Lewis Hamilton led an unexpected 1-2 victory for Mercedes in the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix, after Ferrari suffered a double disaster in the night race. Polesitter Charles Leclerc had bounced back from a poor start to regain the lead early in the running. He went on to pull out a seemingly invincible advantage over the…

Click:star tracker Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul says the French outfit will be working hard in Barcelona this week to devise a plan to finally get itself in gear after a disappointing start to its 2019 campaign. Renault’s ambitions during the pre-season included significantly reducing its deficit to the front-runners while leading F1’s mid-field charge….

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc humbly owned up to the mistake that cost him a likely spot at the front of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix grid. Leclerc appeared to sustain in qualifying the superiority he’d shown since the weekend got underway in Baku. However, half-way into Q2, the Monegasque got a bit ahead of himself, carrying too…

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has been handed a reprimand from race stewards for failing to slow down sufficiently under a Virtual Safety Car in final practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. Ironically the VSC was triggered by Leclerc’s Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel running into the wall at Sainte-Devote early in the 60-minute session. With the…

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc says his team’s shortfall in championship points relative to Mercedes isn’t a fair reflection of the Scuderia’s performance level. Ferrari heads into the Spanish Grand Prix weekend 74 points behind its arch rival in the Constructors’ standings, a deficit the Italian outfit owes to Mercedes’ flawless execution since the start of the…

As expected, Mercedes claimed a dominant one-two in qualifying for Sunday’s French Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton’s sizzling 1:28.319s ensuring that he took an emphatic upper hand over team mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.286s for pole position. It’s the Silver Arrows’ 63rd front row-lock out. Some four tenths further back. Charles Leclerc was the best…

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel claims he isn’t frustrated by his 16-race dry spell in F1, insisting both himself and his team have always done their best. Vettel’s last victory goes back to the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa last year, although the German driver’s fans would likely argue that he was the winner on the track…

For the second race running, Williams reserve driver Nicholas Latifi will enjoy an FP1 outing with the British team. After replacing Robert Kubica in the Friday morning session in Montreal, Latifi will take over George Russell’s FW42 in FP1, adding another precious 90 minutes to his F1 experience. Kubica adds to sponsor’s comments on future…

Formula 1 and the FIA say that all efforts will be made to minimize the disruption to the Japanese Grand Prix schedule as super typhoon Hagibis prepares to hit the country. The massive storm is expected to make landfall in eastern Japan before moving northward on Saturday through Sunday, bringing gale force winds and heavy…

A vote between F1’s ten teams on a mid-season return to 2018-spec tyres did not garner enough support for the provision to pass. Teams came together in Austria on Friday morning to decide on a potential return to the thinner-tread structure used by Pirelli at the majority of the races last year. The process came…