Romain Grosjean’s race could have been over on the opening lap but the Haas driver managed to salvage a top-ten finish despite the early chaos and damage. The French drive was involved in a wheel-to-wheel tussle with Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg on the opening lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with terminal consequences for the…
Mario Isola believes teams’ qualifying strategies on Saturday will likely be determined by the level of degradation of Pirelli’s hypersoft compound, a tyre many criticized after Friday’s running. The Italian manufacturer’s softest rubber logically produced the fastest laps around the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but its durability was also called out by the drivers, making it…
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas has made a point of understanding where and why Lewis Hamilton has been faster than him this year, precisely to help him bridge the gap with his team mate. With the Drivers’ championship rapped up by the Brit, Bottas is determined to secure in the last two races of 2018 the win…
Williams has announced that Rob Smedley, its Head of Performance Engineering, will depart the team at the end of the current season. After a ten-year stint at Ferrari, Smedley joined Williams in 2014 to help guide the British outfit’s race operations team at a time of transition following a poor campaign in 2013. Williams went…
The US Grand Prix stewards’ decision to hand a grid penalty to Sebastian Vettel for a red-flag violation plays right into the hands of Mercedes, but Toto Wolff wasn’t happy with the call. Vettel’s challenge for the world title has gone from difficult to near-impossible after the Ferrari driver was hit a three-place demotion on…
Pierre Gasly has no doubts about Honda’s dedication when it comes to its involvement in F1, having witnessed firsthand last year at Suzuka one Japanese engineer’s emotional passion. As the manufacturer made strides last season with the performance of its power unit, the Japanese Grand Prix was, as usual, an all-important home race for Honda….
It’s early days still for F1’s new rule changes but Ross Brawn, the sport’s managing director of motorsport, liked what he saw in Melbourne last weekend. F1 tweaked its aero rules ahead of the 2019 season in a bid to allow cars to follow each other more closely and promote overtaking. Among the drivers, the…
The UK unveiled on Wednesday a draft bill to expand the government’s spy powers that privacy watchdogs are decrying as a further step towards becoming a surveillance state. “[T]his long-awaited Bill constitutes a breath-taking attack on the internet security of every man, woman and child in our country,” stated Shami Chakrabarti, Director of the UK-based…
Renault F1 executive director Marcin Budkowski says the manufacturer’s all-new engine for 2019 is looking “very promising”, although he insists that the quest for the right balance between performance and reliability is ongoing. Renault’s Viry-Châtillon engine department made slow and steady progress last year, but power was still at a deficit relative to Mercedes and…
President Trump walks to Marine One at the White House on Thursday, on his way to a campaign rally in Louisiana. President Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block New York prosecutors’ subpoenas for his tax records, setting the stage for a legal showdown over the separation of powers and his personal finances….