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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: August 28, 2016
Nico Rosberg claimed his sixth victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. The German secured his third consecutive pole position on Saturday and followed that up with a measured drive to cut Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton‘s championship lead to just nine points with eight races remaining. Joining Rosberg on the podium were Daniel Ricciardo—who...
Published: August 26, 2016
As Lewis Hamilton made a stuttering start to the 2016 Formula One season, it didn’t take long for the conspiracy theorists to crawl out of the woodwork. Following the three-time world champion’s poor getaways from pole position in Australia and Bahrain, and his two identical MGU-H failures in as many qualifying sessions in China and Russia, those stuck in cyberspace quickly became convinced...
Published: August 25, 2016
As the 2016 Formula One season resumes at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, decision time is fast approaching for McLaren-Honda. It is common knowledge that Jenson Button is fighting with reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne for the opportunity to partner two-time world champion Fernando Alonso in 2017, with the team seemingly forced to decide between experience and youth. And racing director Eric...
Published: August 23, 2016
The 13th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, where Lewis Hamilton will hope to continue his charge toward a fourth world title. Having overturned a 43-point deficit to take the lead of the drivers’ standings in Hungary, the British driver extended his advantage over Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to 19 points with...
Published: August 22, 2016
In Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, Red Bull have arguably the strongest, most exciting driver lineup in Formula One, and with two great drivers comes a great responsibility for the team to manage them effectively. Having eased the tensions between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber to win four consecutive world championships between 2010 and ’13, Red Bull know more than most about the challenges...
Published: August 20, 2016
Pascal Wehrlein may be regarded as Mercedes’ answer to Max Verstappen, but there was a very real danger the German wouldn’t be in Formula One in 2016. When the Mercedes-backed youngster won the prestigious DTM touring car championship in October 2015, just two weeks after the Manor F1 team announced a deal to use Mercedes engines, it felt like the ideal time for one of the more predictable...
Published: August 18, 2016
Renault were thought to have secured a major coup when they signed Kevin Magnussen on the eve of the 2016 Formula One season, but are the team set to drop the Dane already? Even when he was released by McLaren-Honda in the closing months of last season, Magnussen was widely regarded as a potential world champion, but his reputation has been battered behind the wheel of an uncompetitive, underdeveloped...
Published: August 16, 2016
After kissing the kerb of Turn 17 for the 66th time in the German Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel lifted his right foot from the floor and coasted toward the Hockenheim finish line. As a lapped Renault disappeared into the distance, the four-time world champion took Formula One’s tiresome debate surrounding track limits to a whole new level by ignoring the apex of Turn 1 and taking to the run-off...
Published: August 15, 2016
Felipe Massa may have helped Williams finish third in the Formula One constructors’ championship in 2014 and 2015, but there is a sense that if the team are to move to the next level, they need to sign a more fashionable driver. Williams have openly admitted their interest in 2009 world champion Jenson Button and Force India’s Sergio Perez in recent weeks, undermining Massa’s position...
Published: August 13, 2016
When Manor scored their first point in more than two years in July’s Austrian Grand Prix, they were determined to ensure they wouldn’t face another long wait for their next visit to Formula One’s top 10. Pascal Wehrlein’s logic-defying performance at the Red Bull Ring—where he spent 47 laps on the soft-compound tyres to finish 10th despite running last within 30 laps of...