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Leclerc: There will always be team orders in F1

Charles Leclerc said on Thursday he would be willing to move over again for Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel, but only in certain situations. The 21-year-old Monegasque Formula 1driver was running thir... Read More...

Baku want return to June date for Formula 1 race

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix would like to move back to June from its current April slot on the Formula 1 calendar, race promoter Arif Rahimov said on Thursday. “The weather (in June) is a bit more predicta... Read More...

Hamilton: I’ve honestly struggled a little bit in Baku

Lewis Hamilton is no stranger to winning at just about every venue on the Formula 1 calendar, but the Mercedes driver admits he has yet to find the sweet-spot around the Baku Street Circuit despite winning ... Read More...

Wolff: We know that we need to keep pushing

While Mercedes have finished one-two in the first three races of this season, team chief Toto Wolff is not taking the foot off the loud peddle insisting ahead of the forthcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix that h... Read More...

Perez: Lawrence is the most motivated person in our garage

The demise of Force India last year led to the birth of Racing Point, gone is mayhem of the Vijay Mallya days of uncertainty replaced by the big bucks investment by billionaire Lawrence Stroll and a group o... Read More...

Vasseur: Giovinazzi is struggling but he will recover

Antonio Giovinazzi was once upon a time the 'next big thing' as far as Ferrari were concerned, the youngster was being groomed for Formula 1 by the legendary team but, now in the big leagues, the 25-year-ol... Read More...

Sainz: It hasn’t been a great first three races

Carlos Sainz will be revealing insight into his life as a McLaren driver this season with a personal column published by the official Formula 1 website which launched with the first edition this week. A... Read More...

Kubica: I can’t do things George is doing, so it’s very strange

Of course, there is an argument that a seat in Formula 1 is the holy grail of our sport, with this in mind Robert Kubica conjured one of the most remarkable comebacks in sport as he found the budget and gap... Read More...

Marko: Albon is the surprise of the season

Toro Rosso struggled to find a second driver for their team ahead of the 2019 Formula 1 season, but it seems in their rookie Alex Albon they have uncovered a diamond which they are not intent on polishing. ... Read More...

How Mercedes made the insane stack-pitstop work

https://youtu.be/cCsvvUXc1RQ You cannot watch the replay of the way Mercedes stacked their cars for a pitstop during the Chinese Grand Prix and not be awestruck by the poetry in motion coupled to ruthless ef... Read More...

Hakkinen: Ferrari should not care if Leclerc or Vettel wins

Mika Hakkinen has questioned Ferrari tactics which favoured Sebastian Vettel to the detriment of Charles Leclerc who was sacrificed twice in the race to aid his teammate during the Chinese Grand Prix. As... Read More...

Vettel: Our car is working, there’s nothing wrong with it

With Ferrari and their number one driver Sebastian Vettel on the back foot, after three rounds of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship, it appears that despite the deficit to the pacesetters and archrivals... Read More...

Williams to become Forza Russia F1 Team ?

Although talk of a Russian Formula 1 team is not new, now reports suggest that Russian billionaire Dmitry Mazepin is looking to buy Williams and thus ensuring his son Nikita has a seat on the grid at some p... Read More...

Inside Line: The official pecking order is silver, red, blue, etc

Now that the dust has settled after an intriguing weekend in Shanghai which finally revealed the pecking order to many fans, pundits and media outlets who simply got their predictions wrong ahead of this se... Read More...

Brawn Report: Definitely a tricky year for Sebastian

The 1000th Formula 1 race in China was a dull one to say the least as Mercedes powered to their third successive one-two while their rivals trip up in their wake. F1’s Managing Director Ross Brawn casts ... Read More...

Bratches: We also want a street race in China

Formula 1 is in talks with six local governments in China this week about holding a second grand prix in the country, a senior F1 official told AFP, with a Beijing road race said to have been floated. A ... Read More...

Verstappen: Not frustrating yet but we lack race pace

Fourth place in the Chinese Grand Prix is more than Max Verstappen expected, but the Red Bull driver laments the lack of race pace in the RB15 package which he is hoping improves as the season progresses. ... Read More...

Wolff: Every team has that issue with two alpha drivers

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff knows a thing or two about internal driver conflicts and how they can jeopardise a campaign, thus after the Chinese Grand Prix his insights into the Ferrari 'team orders' shenanigan... Read More...

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