Having been well and truly outgunned in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix by team mate Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton hit back in emphatic style on race day to claim his third win of the season, as Mercedes stretched their current record of consecutive one-two finishes to an incredible five. After
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QUALIFYING: Bottas takes third pole in a row ahead of Spanish GP
Haas can be in the mix to ‘play’ with Red Bull – Grosjean
Verstappen gets engine change after an oil leak in FP1
Hamilton claimed an unlikely victory in a thrilling Bahrain GP
QUALIFYING: Leclerc claimed his first F1 pole position for the Bahrain GP
Charles Leclerc became the second youngest pole-sitter of all time at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, beating his team mate (and the youngest pole sitter of all time) Sebastian Vettel to secure a front-row lock-out for Ferrari. Leclerc established a new track record on his final lap for good measure,
Russell is “not interested” in battling exclusively against Kubica
Formula 1 rookie George Russell says he is “not interested” in battling exclusively against Williams teammate Robert Kubica at the back of the grid. After the late arrival of its new FW42 led to a disrupted pre-season programme, Williams was firmly last in the pecking order throughout all of the season-opening
Leclerc is already pushing its engineers “hard”
Charles Leclerc established a "good starting point" on his Ferrari Formula 1 debut and is already pushing its engineers "hard", according to his new team boss Mattia Binotto. Leclerc was signed to replace Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari after just one year in F1 with Sauber. He finished fifth, just behind four-time world
Ferrari told Leclerc to stay behind Vettel
Ferrari told Charles Leclerc to stay behind Sebastian Vettel in Formula 1's season-opening Australian Grand Prix because there was "no reason" to take a risk fighting over fourth place. Leclerc, making his Ferrari debut, caught his four-time world champion teammate in the closing stages of the grand prix. He asked if he should
Bottas has explained the radio message he gave to his critics after winning
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas has explained the colourful radio message he gave to his critics after winning the Australian Grand Prix. Having been congratulated by his engineer on the cool-down lap after taking the chequered flag in Melbourne, Bottas said: "To whom it may concern, f*** you." The message was interpreted
Gasly had a “very strong” first race – Horner
Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner believes Pierre Gasly had a “very strong” first race with the team despite finishing outside of the points. Gasly, who started the Australian Grand Prix in 17th place after Red Bull was caught out by track evolution in Q1, couldn't recover to higher than 11th in
Bottas wins the Australian GP 2019
As the 2019 season finally began in earnest at the Australian Grand Prix, Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a sensational start to his year with a dominant display in Melbourne, leading home team mate Lewis Hamilton for a Mercedes one-two ahead of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Bottas finished the race