8 years ago Red Bull Racing officially confirmed the long-standing rumors of an Aston Martin-Red Bull link up this Monday, stating that the team will be known as Aston Martin Red Bull Racing for 2018. Aston Martin has no plan to brand or manufacture the team’s chassis or engines at this time, serving as a title sponsor instead.
8 years ago Following a meeting of the World Motorsport Council on Thursday in Paris, the FIA announced the restructuring of the FIA Superlicense requirements. The changes increase the need for experience in Formula 2 or IndyCar, while also adding making several other series eligible for qualification. © Pirelli & C SpA The points system will still require
8 years ago It’s that time of the week again: time for us to look at the past teams that made an exit from the sport of Formula One, having scored no points. This week, we remember Caterham. The Caterham F1 team was originally introduced into Formula One under the name Team Lotus in 2010. There were many
8 years ago Ferrari was the center of controversy for their crash at the Singapore, but also for their Tweet following that accident. The Tweet laid the blame on Max Verstappen, but it has been reported that the Tweet was not actually published by the team’s head of press communications. The Tweet read: VER took #Kimi7 out and
8 years ago Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve already heard about the drama at the Singapore Grand Prix that ended the race for multiple drivers. But what do those involved think about the incident? Race commentators and many fans placed the blame for the incident on Sebastian Vettel, but he had this to say about
8 years ago Do further action will be taken on the first lap incident that ended the race for Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Räikkönen, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso. The stewards were unable to place the blame entirely on just one driver. © Pirelli & C SpA The incident in question occurred on the main straight of the Singapore
8 years ago With a little less than two months remaining in the 2017 Formula One season, the teams made their way to the Marina Bay Street Circuit for the 2017 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX. The weekend marked the 10th year for the event and resulted in a four year contract extension with the event
8 years ago Lewis Hamilton extended him World Drivers’ Championship lead in Singapore, as a big first corner accident that took out the top three contenders, including both Ferrari cars. This shortened race was not quite as straight forward as we have witnessed in the past, with early rain adding an extra layer of complexity to the race
8 years ago Fernando Alonso maybe in a Toyota for the World Endurance Championship’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race next June, having received permission from McLaren and gained the attention of Toyota. This could give him the opportunity to win the event, thanks to the absence of Porsche. The whole deal would revolve around the future of
8 years ago The Sauber driver lineup for 2018 could consist of Charles Leclerc and Antonio Giovinazzi, both Ferrari junior drivers. The move would essentially transform Sauber into a Ferrari B-team and could earn the team a lot more support from Ferrari. Both Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein will be out of a contract at Sauber after this
