Date: 26-09-2020

Doubts that Mick Schumacher has the right stuff to have a crack at Formula 1 next year were pretty much dispelled when the Prema driver powered to an impressive victory in the Formula 2 feature race at Sochi on Saturday. The Ferrari Academy Driver is being tipped to step up into F1 next year with […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

Formula 1 welcomed spectators in greater numbers than seen so far in a COVID-19 hit season at the Russian Grand Prix on Saturday, with McLaren’s Lando Norris describing their presence as “half a step back to the way it should be”. Organisers, who have talked of attracting a 30,000 strong crowd for Sunday’s race in […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

Michael Schumacher is in a vegetative state and has little chance of returning to a normal life according to a respected neurosurgeon and a professor who this week speculated on the Formula 1 legend’s state The report came from renowned neurosurgeon Erich Riederer, during a documentary aired French TV station TMC. claiming 51-year-old Schumacher is […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

Full transcript from the top-three press conference after qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix, Round 10 of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, at Sochi Autodrom. Featuring pole-winner Lewis Hamilton, second-placed Max Verstappen and third-place Valtteri Bottas. Track interviews conducted by Stoffel Vandoorne Q: Valtteri, it was looking so good after Q2, what happened in […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

Delivering the latest in a long line of legendary qualifying performances, Lewis Hamilton was simply a step above in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix on Saturday. Earning his 96th career pole position with a time of 1:31.304, Hamilton was 0.563 seconds up on the next-best effort of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, with Mercedes teammate […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

Lewis Hamilton will start a Grand Prix from pole position for the 96th time, the eighth time this season after he powered to the top of the timing sheets in qualifying for the 2020 Russian Grand Prix. After playing second fiddle to his teammate Valtteri Bottas on Friday, Lewis emerged from his ‘slumber’ in Saturday […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

The state of Ferrari is such that their team boss Mattia Binotto and sporting director Laurent Mekies share the arduous task of disseminating bad news for the Tifosi at the end of each day during a Grand Prix weekend. After another woeful qualifying, this time in Russia, in which Sebastian Vettel crashed while trying too […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

Thank God for Max Verstappen! Yet again the Red Bull driver rose to the occasion, this time in qualifying for the 2020 Russian Grand Prix when, against the odds and out of the blue, he split the mighty Mercedes duo. Clearly lacking the firepower of Mercedes and perhaps even training Renault’s newfound pace, Max was […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

After enjoying the upper hand on his Mercedes teammate on Friday, Valtteri Bottas once again fell short when the chips were down during qualifying for the 2020 Russian Grand Prix on Sunday, the Finn will start from third when he appeared to have the pace for pole. Valtteri was on fire during the first two […]

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Date: 26-09-2020

Fresh from his first Formula 1 podium at Mugello a couple of weeks ago, Alex Albon was brought down to earth with a thud during qualifying for the 2020 Russian Grand Prix on Saturday. Once again Albon could not live with his Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen who will line-up second on the grid, the […]

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