as Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton led the way from Valtteri Bottas. It was fairly a routine run in FP2...
Lewis Hamilton

Austrian GP: Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in FP1

The two Mercedes drivers headed the first practice session in the 2018 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton ahead of Valtteri Bottas on Friday. Hamilton was quicker in the early part of the...
Assen

F1 shouldn’t come to Assen, say top MotoGP riders

The idea of adding Assen to the Formula 1 calendar in the future for a Dutch Grand Prix is not the one supported by the leading MotoGP riders. With the rise of Dutch-born Red Bull...
Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Raikkonen

Ricciardo, Raikkonen still feel part of 2018 F1 title fight

It looks more like a two-horse 2018 Formula 1 championship fight between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, but Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen are not counting themselves out just yet. The Mercedes driver sits on...
Kevin Magnussen

Magnussen ‘surprised’ with McLaren’s recent F1 form

Haas' Kevin Magnussen said it is a shame to see his former Formula 1 team McLaren in a situation like they are in, when they could be much ahead in the championship standings. The Dane...
Kimi Raikkonen

Raikkonen not bothered to speculate on F1 future

It is once again that time of year when Kimi Raikkonen's future is deliberated in the media, whether Ferrari will keep him in for another Formula 1 season or finally let him go. With eight...
Pirelli

Italian GP Pirelli tyre nominations same as Belgium, Japan

Pirelli will bring the same three tyre compounds for the 2018 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza as in the preceding Belgian Grand Prix and also the Japanese Grand Prix. The race to be...
Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton turned down his Mercedes engine en-route French GP win

Even though Lewis Hamilton had a new Mercedes power unit on the back of his car, the British driver still turned it down on his way to victory in the 2018 Formula 1 French...
Billy Monger

Monger completes maiden F1 test at Rockingham

Rising British racer Billy Monger got his first chance in a Formula 1 car at Rockingham circuit in the United Kingdom on Tuesday. The 19-year-old drove the 2011-spec Ferrari-powered Sauber C30 around Rockingham - the...
Mercedes

Mercedes used Renault drivers as reference for tyre strategy

It seemed like pretty straight forward race for Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in the 2018 Formula 1 French Grand Prix but the team had to use the help of Renault to fix upon his strategy...
Max Verstappen

Verstappen adopts different tyre strategy for British GP

Pirelli has revealed the tyre choices of the drivers for the 2018 Formula 1 British Grand Prix (July 6-8) as Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen goes for all-together a different strategy. While all the other...
Daniel Ricciardo

Ricciardo: Damaged car made it easy for Raikkonen to pass

Following his highs in the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo has had two relatively sedate races in Canada and France where his teammate Max Verstappen has finished on the...
Fernando Alonso

Alonso attempted for fastest lap in late stop

McLaren had another disaster weekend in the 2018 Formula 1 French Grand Prix both on and off the track with both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne unable to score any points. The weekend started with...
Charles Leclerc

Leclerc rues mistake behind Magnussen for lost position

Sauber's Charles Leclerc continued his points scoring reign in the 2018 Formula 1 French Grand Prix, but felt he had more to offer at Paul Ricard than the 10th position. The Monegasque made his first-ever...