Is Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen the Next Sebastian Vettel?

On the same weekend that 17-year-old Max Verstappen finished fourth in the Hungarian Grand Prix—directly ahead of double world champions Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton—he said he hopes to get his driver’s licence during the Formula One summer break, according to the Press Association (h/t the Guardian). To describe Verstappen’s rise as meteoric would... 

Jules Bianchi: Remembering a Racer and an Inspiration

Formula One has lost a bright, young light. Jules Bianchi died on July 17 in his hometown of Nice, France, from the severe head injuries he suffered at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix. “Jules fought right to the very end, as he always did, but today his battle came to an end,” his family said in a statement. That fighting spirit was on full display during the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix,... 

Formula 1 Rule Changes Use Common Sense to Improve the Sport

Late last Friday, common sense finally prevailed in Formula One. It is just a small step, with the FIA World Motor Sport Council approving some of the F1 Strategy Group’s latest recommendations, but even a small step in the right direction is a good sign for the sport after a turbulent year of bankruptcies, double points and threatened boycotts. Last week, we cautioned not to get too excited... 

Analysing Lewis Hamilton’s Stunning Qualifying Improvement Versus Nico Rosberg

After nine races of the 2014 Formula One season, Nico Rosberg had outqualified his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton 5-4, and each driver had scored four pole positions. At the same point this year, about halfway through the season’s 19 races, Hamilton has outqualified Rosberg 8-1 (the two Merc drivers have swept the front row of the grid seven times and taken all nine poles). But what is behind... 

It’s Too Early to Get Too Excited About the F1 Strategy Group’s Proposed Changes

The Formula One Strategy Cartel…er, Group…met again last week in London, producing an idealistic press release that is short on details. Before everyone gets too excited about sprint races and a return to eardrum-shattering noise, though, let’s remember that just because the group discussed something, that doesn’t mean it will actually happen.  The ideas for improving the... 

Mercedes’ Superior Strategy Enables Lewis Hamilton to Win British Grand Prix

After Lewis Hamilton threw away victory with an ill-advised pit stop at the Monaco Grand Prix in May, Mercedes’ strategy was flawless at Silverstone Circuit on Sunday, enabling Hamilton to overcome a poor start and that inevitable English rain to win the British Grand Prix—his fifth victory in nine Formula One races this year. Although Hamilton and his team-mate Nico Rosberg qualified first... 

Remembering Stirling Moss’ 1955 British Grand Prix Victory at Aintree

In the first five British Grands Prix of the Formula One world championship era (beginning in 1950), only two British drivers finished on the lead lap. Reg Parnell was third in 1950, 52 seconds behind the winner, Nino Farina. Mike Hawthorn finished second in 1954, one minute, 10 seconds adrift of Jose Froilan Gonzalez. London-born Stirling Moss arrived at the 1955 race at Aintree, outside Liverpool,... 

Reliving Jenson Button’s British Grand Prix Disappointments and Disasters

“I still hold out hope,” McLaren’s Jenson Button said as he prepares for next weekend’s British Grand Prix, per the Guardian‘s Paul Weaver. “I want to be on the podium and win in front of my home crowd.” Fifteen times Button has started at Silverstone and fifteen times he has ended the race without standing on the podium. His countryman and former... 

Formula 1 Prize Money Distribution Highlights Inequalities in the Sport

Imagine if Manchester United received a special payment each year from the Football Association, just so they would show up for their Premier League matches. Or if the Dallas Cowboys took a cut off the top of the NFL’s television revenues in exchange for them not dropping out and forming a rival league with the NFL’s most popular teams. That, essentially, is what happens with the distribution... 

Nico Rosberg Shows He Is a Real F1 Title Contender with Austrian Grand Prix Win

Twice in the last four Formula One grands prix, Nico Rosberg has done something he struggled to do at all in 2014: He has beaten his teammate and championship rival Lewis Hamilton head-to-head in a fair fight. “I think this year I found what I needed to find last year in terms of race [pace], y’know, and just doing a little bit better in the races and that’s really working out for... 

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