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Mercedes 2017 Belgian Grand Prix – Saturday
Lewis to start the 200th race of his career from pole position ...
Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher’s F1 record with pole position for Belgian GP
Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s career record of 68 poles by qualifying fastest for the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix. It is Hamilton’s 200th Grand Prix start, 43 fewer than Schumacher took to reach that mark.
Analysis: Sebastian Vettel to stay with Ferrari F1 until 2020 under new contract
Sebastian Vettel’s contract with the Ferrari Formula 1 team has been extended for three years, the Scuderia announced on Saturday at the Belgian Grand Prix.
“Are you the future of Formula 1?” – “Absolutely!”
F1, like all professional sports, is a generation game. A new generation comes in, replacing an older one that retires. In the 1960s and 70s the turnover was much faster as sadly many drivers were killed. Nowadays, the cars and circuits are much safer and it is common for drivers to clock over 200 ...
In photos: Hamilton’s 10 best Formula 1 drives
Lewis Hamilton will make his 200th start in Formula 1 at this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix. As he reaches the major milestone...
Belgian Grand Prix Preview, Feel the Action
After a short break for the drivers and long for the fans, Formula One is back at our lives. The action returns to one of the most thrilling circuits on the calendar, at Spa in Belgium. Everyone is looking forward to watch a battle between Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton for the drivers’ championship.
Mercedes 2017 Belgian Grand Prix – Preview
Battle continues with Round 12 of the 2017 season from the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ...
Towards Spa F1 Grand Prix: Who’s got the right tyres to be competitive this weekend?
This weekend F1 returns from its summer break to race at Spa-Francorchamps and one of the hot topics is sure to be whether teams and drivers have made the right choice of tyres for the weekend or whether some might get caught out.
F1 teams load up on Super Softs for Italy
Formula 1 teams have loaded up on the softest available tyre for the Italian Grand Prix, which directly follows this weekend's
F1 surges into gaming with launch of 2017 eSports World Championship
Formula 1 will host an eSports series in 2017 in a partnership with Codemasters, the developer of its official F1 game to find a virtual ‘World Champion’.
Weekend Q&A F1 summer break – James Allen answers readers questions Pt 4
Today James tackles readers’ burning questions about the maximum number of races F1 can stage in a season, Kimi Raikkonen’s role at Ferrari, F1 driver fitness, new F1 teams and possible driver moves for 2019.
Summer Break Q&A Part 3 – James Allen answers readers’ burning F1 questions
In this latest instalment of the mid season Q&A with James Allen we tackle questions about Renault F1’s future line up, which tracks in the second half of the season will best suit Mercedes or Ferrari, whether Pirelli and F1 should stick with tyres that degrade for ‘the show’ and the future F1 calendar.
Summer break Q&A Part 2 – James Allen responds to readers’ burning questions
“In the current climate (and realistically in the near future) is it possible for a non works team to win the championship? Was Ron Dennis right about this? Should Red Bull push for a Honda team up or really push to get the VW group involved? What would encourage more manufacturers to get involved in F1?”
Williams F1 mid season analysis: Does Lance Stroll match up to Felipe Massa?
Williams’ 2017 F1 season hasn’t gone as smoothly as the outfit would have liked, with its fourth place battle against Force India all but lost and fifth place now at risk.
Summer Break: James Allen responds to F1 fans’ burning questions – Part 1
Over this week James is answering fans’ burning questions on F1, while the sport takes a summer break. We’ve had a big response already with lots of questions on the Mercedes vs Ferrari battle, the future of Fernando Alonso, the F1 calendar, young drivers, TV paywalls, F1 rules
Mid-season review: Williams mired in middle
Williams' season has been much of a muchness. The FW40 is an average car, slightly inconsistent, and being piloted by a driver who was unwanted last September, and a rookie whose Formula 1 graduation has perhaps come too early in his career.
Force India F1 mid season analysis: Is Esteban Ocon level with Sergio Perez?
Force India has been dubbed the ‘best pound-for-pound outfit in Formula 1′ as it looks for consecutive fourth place constructors’ championship finishes this season, and a possible fight with Red Bull for third in 2018.
Red Bull F1 Mid season analysis: Has Max Verstappen done better than Daniel Ricciardo so far?
I will be the first to admit that I thought Red Bull would be fighting for this year’s world championship, but it hasn’t happened. The car isn’t fast enough and it’s also not been reliable enough.
Analysis: We look at Robert Kubica F1 test traces as Nico Hulkenberg hails “great comeback”
F1 is on summer shutdown until the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa on August 27, but the chatter continues around the in season test at the Hungaroring last week and in particular Robert Kubica’s performance in the Renault.