Jad Mallak, Author at GRAND PRIX 247

Jacque Villeneuve thinks Red Bull and Max Verstappen have been perfect so far this season

Villeneuve: Red Bull and Verstappen have been perfect

Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve provided his views on this year's title fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen so far, pointing out that Red Bull and their Dutch Ace have been perfect. Speakin... Read More...

Prost: You need to live with your time

Quadruple Formula 1 champion Alain Prost, has been around and witnessed the evolution of F1 through several eras. The French great says 'you need to live with your time' when discussing which generation of F1... Read More...

Sebastian Vettel thinks 23 races are too many

Vettel: I think we shouldn’t have so many races

Formula 1 just announced that 2022 will have a record 23 races, but Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel feels the sport is stretching the boundaries, and that it shouldn't have so many races. Formula 1 has a bee... Read More...

Jenson Button comments on Lewis Hamilton's race in Turkey 2021

Button: I am sure Lewis was quite frustrated

Jenson Button thinks Lewis Hamilton was quite frustrated after the miscommunication, the seven-time champion had with his Mercedes team, as to when to pit, or even whether to pit at all during the 2021 Turkis... Read More...

Binotto: Power unit upgrade giving us a small advantage

Mattia Binotto was absent from Ferrari's pit-wall at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, where both his drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz drove to fourth and eighth respectively, a result Binotto credited to... Read More...

Wolff: DNF is a total killer for the championship

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff, said that reliability concerns were behind Lewis Hamilton's engine change in Turkey, and that having a DNF is a total killer for the championship. Hamilton had to go throu... Read More...

Martin Brundle says it was a mistake on Lewis Hamilton's part to resist his team's orders in Turkey

Brundle: It was a mistake on Lewis’ part

Ex-driver and respected Formula 1 pundit, Martin Brundle, became the latest to comment on the pit stop conundrum of Lewis Hamilton and his team, during the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, with Brundle saying it was ... Read More...

Ross Brawn thinks Mercedes were right to pit Hamilton and that the driver is in a bubble.

Brawn: The driver is in a bubble

Formula 1 Managing Director - Motorsports Ross Brawn weighed in on the hot topic emerging from the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton's pit stop dilemma - hinting the team was right, as the driver is in... Read More...

Lewis Hamilton says he is not furious with his team after strategy disagreement in the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix

Hamilton: It isn’t true to say I’m furious with my team

Lewis Hamilton moved to debunk claims that he is furious with his team, amid news in the press claiming that all is not good within the Mercedes camp after the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix tyre strategy disagreeme... Read More...

Turkish Takeaways: Wingmen invade center stage

The Turkish Grand Prix served a proper show last year, with wet qualifying, a wet race and a grip-less track all ingredients for a thriller; ditto this year but despite the damp there was far more grip which ... Read More...

Norris: I have to be happy with seventh

Lando Norris said he was happy to finish P7 at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix. Looking to rebound from his last race in Sochi, the McLaren star could not achieve more on the day. Norris would have been hoping f... Read More...

Max Verstappen thinks his team maximized the results from the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix

Verstappen: It wasn’t the most fun race

Despite regaining his lead in the drivers' standings from Lewis Hamilton by six points, Max Verstappen thinks the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix wasn't the most fun race to drive. Verstappen came to Istanbul Park t... Read More...

Sergio Perez says he had a tough race in Turkey

Perez: It was not an easy race for me

Sergio Perez admitted that his hard fought third place in Istanbul was not straight forward, and that the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix was not an easy race for him. Perez was hired by Red Bull for one simple reas... Read More...

Carlos Sainz says the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix was one of his best races.

Sainz: This was one of my best races

Carlos Sainz believes the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix was one of his best races, starting from the back of the grid after getting an engine penalty and finishing eighth. Sainz was coming to Istanbul off the back... Read More...

Mercede boss Toto Wolff expects that progress will be tough for Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes: progress will be tough for Lewis

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff thinks progress will be tough for Lewis Hamilton from 11th on the grid, but has full faith in his star driver's ability to turn things in his favor. Mercedes have decided to giv... Read More...

Pierre Gasly leads the Formula 1 pecking order in a wet FP3 in Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul FP3: Gasly leads the field in the rain.

The rain finally arrived over Istanbul Park in time for FP3, and the grip everyone was elated about was flushed away, but a new face in the form of Pierre Gasly topped the timing screens. Not much can be tak... Read More...

Hamilton predicts a tough race in Istanbul on Sunday

Hamilton: I have a lot of work to do on Sunday

Lewis Hamilton admits he has his work cut out on Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix to recover from the ten-place grid penalty for a new engine, but the Briton's chances are promising if his FP1 and FP2 form is anyt... Read More...

Hamilton fastest in FP2 at the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul

Istanbul FP2: Hamilton Tops, Verstappen struggles

Little changed for Lewis Hamilton between FP1 and FP2 of 2021 Turkish Grand Prix, as his reign prevailed on Friday's proceedings in Istanbul while Max Verstappen's struggles continued. Hamilton was fastest y... Read More...

Author Jad Mallak