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A one-race ban for the driver. A season-long pit-lane ban for the team principal. A loss of constructors’ championship points. And for good measure, a fine of €200,000. That, per Motorsport.com’s Stefan Ziegler, is the price Audi have been forced to pay for their sins in the second DTM race at the Red Bull Ring, the home of Formula One’s Austrian Grand Prix, at the beginning...
Published: August 25, 2015
Formula One moved a step closer to a complete ban on team radio in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, where a new race-start procedure was introduced. As reported by Motorsport.com’s Adam Cooper, “all pit-to-car communications during any reconnaissance or formation laps” are “limited to safety and sporting information” under the new rules, as the FIA,...
Published: August 24, 2015
Romain Grosjean‘s third-place finish in the Belgian Grand Prix was arguably the most popular result of the 2015 Formula One season thus far. It has been two years since the Frenchman and Lotus were on the verge of greatness, but the team’s tumble down the pecking order has prevented Grosjean from building upon his strong end to the 2013 campaign. And Grosjean has explained how it feels...
Published: August 23, 2015
Lewis Hamilton took his sixth win of the 2015 Formula One season in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. The reigning world champion dominated from pole position to claim victory and extend his lead in the drivers’ standings to 28 points over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who struggled and stumbled his way to second place. One of the most popular circuits on the planet,...
Published: August 22, 2015
Fresh tyres, low fuel and the licence to push the car as hard as you dare. For all the accusations that Formula One—in the current era of mumbling V6 turbo power units, fuel saving and fast-degrading rubber—has somehow lost its way and forgotten its roots, qualifying is the one aspect of a race weekend that presents a reminder of a simpler time. It offers the chance for racing drivers to...
Published: August 21, 2015
After months of rumours and speculation, Ferrari have announced that Kimi Raikkonen will remain with the team for the 2016 Formula One season. The news will come as a surprise to many after the 2007 world champion’s substandard performances alongside Sebastian Vettel in 2015, with the Finn currently sitting fifth in the drivers’ standings with 76 points, 84 adrift of his new team-mate. Despite...
Published: August 18, 2015
Fernando Alonso, as ever, kept his cards close to his chest. Valtteri Bottas was looking forward to heading back home to Finland and a month with “no travelling.” Marcus Ericsson? Five days in Croatia would do the trick. Daniel Ricciardo spoke of working “on this tan” in St. Tropez, presumably referring to the holiday resort and not the stuff you’d find in a bottle...
Published: August 17, 2015
McLaren-Honda are planning to make a huge leap in performance when their new-spec engine is fired up at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The team’s shortcomings in 2015 have been a direct result of Honda’s faulty V6 turbo power unit, but the Japanese manufacturer believes its use of development tokens will allow McLaren to challenge their historical rivals, Ferrari, at...
Published: August 15, 2015
Formula One’s summer holiday is coming to an end. After a four-week break, the 2015 season will resume at the Belgian Grand Prix on August 23, sparking a run of nine races in a three-month period. The action will come thick and fast, which is just what F1 needs after the first 10 races of the campaign generally failed to live up to expectations, with Lewis Hamilton establishing an early...
Published: August 14, 2015
Nine days ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix came the news Kimi Raikkonen would have been waiting for. An article by Corriere dello Sport (h/t Sky Sports) claimed Ferrari, following months of speculation over their intentions for 2016, had agreed a fee of €12 million with Williams for the transfer of Valtteri Bottas, who would partner four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel next...