Christian Horner isn’t interested in listening to Toto Wolff’s Red Bull claim Christian Horner has admitted he’s learned to block out noise from Mercedes’ Toto Wolff, after claims made about the 2024 Formula One title race. Wolff has suggested Max Verstappen is already the world champion elect, but Horner doesn’t believe it’s that simple. Normal…
Ted Toleman – the 1980s F1 team boss who handed Ayrton Senna his grand prix debut – has died at the age of 86 after a long illness. After competing in junior categories including F2, the Toleman-run operation made the step up to F1 in the early 1980s, but initially struggled and did not qualify…
Former F1 driver Thierry Boutsen says one of the top drivers on the 2024 grid has been guilty of ‘giving up’ on a few occasions this season. Boutsen competed in 163 Grands Prix between 1983 and 1993, winning three and taking 15 podiums. The Frenchman raced for five teams, including the iconic Benetton and…
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN AND GERWYN PRICE SNARE ALLEGED DARTS FAN AND REFUSE AUTOGRAPHS Regularly, top darters make a darts fan happy by putting their autograph on a photo or shirt, but last weekend Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price ran into someone with less-than-perfect intentions. Footage shows Van Gerwen and Price refused to sign autographs…
Mercedes explain the tyre strategies after a bad day for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Mercedes have justified their strategy call at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix. The tyre strategy failed to pay off, with Lewis Hamilton finishing ninth and George Russell seventh. The first-lap crash for Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon presented an opportunity for every…
Lewis Hamilton offered to let team-mate George Russell pass him during the early stages of the Japanese Grand Prix; Russell ultimately finished two places ahead of Hamilton in seventh, in a reversal of their starting positions; Mercedes boss Toto Wolff bemoaned an “atrocious” first stint Hamilton started in seventh two places ahead of Russell but…
Six months after Max Verstappen was defeated at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, his winning streak was ended again in Melbourne. Both times, Carlos Sainz was victorious and Verstappen is out for revenge this weekend at the 2024 Japanese GP. Verstappen leads the Formula 1 drivers’ championship by just four points over Charles Leclerc following…
F1 DRIVERS DIVIDED OVER ALONSO PENALTY: WHO’S ON WHICH SIDE? Fernando Alonso’s 20-second penalty for driving in a “potentially dangerous” manner in the Australian Grand Prix was a big talking point in the Suzuka paddock on Thursday ahead of the Japanese GP, with opinion on whether it was justified split among rivals. While the majority…
Toto Wolff is readMercedesy to offer Max Verstappen something he refused to offer Lewis Hamilton in order to sign him for Mercedes. Toto Wolff has made it pretty clear he wants to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes with Max Verstappen. Getting the Dutchman to swap Red Bull for Mercedes right now may be difficult, however,…
Toto Wolff has doubled down on his stance following the controversial Abu Dhabi GP in 2021. Toto Wolff launched a scathing attack on Michael Masi by branding the sacked FIA chief an ‘egomaniac’ following the controversial 2021 Formula One title decider in Abu Dhabi. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton missed out on the world championship title…