Lewis Hamilton won his first-ever Portuguese Grand Prix with considerable ease apart from an early skirmish toward the start of the race, where he lost the lead to teammate Valtteri Bottas. But it didn’t take long for the six-time FORMULA…
Mercedes Reconfirm Commitment To F1 With AMG
Not long after announcing earnings of no fewer than 403 million euros for the 2019 season in the highest annals of the sport, Mercedes, the strongest team by pure performance and records in the turbo-hybrid era of the sport have…
Is Perez Moving To Haas For 2021 Drive?
Paddock grapevine, whether one likes it or not, is as real as unbelievable race wins and the last lap overtakes in Formula 1. And where the latest run of rumors are concerned, then it appears Sergio Perez is ‘most likely’…
Not A Disaster For Kimi In Monza Qualifying, But The Iceman Still Searching For That Elusive 2020 Point
Kimi Raikkonen is one of the most intriguing characters in Formula 1. And yet, he is also one of the simplest. Not a man of few words, Kimi is the real definition of ‘what you see is what you get!’…
Engine Restriction Mode No Big Deal For Mercedes, Who Are Set To Nail Qualifying For Italian GP
Mercedes were denied the pole in the past two runs at Monza, home to the Italian Grand Prix, including 2019 and 2018 editions. In 2018, Kimi Raikkonen, then with Ferrari, stormed to pole position, then his first, since Monaco 2017,…
Why Formula 1 Drivers Are Looking Forward To The Turkish Grand Prix?
A little over a week ago, one of the pieces of the leading news from the usually pulsating world of Formula 1 was the return of the Turkish Grand Prix on the calendar. In a year where, at one point,…
Not Spa, It’s Monza, Home To The Italian Grand Prix Where We’ll See The Change In Engine Modes!
The F1 engine mode restriction, which was originally scheduled to come into play at the home of the Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, will now only come into factor at Monza, the home race for Ferrari, and among the most widely-watched…
Hammertime This Weekend? Not When It’s Time For A Bull-Run! What Max’s Triumph At 70th Anniversary GP Tells Us?
A common saying is, ‘great things happen to those who wait!’ But then there’s also this saying that ‘destiny favors those who persist.’ Although, truth is, in winning, you somewhere need a combination of the two. And in the fear…
Advantage Valtteri Bottas For 70th Anniversary Grand Prix
The common saying about drivers from Finland is that- there are Finns, and there are other Formula 1 drivers. But in the current context, where only two drivers on the grid are armed with the most powerful and sensational car,…
Leclerc Better Than Expected On Free Practice Friday. But Saturday, The Big Challenger For Both Ferraris!
Around a year back, when he was at the very track competing for the first time in the Scarlet Red Scuderia, Monegasque Charles Leclerc battled on Saturday and emerged third fastest at the end of the quali battle. Upon the…
How Did His First Practice Run Upon Surprise Comeback Go? Nico Hulkenberg Opens Up.
Before Germany’s Nico Hulkenberg took his seat inside the RP20, he had been away from Formula 1 for 263 days. Fact. Prior to 30-31 July 2020 not in the remotest of possibilities was there any chance of having Nico Hulkenberg…
A Gain For Alex Albon Finally!
He might not have started the current season in the most stylish manner by registering a DNF at the opening round at Spielberg, home to the Austrian Grand Prix, but the races ever since have been nothing but marked improvement…
What Monza, Spa, Hungaroring’s new F1 deal means for the sport
Everyone’s waiting for the curtain raiser of 2020. It’s been a while since we had racing. The season was scheduled to go underway in March. Nearly a quarter of a year since, there’s no racing yet. Wherever you look today,…
Why Does The Path To An F1 Seat Seem Difficult For Mick Schumacher?
In a sport so incessantly driven by high speeds, last-lap battles, the painstaking tedium of setting blazing lap times and whatnot, how significant can a surname possibly get? And speaking of one, it doesn’t get bigger than the word Schumacher.…
Vietnam Grand Prix Set To Be Postponed
The inaugural Vietnam Grand Prix, reports are suggesting at this point in time, is set to be postponed. This, it is needless to say, is down to the prevailing and threatening Coronavirus scare. No more in the land of the…
Will The Second-Half Of The Season See A Big Boost Of Performance From Ferrari?
The last that a race was won by a Ferrari driver was well over half a year ago. It was Kimi Raikkonen’s victory at the US Grand Prix of 2018. Since then, the win column stands dry. In fact, the…
Enter Alex Albon, Exit Pierre Gasly at Red Bull
During a time of peak inactivity, with the F1 season lying suspended in its yearly mid-season break, Red Bull have made a bold decision that’s already got everyone talking and perhaps some scratching their heads. As it turns out with…
Mercedes Confirm George Russell Won’t Be Driving For Them in 2020
If anyone had any doubts about George Russell’s talent or standing in the sport, then merely browsing through the opening lap of the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix should ease some nerves and soothe some headaches. While he began his first-ever…
Kimi Raikkonen Hopes To Maximise Alfa Romeo Package At Hungaroring
Less than a week ago, before it all went wrong for his Alfa Romeo, he scored a strong P5 during the qualifying. It was not only an impressive qualifying result for the man but also for the team that scored…
Sebastian Vettel’s Heroic Drive At Hockenheimring Upholds The Never Say Die Attitude
The last time he drove around here- his home race event- he was left distraught, having spun out in the final moments of the German Grand Prix. He would leave the circuit a dejected man, despite having clinched a sensational…
Does The Ferrari SF 90 Not Suit Silverstone? Well, The Team Thinks So!
Even before they could set a foot in England, home to great racing icons such as Sir Jim Clark and Sir Graham Hill, Ferrari have raised an alarm of sorts. The Scuderia outfit, that’s failed to win a single Grand…
Kimi Raikkonen’s Record At Spain: The Iceman Will Need To Up His Game!
Having scored in all four races so far, Kimi Raikkonen shall enter the fifth Grand Prix of 2019 with a clear intent: to score as many points as he possibly can for his side having been the only driver of…
Here’s why Lewis Hamilton feels Leclerc reminds him of his own self
Current leader of the new season, Lewis Hamilton won the 2019 Bahrain GP, a race he never quite thought was in his grasp. But then, haven’t we heard that destiny favours the brave? Standing on the second step of the…
Why missing Fernando Alonso in F1 isn’t being irrational or some fanboy stuff?
The greats aren’t born to necessarily win. They are here to prove that determination, above all, shall always win. He isn’t a five-time world champion like Lewis Hamilton. He’s at quite some distance from being a wearer of a four-time…
2019 Australian GP: Don’t give up Kimi, P8 isn’t too bad
Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen was the lone driver to fetch some points for the Hinwill-based outfit at the 2019 Australian GP. In gathering 4 points, the ‘Iceman’ gathered a P8, which meant scoring and finishing ahead of guys like Ricciardo,…