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In Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, Red Bull have arguably the strongest, most exciting driver lineup in Formula One, and with two great drivers comes a great responsibility for the team to manage them effectively. Having eased the tensions between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber to win four consecutive world championships between 2010 and ’13, Red Bull know more than most about the challenges...
Published: August 20, 2016
Pascal Wehrlein may be regarded as Mercedes’ answer to Max Verstappen, but there was a very real danger the German wouldn’t be in Formula One in 2016. When the Mercedes-backed youngster won the prestigious DTM touring car championship in October 2015, just two weeks after the Manor F1 team announced a deal to use Mercedes engines, it felt like the ideal time for one of the more predictable...
Published: August 18, 2016
Renault were thought to have secured a major coup when they signed Kevin Magnussen on the eve of the 2016 Formula One season, but are the team set to drop the Dane already? Even when he was released by McLaren-Honda in the closing months of last season, Magnussen was widely regarded as a potential world champion, but his reputation has been battered behind the wheel of an uncompetitive, underdeveloped...
Published: August 16, 2016
After kissing the kerb of Turn 17 for the 66th time in the German Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel lifted his right foot from the floor and coasted toward the Hockenheim finish line. As a lapped Renault disappeared into the distance, the four-time world champion took Formula One’s tiresome debate surrounding track limits to a whole new level by ignoring the apex of Turn 1 and taking to the run-off...
Published: August 15, 2016
Felipe Massa may have helped Williams finish third in the Formula One constructors’ championship in 2014 and 2015, but there is a sense that if the team are to move to the next level, they need to sign a more fashionable driver. Williams have openly admitted their interest in 2009 world champion Jenson Button and Force India’s Sergio Perez in recent weeks, undermining Massa’s position...
Published: August 11, 2016
After representing Mercedes and Renault in various test and practice sessions in the first half of 2016, Esteban Ocon will make his Formula One debut at the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix after joining Manor. The Frenchman will compete in the final nine races of the season alongside fellow Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein following Rio Haryanto’s demotion to a reserve-driver role, and the teenager...
Published: August 8, 2016
Kevin Magnussen was delighted when Renault offered him the opportunity to keep his Formula One career alive at the beginning of 2016, but the first half of the season has been rather depressing for the Danish driver. Renault’s heavy focus on the 2017 regulation changes has seen Magnussen restricted to just one points finish in the opening 12 races of this season, hampered by a modified 2015 car...
Published: August 6, 2016
December 2014. Less than three weeks after the final grand prix of another long, hard year, Ferrari‘s factory in the Italian town of Maranello was a dark, quiet and lonely place. No Fernando Alonso. No Luca di Montezemolo. No Stefano Domenicali. No Marco Mattiacci. No Pat Fry. No Nikolas Tombazis. No Hirohide Hamashima. And no light at the end of the tunnel. With the exception of Alonso, who...
Published: August 4, 2016
With Formula One’s summer break just beginning, decision time is fast approaching for Jenson Button. Unlike his previous retirement sagas in 2014 and ’15, when his attitude was “McLaren-Honda or nothing,” the 2009 world champion has opportunities to remain in F1 next season, with Williams openly admitting their interest in Button. But Williams have warned Button to jump before...
Published: August 1, 2016
Less than 24 hours after finishing fifth in the German Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel was back behind the wheel of a Formula One car on Monday as Pirelli’s preparations for 2017 began. With wider tyres set to be introduced alongside major bodywork changes next year, Pirelli needs all the information it can get to prepare for F1’s season of change, with Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes providing...