During the second free practice we saw the same picture as during the first practice session on Friday morning. It was Lewis Hamilton who was much faster than Max Verstappen. The difference between the two: more than six tenths of a second. Verstappen did not get further than the fifth time. Teammate Sergio Perez was … Read more
The communication between Max Verstappen and Christian Horner is flawless, the team boss of the Austrian racing stable explains to Channel 4. “Max is probably the most straightforward of all the drivers I’ve worked with. This is due to his open approach and honesty, although he doesn’t show this too much to the outside world.” … Read more
Racing won it with a goal from Aníbal Moreno, however, 10 minutes from the end, Estudiantes de La Plata found the tie through Leonardo Godoy and unleashed the fury of the fans of La Academia, on their return to Cilindro de Avellaneda. It is that those led by Claudio Úbeda have been eight games without … Read more
On paper, fifth place appears to be hugely disappointing for Valtteri Bottas in the Russian Grand Prix, but ten laps from the end, the Finn was still desolately out of the top ten at the Sochi Autodrom. Due to the rain and a good pit stop call, he eventually managed to finish fifth. However, two … Read more
Lando Norris appeared to be on his way to his first Formula 1 victory during the Russian Grand Prix. However, a rain shower threw a spanner in the works. Where Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, among others, dived in for wet tires, Norris decided not to. The McLaren driver stayed out on his dry-weather tires … Read more
Lewis Hamilton may have won the Russian Grand Prix, but it was not without a struggle. He had a difficult start in which he fell back a number of places. According to Mercedes, however, that was not due to their driver, but to Lando Norris. That says Mike Elliott, technical director of the Mercedes Formula … Read more
Hakkinen looks in a column for Unibet back at the Russian Grand Prix. Red Bull decided to give Max Verstappen a new engine and as a result he had to start from the back. “That took a lot of courage, but it paid off,” writes Hakkinen. According to the Finn, Verstappen owes the second place … Read more
Before the first droplets appeared at the Sochi Autodrom, Valtteri Bottas drove well outside the points. The Finn was in fourteenth place after he was allowed to start from sixteenth place. Thanks to a perfect call from the team, Bottas exchanged his dry weather tires for the Intermediates at the right time and that ensured … Read more
Several times this year Christian Horner and Toto Wolff threw mud at each other in the media. Never before in the hybrid era has there been such a fierce battle between two teams, both on and off the track. In conversation with Channel 4 the Red Bull team boss is asked about his and Wolff’s … Read more
Grid penalties for Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas and Charles Leclerc, among others! The Russian Grand Prix is getting a race within the race, with so many top riders starting at the back. But how do those grid staffs actually work? Let’s start at the beginning and explain how the starting grid position is established in … Read more