Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position in Saturday’s qualifying session for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It’s Hamilton’s first pole since the opening race of the 2018 season in March. He was four hundredths of a second faster than his team mate Valtteri Bottas to set up a Mercedes 1-2. Click … Continue reading "Hamilton and Bottas lock-out Barcelona front row for Mercedes"

Audi’s Lucas di Grassi claimed a place in history by winning the ABB Formula E Zurich ePrix, thereby becoming the first driver to win a motor race in Switzerland in 64 years. Motorsports had been banned in the country following the 1955 Le Mans disaster, but the all-electric championchip was granted a special dispensation to … Continue reading "Victory for di Grassi in Zurich as Bird slashes Vergne’s points lead"

Formula 1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli has suggested that recent bad weather in Japan is contributing to the excessive tyre wear being reported by some teams after Friday’s free practice at Suzuka. Sebastian Vettel confirmed that Ferrari has been struggling with blistering, contributing to their big deficit to Mercedes in today’s two 90 minute sessions. … Continue reading "Pirelli blames typhoons for Suzuka tyre wear"

Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost says several disappointing upgrades have left the Faenza team struggling and under pressure from Sauber to maintain its eight place in the Constructors’ standings. The junior bull squad’s 2018 campaign has been marked by the inconsistent performance, in both qualifying and race trim, of its STR13 chassis. Recent updates failed … Continue reading "Toro Rosso struggling to hold its own after upgrade misses"