Formula 1 News & Updates Week 42 Below you'll find this weeks news, results, videos, podcasts, sounds & photos from the world of Formula 1
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Fri, 18 Oct 2019 The 2019 F1 season is only four races away from its end, but there are still many interesting topics to talk about in the last couple of months of the calendar. The drivers' earnings are always relevant to many fans. The list is special to those who want to know if they can match their favourite..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 The latest Formula 1 2019 feature on Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen. Max Verstappen heads to Mexico ready to bounce back from his second retirement in five races, the Dutchman seeking a third-straight win at the track where he’s proved a prize fighter. The 22-year-old getting a chance to flex his muscles ahead..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 5 questions about Renault's history in F1. How would you do? Here are the questions: Renault’s first year in Formula 1 The year of Renault’s first pole position Renault’s first win in F1 Renault’s first world championship Driver who won F1 races with Renault power A lot of the answers are on our Renault F1..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 On his way to the recent Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly stopped off in Bangkok for a few days to take part in a couple of events. It was an interesting weekend, packed with new sights and sounds, as Pierre discovered Thailand for the first time. The trip went down very well with..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Williams’ George Russell heads to the final four races facing a tough stat, the Brit on-course to be the first full-time F1 driver since Marcus Ericsson in 2017 to fail to score a point over a season…and the first Williams driver since Alex Zanardi in 1999, 20 years ago. Should it happen, though, it’ll be..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 On this edition of the Talking Bull podcast Red Bull sat down with Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon together for the first time on the podcast. We know what these two are like on the race track but what will we uncover when you put them face to face in the podcast studio. Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Mick Schumacher can follow in his father's footsteps and become world champion. That is the view of Sabine Kehm, who is F1 legend Michael Schumacher's manager. She now looks after the burgeoning career of the seven time world champion's 20-year-old son Mick. "I am sure that Mick will end up in Formula 1. Sooner or..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Franz Tost says he wants Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat to remain at Toro Rosso in 2020. The Faenza based team will be renamed AlphaTauri next year, after Red Bull's fashion brand. But team boss Tost says he is happy to keep the driver lineup the same in 2020, even though Gasly is hoping to..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Mercedes' dominant run since the start of the hybrid era has been stunning. The German team has become Formula One's supreme outfit and no one would be brave enough to waste their bet365 bonus code in NJ betting against them in the 2020 season. Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton have won a couple of titles when..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Andreas Seidl says McLaren needs to change "some concepts" of the car ahead of 2020. Some might argue that car evolution is a better move for the British team next year, having established itself as 'best of the rest' behind the top three teams. But even though 2020 is the last year under the existing..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 George Russell has urged Williams to urgently solve an issue with his brakes. The once-great British team is clearly in crisis, as it not only languishes at the bottom of the grid but is struggling to make enough spare parts for grands prix. Robert Kubica said after Suzuka that "certain limits have been crossed" by..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 It is busy times for Formula 1 as the future of the sport continues to shape up. Hopes are now higher that the six dissenting teams have had some of their qualms about Liberty Media's proposed 2021 rules eased, following a key meeting in Paris on Wednesday. The reverse-grid, qualifying sprint race idea for 2020..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Gunther Steiner was in Warsaw this week, according to Polish public television TVP. The report said the Haas boss was in the city to meet with a representative of Robert Kubica's main sponsor PKN Orlen, a Polish oil company. Kubica is leaving Williams at the end of the season, and Orlen is tipped to switch..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 The FIA has communicated to Pirelli each team's tyre choices for the forthcoming 20th Mexican Formula 1 Grand Prix that will be driven on Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez from October 25-27 2019. You can see a lot of differences between the teams on the amount of soft and medium tyres. The two title contenders Lewis Hamilton..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes Trackside Engineering Director, answers your Japanese F1 GP queries - from how the team tackled Qualifying and the race on the same day, to why they pitted Lewis Hamilton for a second time... Fri, 18 Oct 2019 The Japanese Grand Prix is a busy event for any Honda driver, visiting Honda factories and meeting plenty of guests. This race was especially busy, as we had to condense the weekend due to a Typhoon on Saturday. Check out how Daniil's Japanese GP went as he debriefs the race. Check out more Daniil Kvyat..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Typhoon Hagibis dominated thoughts and plans this weekend in Suzuka, and our thoughts are still very much with those affected by the typhoon. But on track – after a lot of hard work – we put in another very strong showing. Fri, 18 Oct 2019 He was a driver for whom much was expected, arriving in F1 as the younger brother of a double world champion. And though today Ralf Schumacher doesn’t rate his achievements that highly, those who raced against him will tell you the six-time Grand Prix winner was one of the quickest and most underestimated of..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 The latest Formula 1 2019 news updates as part of our rolling coverage. Mercedes scores their 6th title in a row. McLaren hopes to challenge Mercedes with their own engine. Naoki Yamamoto completes Suzuka FP1 Honda Celebrates home race with old F1 car and Max Verstappen Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Formula 1 is trying once again to get a grand prix up and running in Miami. Earlier this year, it became clear that Liberty Media's plans for a race in downtown Miami were now dead. The Miami Herald reported that disruption in the city in Florida "would be too great". However, it then emerged that..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Dr Helmut Marko had what he described as a "very important" meeting with Honda last Monday. The Dutch publication Formule 1 claims that whether the Japanese manufacturer will stay on the grid beyond 2020 was on the agenda. But also discussed was Red Bull's push for Honda to put even more resources into catching up..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Even Mercedes is confused about Lewis Hamilton's latest social media posts. Although it was later deleted, the Mercedes driver declared on Instagram that he feels "like giving up on everything". "Why bother when the world is such a mess and people don't seem to care. I'm going to take a moment away to gather my..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Ralf Schumacher says Renault may have been getting a "big advantage" from an automated brake bias system that is now under FIA scrutiny. After Suzuka, Racing Point lodged a 12-page dossier protesting what it claims is French rival Renault's "pre-set lap distance-dependent brake bias adjustment system". The ECUs and steering wheels used by Nico Hulkenberg..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Alexander Albon appears to be in pole position to remain at Red Bull in 2020. After Suzuka, Dr Helmut Marko said the British-born Thai rookie is "getting better", after taking over from Pierre Gasly five races ago. But Marko added: "He has some speed to gain in the race. He takes too long to get..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 McLaren is having "several talks" with Formula 1 about how the team's cars have been covered in live television broadcasts of the grands prix in 2019. After the works Honda debacle, the British team has now rebuilt its competitiveness with what is clearly the fourth fastest car on the grid. But after the Spa race,..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Kimi Raikkonen started the 2019 season with solid drives in almost every session of the first half of the campaign, whilst his teammate at Alfa Romeo, Antonio Giovinazzi, struggled, to keep up with the 2007 World Drivers' Champion. At the end of the first half of the season, Raikkonen had scored 31 points, comfortably ahead of..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 81 Wallpaper pictures of the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix driven on Suzuka circuit. This F1 race has been won by Valtteri Bottas with the Mercedes W10 on the 13th of September 2019. Check out Timelapse 2019 Japanese F1 Grand Prix Check out Race Results 2019 Japanese F1 Grand Prix Check out 2019 F1 Results & Standings Check out 2019 F1..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Honda is not yet committed to Formula 1 beyond 2020. That is the claim of Dr Helmut Marko, a top official at Red Bull. He admits that Honda still has work to do to catch Ferrari and Mercedes, even though ExxonMobil introduced an innovative new fuel for the Japanese carmaker's 'spec 4' engine at Suzuka...... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Mattia Binotto has suggested that Formula 1 is in for a difficult meeting in Paris this week. On Wednesday, the ten teams are meeting at the FIA's headquarters to discuss with the governing body and Liberty Media the proposed rules revolution for 2021. The already-delayed deadline for finalisation of the regulations is October 31, making..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes' driver pairing is "absolutely" the best in Formula 1. The Mercedes driver was asked by Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper if the combination of him alongside Valtteri Bottas is better than Ferrari's duo. "Absolutely for sure," Hamilton answered. "It's the best combination available. I just do not see a better balance..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Sebastian Vettel has admitted that Ferrari's much-vaunted Singapore upgrade has helped him. The German has struggled with the Maranello-made 2019 car this year, to the point that some believe Charles Leclerc is now the number 1. But Ferrari made a big step forward with an upgrade introduced in Singapore, and his former Red Bull boss..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Boss Gunther Steiner has scolded Haas driver Kevin Magnussen for criticising the team at Suzuka. According to the Danish newspaper BT, Magnussen was critical not only of his race strategy but also the way the pitstop was carried out. Steiner said the 27-year-old, who is staying with the American team in 2020, should not have..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 McLaren wants to get closer to the top three teams in 2020, according to team boss Andreas Seidl. After the horror Honda era, the now Renault-powered team is regularly the best behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull in 2019. "I believe that we are now seeing the trend in the last three or four races..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Sebastian Vettel says Mercedes remains "close to perfection" in Formula 1. At Suzuka, the German team secured its sixth consecutive constructors' world championship, and Lewis Hamilton is on course to winning the drivers' title wearing silver for the fifth time. It's an achievement that eclipses even Ferrari's Michael Schumacher era. "You have to applaud this..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Red Bull is not ready to lock in Alexander Albon for 2020. The energy drink outfit promoted the British-born Thai rookie from Toro Rosso mid this year to replace the struggling Pierre Gasly. After Suzuka, which was Albon's fifth race alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing, Dr Helmut Marko told Osterreich newspaper: "He is..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Flavio Briatore says Fernando Alonso will only return to Formula 1 if he gets an offer from a top team. The Spaniard quit the sport last year, insisting he would rather take on challenges in sports car, Indycar and off-road rallying than continue to race in the F1 midfield. "Alonso (returning)? I spoke to him..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Interesting race with strategy and the team decisions in Japan. Unfortunately both Ferraris didn't have a good start and Mercedes could bring home the race win and therefore the championship. It was super nice to see the old Sebastian Vettel again and him being super fast all weekend long. Unfortunate for Charles Leclerc but mistakes..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 It was a jam-packed week for Pierre at the Japanese Grand Prix, he came straight from an event in Thailand to visit some Honda factories, then made the trip down to Suzuka for a condensed F1 weekend. He had a strong Qualifying a defended brilliantly to secure 4 more points for Toro Rosso! Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas won the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix and Lewis Hamilton came 3rd to give Mercedes their 6th consecutive Constructor F1 title. The Finn won on a track that was made quite unpredictable due to an enforced day following Typhoon Hagibis with a two-stop soft-medium-soft strategy. Not only did Saturday's heavy rain..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 A short bonus video focusing on the Max Verstappen-Charles Leclerc collision on lap 1 of the Japanese F1 GP. Who was to blame? And could it have been avoided? Peter Windsor addresses both issues. This rivalry won't go away; indeed, it's the future of F1. Both Max and Charles are potential, multi-World Champions; and, if..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Alexander Albon gives us his debrief on the Japanese Grand Prix after taking P4, a best ever F1 finish, at the Suzuka Circuit. Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Sebastian Vettel took the pole for Ferrari on Suzuka Super Sunday but an almost certain win evaporated when he stammered at the start. Valtteri Bottas thereafter drove superbly for Mercedes to secure victory, with Vettel second and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton P3. Which raised the big questions of the weekend: Why were Lewis and Charles Leclerc..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Watch this timelapse and relive the 2019 Japanese F1 GP in 1 minute. The outcome of the 17th race of the 2019 F1 season was again very different than most people would ever have thought. Sebastian Vettel had an awkward moment when he wanted to start to early and almost was penalized for making a..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Renault has vowed to use the time until next weekend's Mexican F1 GP to prove its 2019 car is legal. Having prepared a 12-page dossier, F1 team rival Racing Point has lodged an official protest against what it alleges is a "pre-set lap distance-dependent brake bias adjustment system" designed and raced by Renault. It is..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Mattia Binotto has denied that he is losing control of the situation with Ferrari's drivers. Some think the current struggle between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc for number 1 status will ultimately descend into chaos for the Maranello team. "I don't think the philosophy they have there is good for a team," Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Naoki Yamamoto "should be in Formula 1". That is the view of 2009 world champion Jenson Button, referring to the Japanese driver who got his first taste of a F1 car at Suzuka last Friday. The 31-year-old is Button's teammate in the Japanese Super GT series. He is also poised to be this year's Super..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Valtteri Bottas has revealed he raced to victory at Suzuka in a monocoque used previously by his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Although he slammed team strategy "f*ck ups" on Sunday, Hamilton helped Mercedes to win the constructors' title at Suzuka. He also excluded both Ferrari drivers and Max Verstappen from contention for the drivers' title by..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Andreas Seidl says he is "sure" that Formula 1 will soon have clarity over the rules for 2021. That is despite the fact that sources at Suzuka reported that an internal vote revealed that only four teams support Liberty Media's current proposal. McLaren is one of those teams. "We had a meeting here," McLaren team..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 Robert Kubica's relationship with Williams appears to be breaking down completely. The Pole, who has already announced his departure at the end of the season, slammed the struggling British team after the Japanese F1 GP. Kubica says that after testing a new wing on Friday, he was not told that the component would be taken..... check out full post » Fri, 18 Oct 2019 DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 3 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Paul Di Resta) Q: Congratulations Valtteri. Qualifying P3 in Suzuka you don’t expect to lead into Turn 1 but Sebastian made a mistake, you pounced on it and you absolutely dominated that race in classic..... check out full post »
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