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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: July 26, 2016
The 12th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim circuit, where Nico Rosberg will need to halt the slide. The German established a 43-point advantage over Lewis Hamilton after winning the opening four races of the year, but now he finds himself six points adrift of his Mercedes team-mate having been restricted to just three podium...
Published: July 25, 2016
Just two months ago, a winless Lewis Hamilton was 43 points behind Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the Formula One drivers’ standings. After securing his fifth victory in six races in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, however, the British driver has moved to the top of the championship and is now the hot favourite to win a fourth world title in 2016. It has been a remarkable turnaround,...
Published: July 24, 2016
Lewis Hamilton claimed his fifth victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring. After winning four of the previous five races, the three-time world champion was unfortunate to miss out on pole position after yellow flags appeared at the end of qualifying, gifting the No. 1 grid slot to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, However, Hamilton recovered from...
Published: July 22, 2016
After many months of speculation, Mercedes have confirmed that Nico Rosberg will remain with the team for the 2017 and 2018 Formula One seasons. Rosberg has established himself as an integral member of the team since arriving from Williams at the beginning of 2010, becoming the first German driver to win behind the wheel of a German car in the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix before helping Mercedes win two...
Published: July 21, 2016
Does Fernando Alonso truly believe he can win the Formula One title in 2017? Or does he just keep saying it to keep McLaren-Honda motivated during one of the most difficult periods in their history? With the Spaniard restricted to just four top-10 finishes over the last 18 months, the chances of McLaren making enough progress to even challenge for the world championship this time next year seem remote. But...
Published: July 19, 2016
The 11th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, where Max Verstappen will stand a chance of claiming his second victory of the year. After exceeding expectations in the four races between Canada and Britain, Red Bull are expected to rediscover their best form at the Hungaroring, a circuit where the four-time world champions have...
Published: July 18, 2016
Formula One could be set to return to Imola for the first time in 11 years next season, with the circuit signing a contract to host the 2017 Italian Grand Prix. After much debate surrounding the future of F1 in Italy and the troubled Monza track, the revelation of Imola’s deal is the first piece of concrete news that the pinnacle of motorsport will continue to visit Ferrari’s homeland beyond...
Published: July 16, 2016
Rio Haryanto became the final piece of Formula One’s 2016 jigsaw puzzle in mid-February when, just four days before the start of winter testing, he was confirmed as a Manor Racing driver for the new season. With a patchy record in GP2—each of his three victories in F1’s official feeder series came in reverse-grid “sprint” races—it was obvious from the outset that...
Published: July 14, 2016
Although Mercedes have won all but one of the opening 10 races of the 2016 Formula One season, Ferrari have stubbornly refused to admit defeat in the world championship fight. Even when Sebastian Vettel was assaulted by Daniil Kvyat on the first lap in Russia and his Austrian Grand Prix ended with a spectacular tyre failure, Ferrari were convinced the title battle was not over. But with the Prancing...
Published: July 12, 2016
Nico Rosberg became the first Formula One driver to be punished for breaking Formula One’s 2016 team radio restrictions in the aftermath of Sunday’s British Grand Prix. The German was catching Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps of the Silverstone race when he suffered a sudden gearbox glitch on Lap 46 of 52. With his pilot staring at the prospect of retiring and losing...