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Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg can win the 2016 Formula One world title at the Mexico Grand Prix on Sunday, but the gap between him and team-mate Lewis Hamilton is a little closer following the latter’s win at Austin last week. All Rosberg needs the rest of the way are two second-placed finishes and a third to win the title regardless of what Hamilton does, but if the Brit fails to finish in Mexico, a win will do the trick, with two races still to go. Here’s a look at the TV schedule for Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix: Date: Sunday, October 30 Broadcast Times UK:...
Published: October 28, 2016
This was not another Sebastien Buemi situation or a repeat of the Jean-Eric Vergne saga for Toro Rosso. It was never going to be a case of unscrewing one driver’s crash helmet, tossing it away as if it were a faulty lightbulb, inserting another and continuing as normal. It was not even a case of identifying the least convincing of the four Red Bull boys, stuffing the unlucky one into the nearest cannon and firing him into the afterlife known as the World Endurance Championship, the DTM, IndyCar or Formula E. Why? Because, for the first time in their decade-long existence, Toro Rosso...
Published: October 28, 2016
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton continued his fine form during the first practice session of the 2016 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix on Friday, finishing with the fastest time and well ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took the top spot in the second session. The current standings leader only finished in seventh place in the first session, but Mercedes ran the bulk of their session on medium tyres, while the likes of Force India tried the supersofts. Ferrari’s Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen finished in second and third place, respectively. Vettel took top marks in...
Published: October 27, 2016
Lewis Hamilton’s victory in the Formula One United States Grand Prix has kept alive his dream of winning a fourth world title, but he needs to finish first in this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix to close the 26-point gap between himself and team-mate Nico Rosberg. Victory on all three tracks still might not be enough for the English driver to steal the title away from Rosberg, who won this event last year and only needs to place second in each of the remaining races to win his first-ever drivers’ championship. Weather conditions are looking positive, with cloudy spells and...
Published: October 27, 2016
Where will Ferrari stand in Formula One’s competitive order in 2017? By definition, the most successful team in the sport’s history should be there or thereabouts, fighting for victories and regular podium finishes at the very least. But after a scruffy 2016 marred by changes behind the scenes, is there a risk the Prancing Horse could be caught out when the major regulation changes are introduced? Sebastian Vettel is convinced that won’t happen, outlining why the development of Ferrari’s 2017 car has not been affected the events of this year. McLaren-Honda are almost...
Published: October 26, 2016
The return of the Mexican Grand Prix in 2015 was welcomed both by local fans and the wider Formula One world. The grandstands at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez were packed last autumn, with an attendance of 336,000 over the weekend. This year, the circuit is targeting 350,000 admissions, according to Rodrigo Sanchez, the track’s director of marketing and media relations, per ESPN F1’s Nate Saunders. Lewis Hamilton won last Sunday in Austin, Texas, and he needs to keep winning for the final three races of the season if he hopes to overhaul his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg,...
Published: October 25, 2016
The 19th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, where Lewis Hamilton has to keep the momentum going. The three-time world champion ended a five-race winless run at last weekend’s United States GP in Austin, Texas, where he dominated from pole position to slice Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s championship lead. With Rosberg still holding a 26-point advantage ahead of the final three grands prix, the German can secure his first world championship in Mexico City, with Hamilton under pressure...
Published: October 24, 2016
After completing the signing of Nico Hulkenberg from Force India, it seems Renault are close to finalising their driver lineup for the 2017 Formula One season. The team had reportedly intended to partner Hulkenberg with Valtteri Bottas, but the Finn’s failure to wriggle his way out of his Williams contract has left Renault with a straight choice between one of their current drivers and their former reserve driver. So will Renault offer Kevin Magnussen a reprieve? Or will they sign Mercedes-backed youngster Esteban Ocon in order to have a French driver in a French car? As Renault edge towards...
Published: October 24, 2016
Back in 2014, there was a worry that, assisted by the ridiculous double-points rule, Nico Rosberg could win the Formula One title despite being overshadowed for most of the season by his Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton. Indeed, for most of their Mercedes tenure—and even before that—Hamilton has been the better driver. As NBC’s Will Buxton pointed out during the broadcast of Sunday’s United States Grand Prix, Rosberg has never beaten the Briton over the course of a full season, dating back to their karting days. Now, though, it looks increasingly likely that Rosberg will...
Published: October 24, 2016
Lewis Hamilton claimed his seventh victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. After setting pole position on Saturday, the British driver produced a measured performance to secure a fourth win in Austin, Texas, and get his season back on track. Joining Hamilton on the podium were Nico Rosberg—who, with a 26-point lead over his Mercedes team-mate with three races remaining, can secure his first world championship at the upcoming Mexican GP—and Daniel Ricciardo, whose third-place finish made up for a messy day for...