It’s a busy sporting Sunday with major events in both cricket and tennis (not forgetting the Netball World Cup). But for racing fans there’s only one event on Sunday and that’s the British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton is chasing a record sixth win in the race, but would he be starting on pole? Final Practice Session The weather was mixed for the final practice session with some light rain early on. That led to teams using intermediate tyres for the first session. The final practice session was a promising one for Ferrari with a 1-2 in the final qualifying session. Charles Leclerc finished 0.026 ..read more

Well, we finally saw another team win a Grand Prix. Now the F1 championship heads to Silverstone (and will continue to do so after a new five-year contract was signed) and Mercedes look to get back to winning ways. Championship Standings Drivers – 197 Lewis Hamilton 166 – Valtteri Bottas 126 – Max Verstappen 123 – Sebastian Vettel 105 – Charles Leclerc Constructors – 363 – Mercedes 228 – Ferrari 169 – Red Bull First Practice There was a surprising result in the first practice session as Red Bull posted the fastest time. Even more surprising, it was Pierre Gasly not Max Verstappen who was faste ..read more

Friday had been another good day for Mercedes and one to forget for Ferrari both on and off the track. Saturday saw final practice and qualifying take place as teams continued their bid to somehow break the Mercedes stranglehold on the title race. Final Practice It was another Mercedes 1-2 in the final practice session. Valtteri Bottas finished 0.041 seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari had to be content with third and fourth with Charles Leclerc 0.028 seconds ahead of Sebastian Vettel. The problem for Ferrari was that despite their weekend upgrades, Leclerc was 0.405 second behind the M ..read more

The F1 circus moves onto France this weekend with there still being some hopes that a team other than Mercedes will win the race. Ferrari looked to have achieved that in Canada but again they found a way to not finish first. Or did they?  Friday wasn’t just about practice sessions but Ferrari trying to get rid of that five-second penalty and belatedly win the Canadian Grand Prix. Standings Drivers’ Championship –162 Lewis Hamilton 133 Valtteri Bottas 100 Sebastian Vettel 88 Max Verstappen 72 Charles Leclerc Constructors’ Championship – 295 Mercedes 172 Ferrari 124 Red Bull 30 McLaren First Pra ..read more

It’s been a sad week for F1 with the death of former world champion Niki Lauda. I remember back in 1976 when it was the final day of the Montreal Olympics. Any other time that would have dominated the sporting news, but it was overshadowed by Lauda’s near-fatal accident in the German Grand Prix. None of us that day thought he’d be back in his Ferrari in six weeks’ time. I’ll write an obituary to Niki next weekend. This weekend it’s the Monaco Grand Prix, a race Mercedes last won in 2016. Can their domination of this season’s title races be continued on this legendary street circuit? T ..read more

We look set for another Hamilton v Bottas contest in tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix after Mercedes again dominated final practice and qualifying. Bottas will start on pole for the third time this season. Final Practice After the success his team-mate had yesterday, it was Lewis Hamilton who was fastest in final practice. He finished 0.531 seconds ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc as Mercedes again showed their superiority over the Italian team. Bottas was third fastest just 0.024 seconds behind Leclerc. It wasn’t the smoothest of sessions for him though. Earlier in the session he’d caused ..read more

The season has been dominated by Mercedes with 1-2 finishes in all four of the races so far. With respect to Mercedes, we could really do with that not happening this weekend at the Spanish Grand Prix, but Friday’s practice sessions were full of more good news for the championship leaders. Championship Positions Drivers – 87 – Valtteri Bottas   86 – Lewis Hamilton 52 – Sebastian Vettel 51– Max Verstappen 47 – Charles Leclerc Constructors – 173 – Mercedes 99 – Ferrari 64 – Red Bull First Practice World Championship leader Valtteri Bottas continued his good form as he finished fastest in the fir ..read more

Friday and Saturday seem to be telling the same story a great deal at the moment. Ferrari do well in practice and look to be faster than Mercedes, who then pull out all the stops in qualifying. That happened again in Azerbaijan as Mercedes took 1-2 in qualifying and it’s Valtteri Bottas who will start on pole. Final Practice The day got off to a good start for Charles Leclerc as he finished fastest in the final practice session. He was 0.198 seconds ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Leclerc and Vettel were over a second ahead of the rest of the field. Third fastest was Max Verstappen with t ..read more

After the third race of the season, Mercedes already have a good lead over Ferrari. The teams head to Azerbaijan this weekend with Ferrari looking to close the gap. Championship Positions Drivers – 68 – Lewis Hamilton 62 – Valtteri Bottas 39 – Max Verstappen 37 – Sebastian Vettel 36 – Charles Leclerc Constructors – 130 – Mercedes 73 – Ferrari 52 – Red Bull Grid Penalties are Back Alfa Romeo probably won’t win a race this season, but they have come first in terms of grid penalties. Antonio Giovinazzi has received a ten-place grid penalty after a new control electronics box was fitted to his car ..read more

Just two races into his Ferrari career, Charles Leclerc had a day to remember forever. He was fastest in final practice and then qualified in pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Final Practice Ferrari dominated the two practice sessions held on Friday and they were again fastest in Saturday’s final practice. Charles Leclerc finished 0.169 seconds ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel. All eyes were then on how far the two Ferrari’s finished ahead of Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton was third fastest and 0.596 seconds behind Vettel. His team-mate, championship leader Valtteri Bottas was in fourth p ..read more