F1 Madness

All eyes were on Max Verstappen heading into Spain following his surprise promotion from Toro Rosso to Red Bull. 18yr old Verstappen put in a stellar performance during Saturday’s Spanish Grand Prix qualifying session. Max finished in fourth place with team mate Daniel Ricciardo only narrowly beating him. Q: Max, did you envision starting this […]

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Full transcript of the post qualifying press conference ahead of the Spanish GP. Drivers: 1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 2 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), 3 – Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull). TV UNILATERAL Q: Lewis, a bit of pressure on you there in the final run after that mistake in the first run of Q3 but […]

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Traditionally the first European race of the F1 season sees a raft of updates made to the cars. It’s no different in 2016 as teams look to take a crucial step forward at Spain’s Circuit de Catalunya. Red Bull Racing dropped the bombshell a few days after the Russian grand prix that Dannil Kvyat and […]

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The Red Bull Racing team has announced that Max Verstappen will partner Daniel Ricciardo in its F1 team. From the Spanish grand prix onwards teenager Verstappen will replace Russian driver Daniil Kyvat in the senior Red Bull team. Kyvat, meanwhile will return to the Toro Rosso team alongside Spain’s Carlos Sainz Jr. Christian Horner, team […]

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The Red Bull Racing F1 team is set to debut its canopy protection system during the first free practice session ahead of the Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom. The sport has been making attempts to increase driver head protection in recent months, with the ‘halo’ device which was recently trialled by Ferrari, currently […]

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F1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli, has announced the tyre choices for the upcoming Russian Grand Prix. The Red Bull and Haas F1 teams have gone super aggressive with their selections – both choosing 10 sets of super-soft tyres per driver for the race weekend. Teams are able to select 10 of the 13 sets of […]

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Sebastian Vettel has a little go at Daniil Kvyat in the #RoomofAwkard before heading on to the Chinese GP podium. Vettel was voicing his disapproval of Kvyat’s very brave move on him at the start of the Chinese GP. Kvyat took a massive chance and came at Vettel “like a torpedo” forcing the German into […]

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Nico Rosberg resisted what seemed to be a mighty threat from Ferrari to claim the pole position in what turned out to be an action packed qualifying session ahead of the Chinese GP. Kimi Raikkonen threatened to claim the pole with Rosberg trailing him after the initial Q3 runs but going too deep into the […]

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Here’s a look at who said what at the Friday Press Conference following practice ahead of the Chinese GP. TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Frederic Vasseur (Renault), Yusuke Hasegawa (Honda), Eric Boullier (McLaren), Maurizio Arrivabene (Ferrari), Toto Wolff (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing) PRESS CONFERENCE Maybe we could start with a general question for everyone. Obviously […]

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Red Bull released the first images of its 2016 Formula One title challenger, the RB12, ahead of debuting the car on track at the opening day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya. The team released studio photos via its various media channels moments before the RB12 hit the track with Daniel Ricciardo at […]

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