Massa & Bottas to continue in Williams
WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING is pleased to confirm that the partnership of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas will be retained for a third season in the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Felipe joined the team...
Hulkenberg continues with Force India until 2017
Sahara Force India is delighted to announce the signing of a two-year contract extension with Nico Hulkenberg. It means Nico will race in the team’s colours until at least the end of the 2017...
Hamilton and Mercedes go back on top in Spa
One-two for Mercedes with Hamilton once again ahead of Rosberg. Romain Grosjean finishes 3rd on a wonderful race for him. Vettel had to retire with two laps to go when he was on 3rd...
Hamilton gets his tenth Pole of the season
With a time of 1: 47.1 Hamilton has again imposed at the circuit of Spa-Francorchamps. The best time of his team mate was almost half a second slower.
During Q1, most remarkable were the...
Grosjean penalized due to gearbox change
Romain Grosjean has been penalized with 5 place-penalty for the grid of the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, after change his gearbox in his E23 Hybrid.
The Gravity management driver yesterday stopped in the track...
Kvyat and Red Bull penalized for an unsafe release
Daniil Kvyat has been penalized accused of paying insufficient attention in his outing to the track, Red Bull for this reason fined 10,000 euros.
The Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault driver, Daniil Kvyat has been...
Verstappen gets a 10-place-penalty-grid
Max Verstappen has been penalized with 10-places for the Sunday Belgian Grand Prix of Formula 1 after the engine change that they team Toro Rosso did.
For second time this season, the local driver Max...
Rosberg the fastest on a Friday crashed sessions
The current runner-up of the championship was the fastest of both sessions although problems in both sessions at Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton finished second as Daniel Ricciardo was third in...
Räikkönen to stay at Ferrari for 2016 season
Kimi Räikkönen has been confirm for Ferrari Formula 1 team to race for the 2016 next season, alongside with Sebastian Vettel.
After a lot of speculation surrounding with many drivers “On the chases” for that...
#BianchiMemories Debut on single-seaters in France Formula Renault 2.0
FormulaRapida.net starts its particular review of Jules Bianchi's life in the first article of #BianchiMemories, where we're going to remember the best moments in his career. Today's article talks about his debut in an open-wheel car.
A...
Sebastian Vettel wins in Hungary and dedicates victory to Bianchi
Sebastian Vettel dedicates his win to Jules Bianchi, who passed away last week. The Ferrari driver finished ahead of the Red Bulls of Kvyat and Ricciardo. The Mercedes were involved in several incidents and...
Pole for Lewis Hamilton at the Hungaroring
Lewis Hamilton got pole position 0.5s ahead of his team mate Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel will start 3rd with Ricciardo in 4th.
Tyre strategy was key in Q1. The main teams, Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull...
Lewis Hamilton sets the fastest time before qualifying
Lewis Hamilton finished less than a tenth of a second ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg. Both Mercedes were 0.8s ahead of Sebastian Vettel, 3rd on his Ferrari.
Most drivers complained about grip at the...
Hamilton goes fastest, Red Bull shows good race pace
Hamilton ended the session in 1st place with Kvyat (+0,351s) and Ricciardo (+0,502) ahead of Rosberg (4th). The Red Bulls have had an impressive race pace which might make them able to challenge the...
Hamilton on top of FP1 with two red flags
Lewis Hamilton was fastest than his teammate in the first session of the weekend, which has been interrupted twice with red flags.
There wasn't much action in the first free practice at the Hungaroring. The...
Montezemolo: “Bianchi was going to replace Räikkönen in Ferrari”
Ferrari had already decided that Jules Bianchi would take Kimi Raikkonen's Formula 1 race seat whenever it parted with the Finn, according to the Scuderia's former chairman Luca di Montezemolo.
Bianchi, who died in hospital...
Number 17 to be retired in Bianchi’s honour
Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has announced that car number 17 will no longer be used in the FIA Formula One World Championship, in memory of Jules Bianchi who passed away last...
Ecclestone about Bianchi: “that crane never had to be there”
The Formula 1 chief, Bernie Ecclestone lament the death of Jules Bianchi and admits that this situation won’t happen again in a Formula 1 circuit.
Bernie Ecclestone has lamented the decease of the French driver...
Funeral of Jules Bianchi to take place on Tuesday
This afternoon it has been announced by the Bianchi family that we will be saying goodbye to their wonderful son at 10am CET on Tuesday morning at the Sainte Réparate Cathédrale in the family's...
Elodie Redoulès Open Letter to Jules Bianchi
Jules,
You are gone now so it seems a little bit too late to write to you, but still I feel the need to. I woke up this morning and as I browsed through my...
FIA and GPDA talk about Bianchi
FIA and the GPDA have commented on the recent Jules Bianchi's death with two touching statements with his version of this tragic event.
FIA's Statement:
The sport has lost one of the most talented drivers of...
Fans want FIA to leave pole position spot free in Hungary as a tribute...
Jules Bianchi, the Marussia driver who suffered an accident while racing in Japan last October, sadly passed Friday night in Nice at the age of 25. In the wake of this death, many drivers,...
Manor Marussia Team Principal, John Booth, grateful on Bianchi’s career
The Manor Marussia F1 Team would like to communicate the following statement from John Booth, Team Principal.
“Words cannot describe the enormous sadness within our team this morning, as we come to terms with losing...
Bianchi passed away last night after 9 months of coma
It is with deep sadness that the parents of Jules Bianchi, Philippe and Christine, his brother Tom and sister Mélanie, wish to make it known that Jules passed away last night at the Centre...
Bianchi’s family starts to lose his confidence
Bad news from Jules Bianchi father statement, who recently share some bad news from his son evolution. He said that is feelings are worse than dead.
Philippe Bianchi said:
“In general, progress needs to be made...
Rowland will drive the Red Bull in Silverstone
Oliver Rowland will drive again a Formula 1 car, this time with Red Bull at Silverstone for the World Series by Renault that will take place there on the first weekend of September.
As ever...
Hamilton storms to Great Britain GP victory
Lewis Hamilton has taken the victory in his local Grand Prix, the United Kingdom Grand Prix, who hasn’t had an easy race, where the rain has appear and the battle with the Williams too....
Hamilton takes an extra home power to get the pole
Lewis Hamilton takes his 46th pole position in his whole career in Formula 1 in front of his local fans in Silverstone (UK). His Teammate Nico Rosberg finished one tenth behind. Felipe Massa completes...
Hamilton leads over Rosberg problems
Lewis Hamilton has been the fastest of the final practice session in Silverstone. Nico Rosberg finished second but he had problems. Behind them finished the Ferrari’s and the Toro Rosso’s.
The Ferrari’s led the way...
Rosberg leads despite gearbox woes
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg maintained his grip on the British Grand Prix timesheets in Friday’s second practice session, heading the closely-matched Ferrari duo of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel by three-tenths of a second, though...
