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The 10th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England, where Lewis Hamilton will be hoping to take advantage of his latest flashpoint with Nico Rosberg. After the Mercedes drivers made contact on the final lap in Austria last weekend, comparisons were made to their collision at the 2014 Belgian GP, where Rosberg punctured his team-mate’s tyre and caused his retirement. Hamilton lost out on that afternoon at Spa, but he channeled his disappointment to win all but one of the last seven races of that season to secure...
Published: July 4, 2016
Most, if not all, people in Formula One were in agreement that Nico Rosberg was the driver at fault for his collision with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the Austrian Grand Prix. Under braking for Turn 2, the championship leader made no real attempt to turn into the corner and allowed his car to roll into the side of his rival’s, pushing Hamilton wide and then attempting to stop the British driver rejoining the track. Rosberg was fortunate to escape with a 10-second time penalty that had no effect on his finishing position, but the German has insisted it was Hamilton...
Published: July 3, 2016
Lewis Hamilton claimed his third victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. The British driver started from pole position at the Spielberg circuit, but he was only assured of the win after emerging from a final-lap collision with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, whose attempt to take the three-time world champion out of the race backfired spectacularly. Joining Hamilton on the podium were Max Verstappen, who became the first Red Bull-backed driver to finish in the top three at the team’s home track, and Kimi Raikkonen, who secured a...
Published: July 3, 2016
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton collided on the final lap of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, the third incident between the Mercedes team-mates in the last five Formula One races. Immediately following the race, Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff said it might be time to consider implementing team orders to control his drivers. Such a decision, though, would be bad for the sport, bad for F1 fans and bad for the Mercedes team and its reputation. Hamilton and Rosberg have been each others’ only real rivals for the drivers’ championship since 2014, and Hamilton has won the last...
Published: July 3, 2016
Lewis Hamilton won the 2016 Austrian Formula One Grand Prix in Spielberg on Sunday in controversial fashion, after a last-lap collision knocked Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg out of the lead. Rosberg ended the race “under investigation for causing a collision and failing to stop with a seriously damaged car,” according to Pablo Elizalde of Motorsport.com. After the race, Rosberg appeared to blame Hamilton for the contact, per Formula One: But the Englishman defended his actions: Hamilton may feel vindicated after a lengthy pit stop stunted his progress earlier, shortly before...
Published: July 2, 2016
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton earned pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday, as his time of one minute, 7.922 seconds was enough to secure top spot in a dramatic qualifying session. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg will start alongside the Englishman on the front row with McLaren’s Jenson Button just behind in third, after Nico Rosberg and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel were hit with five-place grid penalties. The German duo replaced their gearboxes between the final practice session and qualifying, so their respective second- and fourth-place finishes...
Published: July 2, 2016
Formula One world championship leader Nico Rosberg will be looking to continue his fine form at the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix, hoping to make it three straight wins at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Team-mate Lewis Hamilton closed the gap at the top of the standings with wins in Monaco and Canada, but Rosberg halted his streak in Baku and remains the clear favourite to win this year’s title. The Red Bull Ring is a fast track that favours the more powerful cars, and while Red Bull and Ferrari have shown some promise this season, the two Mercedes rivals should once again take centre stage in...
Published: July 1, 2016
Throughout their time in Formula One, Red Bull have done an admirable job when it comes to promoting a sport with a nasty habit of shooting itself in the foot. From performing demonstration runs on snow-capped mountains and signing one-off sponsorship deals with the latest blockbusters, to allowing one of their cars to take on an army of eight grizzly rugby players, the team have often been lauded for their inventive, enthusiastic approach to marketing. Yet those famed PR skills were nowhere to be seen in the buildup to their home race at their own track a year ago. “What else has to...
Published: July 1, 2016
Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg edged out his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to top the standings again in a rain-soaked second practice session on Friday at the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix. The Englishman was just one hundredth of a second back from the German as Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg finished an excellent third at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. In the morning, Rosberg headed Hamilton by four tenths of a second in an entertaining session full of incident as grip and new kerbs caused problems for a number of drivers. The Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel...
Published: June 30, 2016
With Carlos Sainz Jr. staying with Toro Rosso for the 2017 Formula One season, Kimi Raikkonen is likely to breathe a sigh of relief as he prepares for the impending Austrian Grand Prix. With Sainz viewed as a potential team-mate for Sebastian Vettel, the 2007 world champion has seen off one of the main threats to his seat at Ferrari. But with Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Perez and Romain Grosjean all fluttering their eyelashes in the direction of the Prancing Horse, there are still a number of hurdles to clear before Raikkonen can celebrate another stay of execution. And Ferrari chairman Sergio...