This year’s ‘silly season’ has prompted more driver/team lineup changes than any that I can remember. There have been big movers (Kimi, Ricciardo & Alonso), smaller movers (Stroll, Giovinazzi & Kvyat) and some important non-movers (Perez & Hulkenberg), but with the exception of Mercedes every team has been affected in Read more…
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Lewis Hamilton’s victory in this afternoon’s Russian Grand Prix, or more accurately, the manner of his victory, has again brought the discussion about team orders to the fore. In an effort to maximise every point available to Championship leader Hamilton, Mercedes asked former Williams driver Valtteri Bottas, then leader of Read more…
15th and 18th place finishes for Stroll and Sirotkin respectively in the 2018 Russian Grand Prix brought to a close a difficult race for Martini Williams Racing. Having been promoted to 13th and 14th on the grid as a result of penalties earned by other drivers, a messy start caused Read more…
Esteban Ocon has admitted he is in talks with Williams to stay on the grid for 2019, and that it could be his only opportunity to remain in F1 in the short term. The Mercedes driver, who is highly rated by Toto Wolff is expected to move to the World Read more…
They say a driver’s real benchmark in Formula 1 is his teammate so I thought I’d do a quick comparison between the two Williams drivers to see which of Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin is having the better season. From a points scoring perspective, Stroll is ahead by 6 points Read more…
According to Brazilian sports network globo.com, George Russell is close to agreeing a deal to drive for Martini Williams Racing in 2019. George Russell, currently leading this years F2 championship, is part of the Mercedes Junior programme, and as such, financial compensation is expected to be part of the deal for Williams Read more…
Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer at Martini Williams Racing has weighed in with his opinion on the debate surrounding Fernando Alonso’s impending retirement from Formula 1. Paddy says: ‘It’s an absolute disgrace that F1 cannot give an ace like Fernando a competitive car…He is one of the all-time greats. And Read more…
Just back from the mega city-state that is Singapore, which is, once a year, taken over by Grand Prix fever. I’m always struck by the diversity of the attendees of this Grand Prix in particular: perhaps by its setting at the heart of the city, the event is more accessible Read more…
I’ve just had time to sit down and enjoy Channel 4’s ‘Speed with Guy Martin Classic F1 Special’, which centres around everyone’s favourite truck mechanic, part-time Isle of Man TT rider and reluctant celebrity Guy Martin rebuilding a 1982 Williams FW08 and then ‘racing’ Jenson Button in an FW08B around Read more…
I just thought I’d do a little comparison of each of the team budgets (from Auto Bild) in Formula 1 for 2018 to see who’d providing value for money and who should be doing better. Team Budget* WCC position Position +/- £ per point (to date) Mercedes £400m 1 – Read more…
