FORMULA 1

WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING BRAZILIAN  GRAND PRIX PREVIEW AUTÓDROMO JOSÉ CARLOS PACE ROUND 20 OF 21 It may be one of the shortest tracks on the Formula One calendar, but the 4.3km Autódromo José Carlos Pace presents a number of challenges to teams. It combines a long sweeping start/finish straight with a tricky infield section, so […]

WEC

ALPINE HITS THE HEIGHTS WITH THE LMP2 CATEGORY WORLD TITLE! One round before the end of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), Signatech-Alpine won the LMP2 Teams’ title, whilst Nicolas Lapierre, Stéphane Richelmi and Gustavo Menezes secured the Drivers’ crown*. After four race wins and two other podium-finishes, the no.36 crew secured fourth place at […]

F1WEEKLY PODCAST # 714

CLARK AND NASIR DO THE MEXICAN HAT DANCE AROUND THE LAST TWO GRAND PRIX, NASIR WITH A FULL REPORT FROM THE US GRAND PRIX AND THE HOST STILL HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR A FERNANDO VICTORY IN 2016. ALSO HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS FROM FUTURE RENAULT DRIVER NICO HULKENBERG… Nico: “Definitely not a bad effort today […]

FORMULA 1

MAX ON THE MEXICAN GRAND PRIX MAX VERSTAPPEN, Finish Position: 4th*(3rd)*, Start Position: 3rd   “When I went off the track towards the end I think it was pretty similar to Lewis on lap one, corner one. He went off and I felt he gained an advantage, I didn’t even gain an advantage, I was […]

FORMULA 1

LCH ON POLE FOR THE MEXICAN GP WHILST NICO STRUGGLED TO KEEP THE SECOND SPOT Rosberg had looked set to start behind the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, but a last-gasp effort got him to within a quarter of a second of Hamilton’s pole time. Verstappen will start third, ahead of […]

FORMULA 1

WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING MEXICAN GRAND PRIX PRACTICE Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: It’s quite hard to read today because of the nature of this track, and with everybody struggling to get the tyres to work. Either the fronts weren’t working, or then suddenly they would work and you get oversteer, which we saw from […]