10 years ago The fans at the United States Grand Prix may miss out on Max Verstappen’s blocking maneuvers, as the race stewards warn the drivers that they will be strictly enforcing the regulations. The new enforcement prohibits moving under braking. The discussion about driver tactics came up during Friday’s drivers’ briefing and transformed into a heated discussion,
10 years ago McLaren’s Tooned series made a special return on Saturday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of James Hunt’s World Championship title victory in the 1976 season. The short film features Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso and reveals a secret about James Hunt and the entire McLaren team. © McLaren Racing Limited Tooned was an animated series
10 years ago One week ago, Lewis Hamilton was absent for the Pirelli tyre test due to a foot injury. Hamilton has revealed during the Thursday press conference in the United States that he has been battling this injury throughout the entire season. © Sahara Force India Formula One Team Lewis Hamilton explained his foot pain when asked
10 years ago When you think of a Formula One driver being featured in a video game, you would assume that it would be a racing game. However, this is not the case for Lewis Hamilton as he reveals that he will have a character in the latest Call of Duty game, which will be released in November.
10 years ago Lewis Hamilton was sidelined today following discomfort in his foot from training on Tuesday. As a result, Hamilton opted not to participate in Pirelli’s tyre test in Barcelona. © Daimler AG Although he was originally scheduled to be in the car for Pirelli’s second-last 2017 tyre test in Barcelona, Hamilton was complaining of a sore
10 years ago After a dramatic conclusion to the Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend, the teams were on the track once again for the second part of the fifth and penultimate back-to-back race weekend of the season. This time the scene was set at the Suzuka Circuit for this year’s Japanese Grand Prix. Mercedes got things off to
10 years ago Williams will be testing new seatbelts during the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend, following Valtteri Bottas’ seatbelt issues during the Singapore Grand Prix. Although the team has not been able to find the cause of the issue, they will be changing their seatbelt supplier. © Pirelli & C. S.p.A. The team will no longer be
10 years ago Daniel Ricciardo has helped make history at the Malaysian Grand Prix, helping to give Red Bull their first 1-2 finish since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix and also making Red Bull the only team, other than Mercedes, to score a 1-2 finish in the new V6 hybrid turbocharged era of Formula One. He celebrated his
10 years ago The conspiracy theorists are back in action following the Malaysian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton suffered yet another engine failure this season. This failure cost him the race victory and allowed Nico Rosberg to increase his championship lead, causing many fans to speculate that Mercedes has been fixing the race results. Nevertheless, Hamilton still insists
10 years ago Esteban Gutiérrez’s race came to a premature end when his Formula One car turned into a tricycle on lap 42. This has resulted in a €5000 for the team for an unsafe release, although the team don’t know what causing the tyre to become detached. Gutiérrez parked up his car on lap 42 just before
