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Considering his recent form at the circuit, you’d have been forgiven for assuming Nico Rosberg was on course to displace Albert II as the Prince of Monaco. Not since the days of Ayrton Senna, who won six Monaco grands prix in seven years in the late 1980s and early ’90s, has a driver established such an intimate, harmonious bond with that two-mile long stretch of track as Rosberg has in...
Published: May 22, 2015
The wait was longer than anticipated, but Mercedes have finally confirmed Lewis Hamilton’s signing of a new three-year contract. The deal, which according to BBC Sport’s Andrew Benson is worth around £27 million per year, was described as a “formality” by Hamilton after the last race of 2014, per Sky Sports, but it took until the fifth round of the 2015 season for pen...
Published: May 21, 2015
Formula One stars are born and raised on the streets of Monaco. For all the history and heritage of other classic venues such as Spa-Francorchamps, Suzuka, Silverstone and Monza, the Monaco Grand Prix is the one they all want to win. And it is usually the best drivers who do so. The Monte Carlo circuit, ever-present on the grand prix schedule since the 1950s, continues to offer the most profound...
Published: May 18, 2015
The Monaco Grand Prix usually showcases all that is good about Formula One and is an event to savour and celebrate. But there will only be sadness and reflection within the Manor Marussia garage this weekend. Sunday’s race will mark a year since Jules Bianchi claimed the team’s first (and only) points finish with an immaculate drive from the rear of the field. It was the type of performance—one...
Published: May 16, 2015
It’s been 28 years since Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna collided on Lap 1 of the 1987 Belgian Grand Prix, but that afternoon is remembered for what happened after the incident rather than the crash itself. After the race at Spa-Francorchamps was restarted due to an incident toward the back of the pack, third-placed Senna managed to jump the Williams team of Mansell and Nelson Piquet to claim...
Published: May 15, 2015
Has this been the poorest start to a Formula One season in recent times? Not so much in terms of competition, as three different winners in the opening five grands prix of 2015 is encouraging, or the standard of the racing—the exploits of Max Verstappen in China and Nico Rosberg in Bahrain alone have made the campaign worthwhile—but the sheer, raw quality of the teams. The mid-point...
Published: May 14, 2015
With a runaway winner and the top four drivers finishing in the order they started, last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix is unlikely to live long in the memory of Formula One enthusiasts. But there were at least a number of fascinating interactions over team radio over the course of the race, a number of which offered clues over the Mercedes team’s state of mind at this stage of the 2015 campaign. Heading...
Published: May 13, 2015
Carlos Sainz Jr. shouldn’t have been in Formula One this year. He should have been in exile in the DTM, on the outside looking in. He should have been in the World Endurance Championship, racing alongside his fellow has-beens, or in Formula E, the place where the souls of the ghosts of F1’s recent past go to die. He should have been clinging on to the dream, joining the rat race of GP2,...
Published: May 11, 2015
Will Lewis Hamilton stay or go? The 30-year-old has made no secret of his intention to remain at Mercedes since claiming his second world championship at the end of 2014—indeed, he told Sky Sports a new deal was “a formality” the morning after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix—but the contract saga, as we can now call it, still shows no signs of ending. And it has been reported that...
Published: May 10, 2015
Nico Rosberg finally returned to winning ways in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, registering his first victory of the 2015 Formula One season. It was a timely triumph for the German, who despite finishing on the podium in each of the previous four races had endured a testing start to the campaign. He had been unable to recreate his strong performances from last season when he came within touching...