Claire Williams: 'Last year was shameful; now the pride is back'
“It was pretty dire last year. No one gets their car late for testing, do they? It was a shock. I mean, I arrived, thinking that car was going to…
Tony Brooks turned 88 this week. My interest in him was piqued by a factoid within Cyril Posthumus’ year-by-year history of the German Grand Prix: that two-time winner Brooks was…
Classification Driver Team Time Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m 16.841sec 145 2. Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1min 17.066sec 139 3. Lance Stroll Racing Point 1min 17.118sec 130 4. Nicholas Latifi…
New banked corners at Zandvoort have been completed, two months before Formula 1 returns to the Dutch circuit. The two sections, angled at 18- and 19-degrees, are said to be…
Alfa Romeo’s reserve driver clocked the fastest time of Formula 1 testing day four, as Robert Kubica registered a 1 min 16.942sec to top the timesheets. His time was comfortably…
The 2020 Formula 1 season is fast approaching and it isn't just new cars that get unveiled these days.
So ahead of the second and final week of pre-season testing, we have one unsurprising, nailed-on super-fast Mercedes. Then we have an enigmatic Red Bull that looks far better on…
Formula 1 legend Alain Prost celebrates his 65th birthday today. With 51 grand prix wins and four world drivers’ titles, usually done in his inimitable smooth-as-silk style, his F1 career…
Throughout testing this year, one clear area of differentiation between cars (beyond the noses), is the bargeboards and sidepods. The former have increased in complexity year on year, particularly since…
This year’s F1 season will feature close racing at the front and a midfield pack that’s gaining on the leaders, says Mercedes, which has published some of its internal analysis…
After causing quite the stir in the paddock on Thursday, Mercedes ended the first week of pre-season testing the way it started, with a one-two on the timesheets. Valtteri Bottas…
When pre-season testing started on Wednesday I did not think I would be using a word that sounds like a popular detergent. But since Thursday morning, when Lewis Hamilton started…
As the new Racing Point RP20 rolled out for pre-season testing, even the most casual of observers could see it bore more than a passing resemblance to last year’s Silver…
Finally, on day two of preseason testing there was genuine excitement as eagle-eyed observers noticed something unusual about Lewis Hamilton’s steering inputs to the W11. In addition to turning the…
The 2020 season was always going to be a quiet year for development in Formula 1, with mature regulations and a full-scale development shift for 2021 looming. However, nothing ever…
Max Verstappen says that he is "very happy" with his Red Bull after the opening day of Formula 1 testing. The Dutchman finished day one at the Circuit de Catalunya…
Two of Formula 1’s midfield teams believe that they will be better-placed to challenge the frontrunners this season, as the first day of testing in Barcelona comes to an end.…