8 years ago The thrilling Azerbaijan Grand Prix created a lot of talking points. The biggest talking point of the weekend was the controversial restart incident involving Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. But there was a lot of confusion as to why Hamilton escaped the incident without a penalty. The incident occurred on the lead up to the
8 years ago The Formula One European season got off to a start this weekend with the rebranded 2017 FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX around the Baku Street Circuit. This is the second event to have been held at the circuit, with Nico Rosberg taking the inaugural win last season. Friday © Pirelli & C SpA The first
8 years ago Codemasters, the video game developer behind the F1 franchise, revealed the game covers for F1 2017. I say “covers” because unsurprisingly the company has designed a collection of different covers which will be used in different regions. It shows which drivers are popular in the various regions and one of the covers is actually surprising
8 years ago Ok, so I think we’ve probably all heard enough rants about the crumbling relationship between Honda and McLaren, but I’d just like to make one final plea to the gang at Honda. Please, please, please, please make a Honda works team! © Racing Clothesline A works team is something that’s missing from Honda’s Formula One
8 years ago Sauber’s team principal and chief executive officer, Monisha Kaltenborn, has left her position on the team ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The news comes after the team boss and Longbow Finance disagree about how the team should be run. Her resignation reportedly stems from her disagreement with the new team owners regarding giving Marcus
8 years ago If you want to play a Formula One game, you are going to have to pick up a copy of Codemasters’ latest release, seeing as they own the sole license for Formula One cars in video games. However, it appears that one online racing simulator may have thrown caution to the wind with their recent
8 years ago The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council met on Monday to discuss, among other things, the 2018 Formula One schedule. With 21 races back on the calendar, the 2018 season will be one of the busiest in history, hosting the first ever triple-header. The season will start in Australia, as it has done for many years
8 years ago With the 24 Hours of Le Mans now over, I want to reflect on something that I found quite interesting during the event. Something that, instead of making me ask “why doesn’t F1 do that”, has me asking “why can’t F1 do that”. What I’m talking about is something that Porsche did. They broadcast the
8 years ago It seems that there may be some activity surrounding what remains of the defunct Manor team. Most of the team’s assets were already auctioned off last month, but there may still be a party interested in using Manor as a foundation. According to reports, a group of Chinese-based companies has been eyeballing the former Manor
8 years ago It would appear that Jolyon Palmer is in the chopping block as Renault, as the team warns that he needs to start scoring points consistently. This warning comes after seven rounds in 2017 without a point for the Brit. With a whole season under his belt and part of a season already underway, the Brit
