Month: November 2019

Valtteri Bottas’ flawless win on Sunday has added a third driver to the title mix, but Sebastian Vettel also wants Red Bull Racing to becomes a force to be reckoned with. The Milton Keynes-based outfit, which was foreseen as Mercedes’ main challenger before the season got underway, is clearly lagging both the German squad and…

Pascal Wehrlein had no issues to report on Tuesday following his first session of the year behind the wheel of Sauber’s new C36. The German driver was sidelined on doctors orders after sustaining a back injury in a carsh at last month’s Race of Champions in Miami. Wehrlein only drove in the morning session to…

The former Southampton and Leicester boss took over at the club in October, and thinks the decision to sell the youngster to the Gunners was wrong Saint-Etienne manager Claude Puel is reeling from his club’s decision to sell star defender William Saliba to Arsenal over the summer, despite getting him back on loan. The 18-year-old…

Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari finished 2017’s Formula 1 testing on top, as the Finn became the only driver to break into the 1min18s around Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya over the past two weeks. The 2007 world champion’s 1:18.634 benchmark is over six seconds faster than Nico Rosberg’s 2015 Spanish Grand Prix pole position of 1:24.681, with…

The 30-year-old has come under fire from fans and media in the Spanish capital during the international break, but his manager is not concerned Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has moved to play down any suggestion he would be upset with Gareth Bale following the controversy surrounding the forward’s recent appearances for Wales. Bale has…

McLaren ambassador Jenson Button will delight fans when he gets behind the wheel of Emerson Fittipaldi’s iconic 1974 world championship-winning McLaren M23 at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion in August. The event, held at the similarly iconic Laguna Seca circuit, represents all that is good and glorious about classic motorsport in the United States, with more…

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has offered a lenient view on Valtteri Bottas’ disappointing China Grand Prix and his driver’s rookie mistake. Bottas launched his race form P3 on the grid and initially held his own. But after stopping for dry tyres, he spun behind the Safety Car, a mistake which sent him all the way…

Former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has defended his role in the decision to grant a $100 million bonus to Ferrari for staying in the sport. Ferrari received the annual pay-out as the only team to have been in F1 since it began. The extra money received by the Italian squad was itself double the…

Former Red Bull team mates Mark Webber and David Coulthard believe the jury is still out on whether Mercedes’  Valtteri Bottas has the ability to challenge team mate Lewis Hamilton. The Finn isn’t exactly an unknown quantity in Formula 1 but the lack of a winning car in his four-year career makes evaluating his true…

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