Date: 05-07-2020

We at this website have had the good fortune of being exposed to the incredible Formula 1 photography of Ian Thuillier. Award-winning Irish filmmaker and photographer with a special eye, Ian was a regular contributor to out GPI weekly magazine we published several years ago for a period of time. His work always adding value […]

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Date: 05-07-2020

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has taken a swipe at Ferrari after their dismal performance in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday. Asked by Auto Bild about the plight of his Formula 1 rivals, who qualified 7th and 11th, Marko could not resist the opportunity to sink the boot in. “It’s amazing what […]

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Date: 05-07-2020

You know a Formula 1 team is in trouble when they some how manage to disappoint their already low expectations, and that’s precisely what happened to Ferrari in Austria on Saturday. With Charles Leclerc in P7 and Sebastian Vettel P11, the Scuderia seem to have taken a championship-contending car in 2019 and, just… made it […]

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Date: 04-07-2020

Figuring out the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship calendar for the rest of the year is a “day and night” operation for the sport, FIA chief Jean Todt said on Saturday. After a four-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic, the season is kicking off in Austria on Sunday with the first of eight European […]

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Date: 04-07-2020

All 20 Formula 1 drivers are going to show their support for the fight against racism before Sunday’s season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, although they will do so individually on the grid rather than with a collective gesture. Soccer players on fields in England and Germany have taken the knee together simultaneously before games in support […]

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Date: 04-07-2020

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton escaped a penalty after being summoned to the FIA race stewards after qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix stewards over an alleged failure to slow down for yellow flags and a track limits violation in Q3. Shortly after 19:45 local time, race stewards confirmed there will be no further action against the […]

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Date: 04-07-2020

Full transcript from the top three press conference after qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, Round 1 of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship season, at Red Bull Ring on Saturday, featuring: Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Paul Di Resta) Q: Valtteri, that’s race one […]

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Date: 04-07-2020

The sight off-track might have been alien with no fans, but the sight on-track was a familiar one with Valtteri Bottas and Mercedes on-top on Saturday and claiming pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix tomorrow. His third pole in Austria and 12th of his career, Bottas topped the timesheets with a 1:02.939 to get […]

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Date: 04-07-2020

McLaren continue their upwardly-mobile trajectory, starting the 2020 season in the best way possible by scoring their best qualifying result in years; Lando Norris stunning by claiming fourth place on the grid and Carlos Sainz set to line up in 8th. It was a stellar lap by the youngest kid on the F1 grid, and […]

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Date: 04-07-2020

There surely was a simultaneous, jaw-dropping moment around the globe as Sebastian Vettel failed to make the cut out of Q2 during qualifying for the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, the German bettered fractionally by his teammate Charles Leclerc in the sister car will start the race from 11th on the grid. Ferrari warned they had […]

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