Former F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has a radical idea for shaking up Formula 1 – by making it an all-electric series. The 87 year-old multi-billionaire – whose previous ideas for shaking up proceedings have included allowing cars to take shortcuts and using sprinkler systems to create random wet races – has said the sport could […]
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McLaren have announced that Fernando Alonso will compete in the 2018-2019 superseason of the World Endurance Championship. Fernando will join the Toyota Gazoo Racing team, alongside former F1 drivers Sebastian Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, with Anthony Davidson stepping aside in order for the Spaniard to join. He’ll get his first taste of the Le Mans
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Formula One has announced that it will stop using Grid Girls for the upcoming 2018 season. The tradition of using Grid Girls to stand in front of the cars and hold the drivers’ flags and/or race numbers has been long standing in Formula One. Bosses have tried other approaches in recent years, such as at
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Formula One has revealed a revised weekend schedule for the 2018 season. All of the 21 Grands Prix on this year’s calendar will begin at ten-past the hour, instead of on the hour. The move is to help broadcasters in areas such as America where coverage begins on the hour. F1 bosses say the move
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Lance Stroll has said that Felipe Massa gave him ‘no guidance’ during his first season of Formula One. Speaking to Autosport, the Canadian driver said he does not understand why Massa was perceived to be a mentor to him: “I don’t think I had any guidance from him last year, whatsoever. He was a team-mate
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Formula One and the FIA have announced a new initiative which will see Grid Kids replace Grid Girls for 2018. The organsation says the partnership is more ‘relevant’ to the modern day F1 audience than the former Grid Girls tradition. The children invited to stand beside the cars on the grid will be young karters.
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Robert Kubica will return to action at a Formula One weekend for the first time since 2010 when he partakes in Free Practice 1 for the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix. The Polish driver, who suffered life-changing injuries in a rally crash in February 2011, will make three appearances with Williams throughout the season. The first
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Lewis Hamilton says he expects to sign a new Mercedes contract before the first race of the 2018 season. The four-time World Champion’s current contract is due to expire at the end of this season, but Hamilton says both he and the team are ‘committed’ to one another. Hamilton said: ‘Toto knows that I know
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Sebastian Vettel reached a points milestone, Red Bull reached a podium milestone, and Romain Grosjean reached an unwanted milestone. Here are all the key statistics and facts from the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix weekend! Lewis Hamilton recorded his 64th Formula One victory on Sunday, and his 121st podium finish. It was Mercedes’ 78th win. Hamilton
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It was a chaotic race in Baku, Azerbaijan for the fourth round of the 2018 Formula One season. While Sebastian Vettel shone on Saturday, Lewis Hamilton broke new records with his win on Sunday and Charles Leclerc made a mark with the first points of his career. We’ve rounded up all the essential stats from
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A record-breaking race for Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo equals two champions with six wins, Kimi Raikkonen edges closer to 100 podiums and Nico Hulkenberg really likes starting seventh. Here are all the stats you need to know from the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix weekend! QUALIFYING STATS On Saturday, Sebastian Vettel took the 52nd pole position
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Sebastian Vettel gave Ferrari a rare back-to-back victory, McLaren have almost amassed their 2017 points tally and Pierre Gasly took Toro Rosso’s second best ever result. Here are all the key stats from the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix weekend! After two races in 2018, McLaren have now scored 73% of the points they scored in
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The first race weekend of the season is over, and we’ve rounded up some stats from the 2018 Australian Grand Prix. 100 podiums for Vettel, 65 races without a podium for Alonso, and a disaster for Haas. Read all the very best stats from Melbourne! QUALIFYING STATS Seven poles for Lewis Hamilton is a new
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Daniel Ricciardo has been given a three-place penalty for driving too fast under Red Flag conditions during Free Practice 2 at the Australian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver’s penalty is somewhat controversial. The Red Flag period was due to a loose timing wire on the start/finish line, meaning the incident was on a part
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Before the start of the second week of Winter Testing, I posted five prediction polls on the Lights Out twitter account. How many of the questions did you get right? Find out below! 1. Will Toro Rosso do the most laps in Winter Testing? 1. By the end of the second week of testing, will
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Sebastian Vettel has named his 2018 F1 car ‘Loria’. The four-time World Champion’s tradition of naming his car ahead of the start of the season dates back to 2008, when he named his Toro Rosso STR3 ‘Julie’. The names became more creative as the seasons passed, with ‘Kate’s Dirty Sister’ in 2009 and ‘Kinky Kylie’
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For the first time, this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix will feature three DRS activation zones. In hopes of increasing overtaking manoeuvres in the opening round of the season, a DRS detection point has been added 170 metres before turn eleven on the Albert Park track, with the activation zone being between turns twelve and thirteen.
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Reports in Germany suggest Formula One is looking at changing the way the grid for the Grand Prix is formed. According to AMuS, F1’s bosses are planning to scrap Free Practice Three on Saturday mornings and replace it with the current knockout Qualifying session. As a grid is formed from this, the cars would then
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