Ferrari's analysis the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Iñaki Rueda’s debrief on the performance of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz last weekend.

He talked about the two-lap Baku re-start being a part of a marathon, not a sprint. Yet when Lewis Hamilton hit the brakes for Turn 1 the magic disappeared and the World Champion slid out of the points for the first time in 54 races. In this video Craig Scarborough explains exactly what transpired.

Our guest this week is a driver who never actually raced in F1 – but he did test an F1 car and very nearly raced one: Jeff Gordon. The Californian is a four-time NASCAR champion and global motorsport icon, who in 2003 enjoyed a life-changing F1 test with Williams. He tells us all about that.....check out full post »

Fresh from his plane back from Baku, Tom joins Damon and Natalie to look back on a thrilling Azerbaijan Grand Prix which saw Sergio Perez claim his first win for Red Bull after Max Verstappen’s spectacular exit. They pick apart all the drama of that accident, Hamilton’s error at the restart, Vettel’s brilliance for Aston.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - The latest buzz on the Formula 1 rumour mill is that Valtteri Bottas remains in danger of losing his Mercedes seat - perhaps even within 2021. The Finnish driver struggled notably both at Monaco and Baku, with boss Toto Wolff even suggesting he was to blame for his stuck wheel-nut at the former.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - F1 race director Michael Masi has hit back at Nico Rosberg, after the 2016 world champion said an aspect of the Baku circuit design is fatally dangerous. Even before Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen suffered high-speed crashes on the long, fast stretch of the city layout prior to the pit entrance, 2016 world.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - Mercedes is holding firm even after boss Toto Wolff declared that the overall performance of the reigning champion team recently has been "unacceptable". The Austrian's latest comments come as it emerges that Honda will supply an updated version of its engine to championship leaders Red Bull at Paul Ricard next weekend. Auto Motor.....check out full post »

Jun.9 - Nico Rosberg is racing away from any suggestion that he is eyeing a Toto Wolff-like future. Prior to rising to prominence as one of the most successful Formula 1 team bosses of all time, 49-year-old Wolff was a driver and motorsport investor. Today, since telling Wolff in late 2016 that he was suddenly.....check out full post »

The FIA and Formula 1 can today confirm that at the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, between Monday 31st May and Sunday 6th June, 4,630 tests for COVID-19 were performed on drivers, teams and personnel. Of these, one person tested positive. The FIA and Formula 1 are providing this aggregated information from each.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Christian Horner says he doesn't agree with Toto Wolff's handling of a nightmare weekend for Mercedes at Baku. If you ask the international media, Lewis Hamilton was 'solely to blame' for his late race lunge for the lead that cost him both victory and a recaptured lead in the world championship. However, while.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - A well-known Formula 1 tyre expert has publicly questioned Pirelli's explanation about the high speed tyre blowouts at Baku. Even before Pirelli chiefs said a word, Max Verstappen correctly predicted that F1's official tyre supplier would blame his and Lance Stroll's scary incidents on track debris. However, Kees van de Grint says as.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Sergio Perez appears to be on track for a Red Bull contract extension. With Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon both ousted after struggling to keep up with Max Verstappen, the highly-experienced Perez was drafted in on a one-year deal for 2021. After an initial struggle to acclimatise to his new team, the 31-year-old.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - F1 race director Michael Masi has denied that Sunday's race at Azerbaijan was only restarted for 'the show'. "The Americans took over so I wasn't really surprised that the first thing is the entertainment," said AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly, referring to Formula 1's owners since 2017, Liberty Media. At Baku, the race was.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Sebastian Vettel is finally restoring his confidence after the ill-fated end to his Ferrari adventure. That is the view of Kai Ebel, the legendary face of RTL's former long-time television coverage of Formula 1 in Germany. He was speaking after Vettel brushed aside his struggle to get up to speed at Aston Martin.....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Nikita Mazepin should have been severely penalised for his near-incident involving Mick Schumacher at Baku. That is the view of Mick's uncle and former F1 winner Ralf, after Mazepin swerved at over 300kph to defend his position from a late-charging Schumacher at the end of Sunday's race. "Does he want to kill us?".....check out full post »

Jun.8 - Alternative race hosts are lining up for potentially vacant spots on the 2021 Formula 1 calendar. Singapore's 2021 race is the latest casualty of the ongoing covid crisis, but Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt claims Turkey will be the likely replacement. Further cancellations are also possible later in the season, with.....check out full post »

Wallpaper photos of the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix driven on Baku City Circuit. This F1 race was won by Max Verstappen with the Red Bull Racing RB16 on the 6th of June 2021. [adrotate banner="12"] [adrotate banner="13"] ✅ Check out 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix results ✅ Check out 2021 F1 Results & Standings ✅ Check out 2021.....check out full post »

Ciao Tifosi, here’s a special message for you after the #AzerbaijanGP ❤️ Thanks for being always by our side 🤗

It began as a battle between Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull-Honda. Two huge tyre blow-outs, a standing re-start, a bout of Lewis Hamilton "finger trouble" and a whole 2hr 13min later, it ended in victory for Max Verstappen's team-mate, Sergio Perez and P2/P3 glory for Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin-Mercedes) and Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri-Honda). In.....check out full post »

Scuderia Ferrari sums up their Azerbaijan adventure where the team scored pole for the 2nd time in a row, but had a tough race going backwards from where Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc started.

Relive the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 1:25 min. Max Verstappen almost won the race with easy before his left rear tyre blew him out of the race at 300 kph. Sergio Perez covering his teammate for the first time this season and got the win presented to him. He almost lost it at the.....check out full post »

Jun.7 - Charles Leclerc thinks race wins will start coming "soon" for the improving Ferrari team. Although the end of both Q3 sessions were disrupted, the 23-year-old was on pole for both recent street races in Monaco and Azerbaijan. However, Leclerc finished just fourth on Sunday - but he said the most important goal at.....check out full post »

Jun.7 - Max Verstappen has urged his team yet again to remain fully committed to developing his championship-leading 2021 Red Bull. While much of the field is now almost entirely focused on designing their cars for the all-new 2022 rules, Verstappen insists Red Bull cannot afford the same luxury. "If we want to beat Mercedes,.....check out full post »

Jun.7 - Valtteri Bottas' chances of keeping his seat at Mercedes took another hit at Baku with a miserable weekend of pace for the Finn. As the hopeful George Russell knocks loudly on Toto Wolff's door, Bottas had to admit he felt like "a moving chicane" all weekend on the Azerbaijani streets. "Something was badly.....check out full post »

Jun.7 - Max Verstappen correctly predicted Pirelli's response to the tyre failure that cost him victory in a scary high-speed blowout and crash at Baku. Immediately after the incident, F1's sole tyre supplier said it would investigate the cause of the Red Bull driver and Lance Stroll's similar incidents. Verstappen said: "I already know what.....check out full post »

Jun.7 - Nikita Mazepin says he remains committed to becoming a reserve officer in the Russian military. The F1 rookie's father and Haas title sponsor Dmitry Mazepin last week complained that the Russian military is insisting that his 22-year-old son complete his mandatory service. "Nikita has 23 races to do this year, and they are.....check out full post »

Jun.7 - Sergio Perez on Sunday responded to Dr Helmut Marko's recent "pressure" in the best possible way. That is the view of former Red Bull driver Robert Doornbos, after Perez shrugged off his earlier struggles to keep up with Max Verstappen by winning at Baku. "First of all, I'm very sorry for Max about.....check out full post »

Jun.7 - Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are making the most mistakes so far in 2021, according to title rival Max Verstappen. While Verstappen's Red Bull crashed into retirement with a Pirelli tyre blowout at Baku, Hamilton's 'no points' result was due to him running off the road whilst duelling with Sergio Perez at the restart......check out full post »

DRIVERS: 1. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull Racing), 2. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) & 3. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Paul di Resta)  Q: Pierre Gasly, another podium – outstanding! How does it feel?  Pierre Gasly: Incredible. Honestly, I don’t really know what to say. It was such an insane race and a super intense last two laps......check out full post »

Event: Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Track: Baku Street Circuit Weather: dry  24.5°C Tarmac: dry  39.6°C Humidity : 51.1% Wind : 0.1 m/s NE Pressure: 1015.2 bar Sergio Perez won his 2nd F1 race at the 2021 Azerbaijan F1 GP today. He started from P6 and won on the Baku City circuit for the first time......check out full post »

Jun.6 - Fernando Alonso has urged his fellow Formula 1 drivers to "calm down" ahead of Sunday's Azerbaijan GP. On Saturday at the high-speed Baku street circuit, there were multiple session stoppages for crashes. The most significant was the one involving Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos Sainz, which spoiled the decisive moments of Q3 for the.....check out full post »

Jun.6 - Mercedes sacrificed Valtteri Bottas so that his teammate Lewis Hamilton could get a major slip-streaming benefit in qualifying. That is the view of Dr Helmut Marko, as the open tension between Red Bull and the reigning world champion team continued to heat up at Baku. Mercedes' Hamilton and Bottas have struggled for pace.....check out full post »

Jun.6 - Well-known and colourful Formula 1 broadcaster Kai Ebel has hit out at the sport's reigning champions Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton. He was the flamboyant face of RTL's long-running television coverage of the sport in Germany, but that deal passed into pay broadcaster Sky's hands for 2021. Now, 56-year-old Ebel has compared seven time.....check out full post »

Jun.6 - Toto Wolff is still refusing to rule out a post-race protest against Red Bull's allegedly flexible rear wing. Amid a chaotic qualifying at Baku, Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton managed to overcome earlier difficulties to outpace his title rival Max Verstappen and set up an exciting prospect for Sunday. However, the risk of a disputed.....check out full post »

DRIVERS: 1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari),  2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) & 3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Johnny Herbert)  Q: That qualifying was unbelievable. My heart was on the rev limiter, but for you, Charles Leclerc, pole position. Tell us about that lap? Charles Leclerc: It was quite a shit lap I thought! There were.....check out full post »

Event: Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Track: Baku Street Circuit Warm-up lap starts at: 16:00 Local | 14:00 CET | 13:00 UK | 05:00 LA | 21:00 Tokio Charles Leclerc did it again! He now even scored 2 poles in a row for Ferrari this season. The last time Ferrari (and he) scored 2 poles in.....check out full post »

Event: Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Track: Baku Street Circuit Weather: dry  26.9°C Tarmac: dry  50.7°C Humidity : 43.8% Wind : 0.3 m/s NE Pressure: 1013.5 bar Charles Leclerc scored his 4th F1 pole position of his career, during the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying session today. The Ferrari driver will start from P1 for the.....check out full post »

Event: Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Track: Baku Street Circuit Weather: dry  28.4°C Tarmac: dry  53.1°C Humidity : 38.5% Wind : 0.3 m/s SW Pressure: 1014.8 bar Both Haas team drivers kicked off the third and final practice session for before qualifying later today. The weather was even warmer than yesterday and made the tarmac an.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Carlos Sainz is "surprised" that so much is being said about Formula 1 drivers struggling to adapt to their cars in 2021. So far this year, high profile drivers including Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez have struggled to varying degrees since making team moves over the winter. Sainz is.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Kimi Raikkonen has denied that "bad luck" explains why he is trailing his Alfa Romeo teammate so far in 2021. Speculation is mounting that with so many youngsters knocking on the door at the Swiss-based team, F1's 41-year-old world champion of 2007 might finally be facing the exit. Raikkonen denied that "bad luck".....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Christian Horner has warned his Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff to "keep his mouth shut" about excessively flexible wings at Baku. Wolff is not backing down over his threat to lodge a protest this weekend about the 'bendy' rear wing of Max Verstappen's championship-leading Red Bull. Verstappen said at Baku that Mercedes is clearly.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Sebastian Vettel and Toto Wolff have backed Lewis Hamilton's sentiment after the seven time world champion described modern Formula 1 as a "billionaire kids' club". Hamilton suggested the exploding costs of becoming a professional racing driver is locking out youngsters from more modest backgrounds - and ramping up the representation of drivers with.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Pirelli is confident that Formula 1 can be more exciting even without a 'tyre war'. Earlier this week, well-known former F1 driver and now broadcaster David Coulthard admitted he is no fan of the current Pirelli era, which he says is "super boring" compared to his era of head-to-head tyre maker competition. "I.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Even with Singapore now scrapped and several other races looking obviously endangered in 2021, there is some good news for Formula 1. Torrential rain at Spa-Francorchamps has flooded the famous circuit and forced the cancellation of this weekend's Spa Euro Race, but the Belgian GP scheduled for late August is definitely on. In.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Dr Helmut Marko has reluctantly ruled out spicing up the second Austrian GP this year by reversing the layout of the Red Bull Ring. As Formula 1 grapples with the ongoing covid pandemic, Red Bull stepped up by offering to host a second race at the circuit it owns in Styria. To keep.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Formula 1 says it is weighing up "several options" to replace the newly-axed 2021 Singapore GP. Singapore promoter Colin Syn said organisers had no choice but to cancel the popular October night race "in light of prevailing restrictions for live events" in the city-state. As for F1's "options" for a replacement, the speculation.....check out full post »

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES  (Part One): Guenther STEINER (Haas), Franz TOST (AlphaTauri), Otmar SZAFNAUER (Aston Martin) (Part Two): Frédéric VASSEUR (Alfa Romeo), Simon ROBERTS (Williams), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli) PART ONE Q: Franz, can we start with you please. Yuki told us yesterday about his move to Italy that’s taken place since the Monaco Grand Prix. It sounds like.....check out full post »

Jun.5 - Dr Helmut Marko has played down Mercedes' performance slump on the streets of Baku. The reigning champions also struggled at Monaco, but neither Lewis Hamilton nor Valtteri Bottas were even among the top ten in Friday practice at the Azerbaijan capital. "We just couldn't find any grip," said chief engineer Andy Shovlin. Bottas.....check out full post »