It was a chaotic end to the Austrian Grand Prix, trouble building from lap 55 onwards.   Sprint   Verstappen lined up on pole at the ‘Verstappenring’ for the sprint race with Norris alongside him on the front row, a pattern that would be repeated for Sundays Grand Prix. Going to the top of the hill, Norris took the lead of the race, Norris failing to cover off Verstappen as he reclaimed the lead a few corners later on the opening lap. Norris losing two places to both Verstapp

Max Verstappen adds another win to the tally, with a third consecutive win in Barcelona at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.   Qualifying To top of qualifying, Norris continues his impressive run this season with a pole finish in qualifying. Lining up next to the brit for Sunday’s race, the 3-time world champion Max Verstappen’s. Both Mercedes with a new floor this weekend, lined up on the second row, Hamilton the faster of the pair in P3.   Alpine slowly recovering this se

Located in the heart of the Eifel mountains in the historic town of Nürburg, Germany, the Nürburgring is one of the most extreme tracks Formula One has ever raced on.   With the development of modern Formula One cars, the Nürburgring is a track a bit too extreme for F1. Having last competed in Formula One in 2020, the Nürburgring is a track that puts the driver to the test. The challenging and risky nature shown in the 1976 crash at the track with Niki Lauda.   1976 German Gr

Max Verstappen took a third consecutive win in Montreal, winning the race from P2 in a wet/dry race. Lando Norris making it a habit this season to finish on the podium, coming home in P2, fending off George Russell who finished in P3 from pole start, to make the first podium for Mercedes in 2024. image: motorsport.com   Qualifying Going into Q1, Sergio Perez, who announced a contract extension earlier in the week, had another dreadful qualifying session, as he failed to make

Canada 2019 was one of many controversial victories in the history of Formula One, in this case Lewis Hamilton took a controversial win after Sebastian Vettel was handed a late five-second penalty.   Leading up to the Canadian Grand Prix, Hamilton with Mercedes dominated by taking victory in the opening 6 races. Going into Saturdays qualifying, it was Vettel in the Ferrari, who took pole position, his first of the season. Vettel beating Hamilton to the line by two-tenths of a

On his sixth time asking, Leclerc took victory for the first time at his home race, in front of adoring home fans, Leclerc also picking up the fans driver of the day.   Image: motorsport.com Qualifying   It was a dream qualifying for Leclerc in Monaco, the Monegasque securing pole position for Sundays Grand Prix at his home race. It was a tight battle between the McLaren’s and Ferrari’s for the front two rows, Piastri slotting himself between the two Ferrari drivers, in P2 on

In a weekend remembering Ayrton Senna’s legacy 30 years on, Verstappen matched the record of the F1 legend with 8 consecutive pole starts. Verstappen translated that pole into a win just about holding off Norris by o.7 seconds.   Image: motorsport.com Qualifying   Going into qualifying, the Aston Martin mechanics worked quick to get Alonso’s car ready for the first session, after an incident for Alonso in FP3. The mechanics were able to send Alonso out in the latter half of t

Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina was Formula One’s first world champion in 1950. Farina, an Italian driver, took the title driving for the dominant Italian constructor that season, Alfa Romeo. Giuseppe was both an athlete and an intellect, the Italian driver holding a doctorate in engineering from the University of Turin. Ahead of his career in Formula One, Farina became the Italian driving champion for three consecutive years in 1937,1939 and 1939.   Early days:   On the day of his bi

110 races in Formula One and 15 podiums later, Lando Norris breaks his record of the most podiums without a race win with a spectacular first win in Miami.   Image: Motorsport.com Sprint   It was Verstappen who lined up on pole for the sprint, accompanied by Leclerc on the front row, followed by Perez. It was a stella qualifying for Ricciardo, which saw him take P4, Ricciardo making it into Q3 for the first time this season.   Before the lights went out, Ocon was handed a 10-

Erik Comas credits Ayrton Senna for possibly saving his life after a 200mph crash at the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix. “He turned off the car’s ignition, avoiding an explosion. At that moment Ayrton Senna saved my life”. C omas crashed into the barriers at Blanchimont and lost consciousness during a practice session. While unconscious, Comas’ foot remained on the throttle. Ayrton in the McLaren was the driver behind the Ligier driver, Senna stopping his McLaren on track and rushin

F1 returned to China for the first time in 5 years, and its a Verstappen victory, a Norris podium and a double Red Bull podium as Perez rounds off the top 3. Image: motorsport.com Sprint: Verstappen took the win in the sprint after a poor performance in the troubling wet conditions in SQ3, which saw him qualify in P4.   Norris lined up on pole for the race after having a lap time deleted for track limits before being reinstated seconds before the end of qualifying. Hamilton w

The Hochenheimring played host to the German Grand Prix from 1977 up until 2006, excluding 1985 when F1 raced at the Nürburgring. F1 last raced at the track in 2019, since then half the track has disappeared over the years. What happened to the Hockenheim ring and will F1 race there again?   Located in Baden-Wurttemberg, during its reign as the German Grand Prix, F1 raced at a second German track, the Nürburgring, entered under the title of the ‘European Grand Prix’ from 1995

Red Bull makes it a third 1-2 this season, accompanied by Carlos Sainz taking Ferrari’s fourth consecutive podium finish out of 4 races this season.   The race was brought to an early stop after a collision between Albon and Ricciardo going into turn 2 on lap 1. The safety car coming out to only shortly be replaced by a red flag as stewards worked to clear both cars off trach and repair the damage to the tyre wall.   All cars returned back to the track 20 minutes later for a

Jules Bianchi is a name many fans of the sport will recognise. A French driver with a long list of accomplishments since debuting in Karts at the age of 5 to his short time in Formula One from 2013 to 2014. Bianchi was names Autosport’s 2013 Rookie of the year, and was looking to be on the path of becoming a future driver in the iconic Scarlett Red.   Bianchi’s journey to F1   Bianchi graduated from karts to racing cars in 2007 in Formula Renault 2.0, winning the French serie

For the first time in 9 races, no Red Bulls featured on the Podium in Australia. Sainz doing it once again as the only driver to beat the Bulls over the last year. A brake failure meant an early retirement for Verstappen, opening the door for a Ferrari 1-2 finish and P3 for Norris.   Image: motorsport.com Race build up   Lando Norris in the McLaren showed real promise for the weekend, as the Brit went quickest in FP1. Leclerc took the lead for the following two practice sessi

The title for the 1994 Formula One season all came down to the final race of the season in Adelaide, Australia. The fight heating up between Michael Schumacher in the Benneton and Damon Hill in the Williams, one point separating the pair as the headed into the final race.   Earlier in the season the two were still battling, at the British Grand Prix. Schumacher overtook Hill on the formation lap, leading to the German driver being disqualified from the race, before ignoring t

Verstappen took his first Saudi Arabia win and 100th podium in Formula One, Perez following 7 seconds behind the race leader to make it a Red Bull 1-2 finish. While Verstappen was the winner, the buzz in the paddock was surrounding 18-year-old Oliver Bearman, who made his F1 debut for Ferrari.   Image: motorsport.com Qualifying:   Bearman replaced Sainz starting from Friday, Sainz being taken to hospital where he would successfully undergo surgery for appendicitis. With only

Verstappen takes his 55th career race win in Bahrain. The 2024 podium remaining relatively unchanged from 2023, with a second consecutive Red Bull 1-2 finish and a Spanish driver to complete in P3, Sainz was the Spaniard to complete the podium this season. Max Verstappen once again cruised to victory with a 22 second gap between himself his teammate. Image: motorsport.com Verstappen leads from start to finish, have we seen this all before?   Pre-race:   The weekend began with

Testing concluded with Leclerc leading the final day of testing, Ferrari look to have composed themselves and found their form, as Sainz took the lead at the end of day 2. Over the three days no team faced major reliability issues, however, the concerns over reliability came instead from the track, with the drain cover being lifted on 2 out of 3 days.   1.     Has Adrian Newey done it again?   Has Adrian Newey done it again, with another title winning car under his belt. Red

Session 1 was cut short after a red flag incident, the FIA opting to reschedule the day and end session 1 early and start session 2 at 11:45 (local time), which would run up until the end of the day at 19:00 (local time).   Image: motorsport.com Session 1   Shortly after the green light, all drivers had to return to the pits with the red flag coming out, Sergio Perez lifting the drain cover at Turn 11. Charles Leclerc brought out the red flag for the same reason yesterday, th