Sauber’s Charles Leclerc achieved his third top-10 finish of the season in Montreal, raking in another point for the Swiss outfit and boosting his confidence in the process. The 20-year-old rookie put in a solid performance that yielded a P10 finish on a track he feared would not suit his C37 after the brake issues […]

Beaming and still all wrapped up in the glory of his Monaco Grand Prix win, a buoyed Daniel Ricciardo heads to Montreal, the site of the Aussie’s very first F1 win. The prospect of heading to another track where Red Bull should perform well after blitzing the field in the previous round has the Honey […]

Former F1 driver Johnny Herbert says Stoffel Vandoorne’s failure to remain in F1 next season is a reminder for Lando Norris that sustaining a career in F1 is “not a given” for a young talented driver. Vandoorne’s entry into F1 with McLaren in 2016 was preceded by an impressive series of formative years in motorsport’s […]

McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne completed his full test programme with Pirelli on Tuesday without any drama, the Belgian clocking in at the end of the day just shy of 100 laps. Vandoorne picked up where Lando Norris had left off the day before in the Woking-based outfit’s second MCL33, putting Pirelli’s 2019 rubber through its paces. […]

Fernando Alonso lost no time getting down to business yesterday at Spa for his official debut with Toyota in the World Endurance Championship. Strapped in behind the wheel of his #8 TS050 Hybrid racer that he’ll be sharing this year with Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, the Spaniard topped the Spa event’s first practice session, […]

Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean have been given one priority by Haas boss Guenther Steiner: not to crash during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend! The warning has come as a result of Formula 1’s hectic ‘five races in seven weeks’ schedule and a shortage of spare parts for the US outfit. “The spare situation with […]

Honda’s engine upgrade set to be introduced at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix is centered around improvement of its internal combustion unit. The Japanese manufacturer is cautiously taking its progress one step at a time as it subtly balances performance with reliability. Both Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley will both enjoy the new […]

Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon is on McLaren’s shortlist for 2019 as the team contemplates a full-time involvement in IndyCar next season. The Kiwi, who once enjoyed an F1 test with Williams back in 2004, confirmed that talks had been initiated with McLaren, but insisted his main focus was on winning his fifth series championship […]

Charles Leclerc’s outstanding performances this season with Sauber will entice teams to trust more young drivers with an F1 drive says Mercedes junior George Russell. Leclerc’s path to the pinnacle of racing included success in GP3 in 2016 and then a title in Formula 2 last season, milestones that earned the Ferrari junior a seat […]

Lewis Hamilton has been called to the race stewards office to explain what happened when Mercedes had second thoughts about pitting him under the safety car during the German Grand Prix. Hamilton was called in to the teams for a fresh set of tyres, but the race engineer then countermanded the decision. Hamilton was already […]