Valtteri Bottas went quickest in first practice for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen as running got underway at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas. Bottas’ best time of the 60-minute session, a lap of 1:34.874, saw him finish just four-hundredths of a second ahead … Read more
The Formula 1 United States Grand Prix 2021 is less than two weeks away and anticipation levels are rising for the pinnacle of motorsport’s long-awaited return to Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas for the first time since 2019. The previous edition of this fan-favorite race weekend was a sell-out, and the two-year … Read more
The Saudi Automobile & Motorcycle Federation (SAMF) – Promoter of the FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 – has today announced the release of General Admission (GA) tickets that will see the capacity for the inaugural F1® race weekend in Jeddah increased to 100%, having initially only released 40% of available tickets due … Read more
With just 50 days to go before the inaugural FORMULA 1 STC SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2021, the race’s Chief Executive Officer, Martin Whitaker, talks about the impact the event will have on both the watching world, and the legacy the new Jeddah Corniche Circuit will have on the port city of Jeddah and … Read more
In celebration of the UAE’s 50th Anniversary, Dubai Autodrome is hosting the Historic Dubai Grand Prix Revival to pay homage to the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix, which was the first of its kind in the region. Dubai Autodrome, the UAE’s first premier motorsport and motoring venue in the Middle East, will hold the momentous race … Read more
DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 3 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Q: Valtteri Bottas, our race winner! Welcome back, we’ve been expecting you. Valtteri BOTTAS: Thank you. It’s been a while. It feels good. It’s nice. Q: Over a year since your last win. Now, it wasn’t dominant … Read more
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas took the tenth win of his Formula 1 career at the Turkish Grand Prix with a controlled drive at Istanbul that saw him finish take the flag ahead of the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez. Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile finished fifth, after starting from 11th on the grid. When the lights … Read more
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of Qualifying for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix, but it’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas who will claim pole position for the race after Hamilton takes a 10-place grid penalty for taking a fourth ICE of the year. Hamilton’s chief title rival Max Verstappen will start alongside Bottas … Read more
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly went quickest final practice for the FIA Formula 1 Turkish HGrand Prix with Max Verstappen second ahead of Red Bull team-mate Sergio Pérez. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton finished in 18th place after completing just five laps in the wet conditions. The session got underway in wet conditions, with steady rain falling across the … Read more
Lewis Hamilton went quickest for the second practice session in a row in Istanbul, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by just under two tenths of a second as Max Verstappen finished in fifth place over half a second off the pace. Leclerc led the way on medium tyres at the beginning of the session but he … Read more