May 20, 2024

Driving a Formula One car on a Sunday afternoon is no different from pulling out your Renault Duster for a weekend afternoon grocery run, right? Wrong. It couldn’t be more different. Because when Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hülkenberg line up on the starting grid for 21 Sundays of this year, they will need more than […]

Mercedes clinched yet another strong 1-2 finish with Lewis Hamilton leading teammate Valtteri Bottas to win the 2019 Chinese GP – and concurrently record his name in history books as the winner of F1’s milestone 1000th world championship race. This puts Mercedes in a strong position at the start of the season, with the team

It has been confirmed that the Dutch Grand Prix will be returning to the F1 calendar next year after an absence of 35 years, with the race slated to take place at the Circuit Zandvoort. A statement from the series also confirms that an agreement has been signed between Formula 1 and the Dutch Grand

Three-time world champion and Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70. The Austrian, widely regarded as one of motor-racing’s all-time greats, had undergone a lung transplant last August followed by another brief stint in hospital for a bout of influenza in January, this year. “In deep mourning, we announce that

Lewis Hamilton managed tyre troubles to win the 2019 Monaco GP and move 17 points clear of teammate Valtteri Bottas in the drivers’ championship. Ferrari found some salvation, with Sebastian Vettel splitting the two Mercedes drivers – ending the team’s string of 1-2 finishes – but only after Max Verstappen was handed a penalty for

In the very early days of Formula One, the only data a team and driver had came from a stopwatch. Today, while the tick-tick-tick of the second hand is still the ultimate measure of who’s fast and who’s not, it is only the tip of an iceberg of data that tells Formula One teams how

If speed could assume form, it’s a good bet it would take on the shape of a Formula One car. Aerodynamic, sleek, all grace and poise; Formula One cars look quick even when just standing still. Exotic works of art, with their sweeps and flicks, wings and aero-appendages, it probably comes as no surprise that

Volkswagen has broken the outright Hillclimb record at Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the 680hp ID R electric racer. Driver Romain Dumas initially took the record on the second day of the event, setting a time of 41.18sec in a practice session, before going even faster a day later, with 39.90sec in the timed shootout.

Round and round the black-and-yellow cars go, race after race, finely-honed and sophisticated instruments of speed. The fastest race cars in the world, they are an exercise in technology pushed to its limits. Complex hybrid power units whistle and pop, churning out over 1,014hp, sensors log every whisper of wind sweeping along the car’s carefully

What makes an F1 season iconic? Like any good script, you need gripping characters and a riveting plot; throw in a good title battle and you have yourself a classic. However, the plot that has emerged early into the 2023 season is one of sheer dominance, with Red Bull scoring four 1-2 finishes in five