Manor’s Esteban Ocon Can Push Team to Bigger and Better Things in 2016 F1 Season

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 the chequered flag—had gifted the team their first point since the late Jules Bianchi’s ninth-place finish at Monaco 2014. And after joining his colleagues for the obligatory photocall in... 

Esteban Ocon vs. Pascal Wehrlein: A Preview of the 2020 F1 Championship Battle?

With the announcement that Esteban Ocon will replace Rio Haryanto for the final nine races of the Formula One season, the Manor team is about to host what could be a preview of the 2020 (or so) world championship battle. Ocon, a 19-year-old Frenchman, will square off against fellow rookie Pascal Wehrlein, another rising star who has wasted no time proving he belongs at the sport’s highest level. Both young men are Mercedes proteges, and, if their careers continue along their current trajectories, either or both would be potential replacements whenever Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg move... 

Formula 1’s Latest Rumours, Talk: Manor’s Esteban Ocon, Carlos Sainz Jr., More

After representing Mercedes and Renault in various test and practice sessions in the first half of 2016, Esteban Ocon will make his Formula One debut at the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix after joining Manor. The Frenchman will compete in the final nine races of the season alongside fellow Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein following Rio Haryanto’s demotion to a reserve-driver role, and the teenager has described his excitement for the weeks and months to come as he seeks a more permanent seat on the 2017 grid. While Ocon rose to prominence after beating Max Verstappen to the FIA European Formula... 

Midseason Value-for-Money Ranking of F1 Driver Salaries

With the Formula One teams off on their summer holidays, it’s time for the midseason instalment of our annual driver value-for-money rankings. By comparing the driver salaries published by Paddock Magazine (h/t F1i.com’s Michael Delaney) with the number of points each driver has scored, we can get an idea of who is underperforming and who might be due for a raise or a bump up the grid. Of course, the details of driver contracts are protected like state secrets, so the figures here are just estimates, but they do provide an interesting point of comparison between drivers. Equally... 

Breaking Down What Nico Rosberg Must Do to Get F1 Title Challenge Back on Track

It was, as ever, Martin Brundle who called it right. The champagne was only just beginning to dry on the Russian Grand Prix podium when the Sky Sports television pundit, armed with a microphone, marched onto the balcony and toward the race-winner. “Congratulations!” he told Nico Rosberg as he accepted a handshake that, whether he liked it or not, quickly morphed into a borderline man hug. “Wow, the man who can’t stop winning! Seven in a row. Only three other drivers in the history of Formula One have done that: Alberto Ascari, the great Michael Schumacher, Sebastian... 

Formula 1’s Latest Rumours and Talk: Kevin Magnussen, Jenson Button and More

Kevin Magnussen was delighted when Renault offered him the opportunity to keep his Formula One career alive at the beginning of 2016, but the first half of the season has been rather depressing for the Danish driver. Renault’s heavy focus on the 2017 regulation changes has seen Magnussen restricted to just one points finish in the opening 12 races of this season, hampered by a modified 2015 car that was initially tailored for a Mercedes power unit. With the team openly flirting with other drivers, Magnussen is facing an uncertain future, but the 23-year-old has admitted the prospect of returning... 

Can McLaren Deliver a 3rd F1 Drivers’ Championship for Fernando Alonso?

October will mark 10 years since the Brazilian Grand Prix at which Fernando Alonso clinched the second of his back-to-back Formula One titles with Renault. It seems almost silly to write it, but one of the best drivers of his generation has gone a decade without a championship. After two near-misses at Ferrari, Alonso has spent the last two years wandering in the wilderness at McLaren, another former champion struggling to regain lost glory. “In terms of driving, how competitive I can be or my third world championship hopes, then you drive for Mercedes or McLaren-Honda,” Alonso... 

Maurizio Arrivabene Has Taken Ferrari as Far as He Can in Formula 1

December 2014. Less than three weeks after the final grand prix of another long, hard year, Ferrari‘s factory in the Italian town of Maranello was a dark, quiet and lonely place. No Fernando Alonso. No Luca di Montezemolo. No Stefano Domenicali. No Marco Mattiacci. No Pat Fry. No Nikolas Tombazis. No Hirohide Hamashima. And no light at the end of the tunnel. With the exception of Alonso, who fled the sinking ship to dive onto the McLaren-Honda lifeboat, all those men—those servants and, in some cases, stalwarts of the Prancing Horse—had paid for Ferrari’s first winless season... 

Formula 1’s Latest Rumours, Talk: Jenson Button to Williams, McLaren-Honda, More

With Formula One’s summer break just beginning, decision time is fast approaching for Jenson Button. Unlike his previous retirement sagas in 2014 and ’15, when his attitude was “McLaren-Honda or nothing,” the 2009 world champion has opportunities to remain in F1 next season, with Williams openly admitting their interest in Button. But Williams have warned Button to jump before he is pushed by McLaren, hinting the team will not wait for the 36-year-old when other drivers, including Sergio Perez, are available. At the halfway stage of 2016, most teams are already beginning... 

Should Williams Sign Jenson Button, Felipe Massa or Someone Else for 2017?

With Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari already confirming their driver lineups for the 2017 Formula One season, Williams are the best-placed team with possible vacancies for next year. Naturally, Williams and their current drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, have become the subject of much speculation. And aside from the present lineup, deputy team principal Claire Williams recently mentioned McLaren’s Jenson Button and Force India‘s Sergio Perez as possible candidates for one of her team’s seats, per the Press Association (h/t the Daily Mail). So there are a lot of options... 

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