George Russell ‘gutted’ to miss out on Sakhir GP victory George Russell has been warned he must emulate Lewis Hamilton’s high standards if he is to battle Valterri Bottas for a Mercedes seat. Rising star Russell has been tipped for a move to Mercedes in 2022 with the future of F1 stars Hamilton and Bottas uncertain. Williams ace Russell impressed when he stood in for Hamilton for the Sakhir Grand
Lewis Hamilton is one of the wealthiest sportsmen on the planet after his success with Mercedes. Racing in F1 with the German manufacturer for the last seven years, the Brit has now matched Michael Schumacher’s record of seven Drivers’ Championships and beaten the Grand Prix total with 95 wins. It has now seen the 36-year-old get offered a three-year deal by Mercedes worth £120million to keep him from retirement. But
Young Melbourne driver Oscar Piastri has joined a long and distinguished honour roll – including Formula One race winners Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo and Indycar star Will Power – taking out Motorsport Australia's Sir Jack Brabham Award. Piastri, who won the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, is hoping to eventually emulate Sir Jack, Australia's first ever F1 world champion. Melbourne’s Oscar Piastri. Following his F3 title win, Piastri was
George Russell ‘gutted’ to miss out on Sakhir GP victory Jack Aitken is in talks with Williams over a potential role for the 2021 season. Aitken made his Formula One debut at the Sakhir Grand Prix in December as a stand-in for George Russell. After Lewis Hamilton contracted coronavirus, Russell replaced the seven-time champion in a one-off race for Mercedes. Russell has been touted as a potential long-term replacement for
Lewis Hamilton compared to Schumacher by David Coulthard Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto may have given George Russell the perfect route to sealing a seat at Mercedes with his comments on Lewis Hamilton. The 2021 driver grid will see a number of changes with both Ferrari and Red Bull switching out two of their drivers. Max Verstappen will now be joined by Sergio Perez at Red Bull while Sebastian Vettel
F1: Lewis Hamilton goes for a seaside run The F1 season is just a few, short months away now, with drivers expecting to get their campaign underway at the end of March. But some contracts are still yet to be ironed out by manufacturers. Who will be on the grid for the first race of the season? Lewis Hamilton raced to his seventh world title in 2020, equalling the record
Sandown is back on the Supercars calendar to host the second round of the 2021 championship after the postponement of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Following confirmation the Albert Park event – which was set for March 18-21 – has been put on hold until November, Supercars have brought Sandown off the bench to fill the void. But Supercars is not yet committing to an addition to its original
Daniel Ricciardo didn’t have to think twice when asked what he was most excited about before becoming a McLaren driver in 2021. “Company car,” he told the In The Fast Lane podcast. Now we can see why. Ricciardo, who is spending the off-season in California after deciding against a fortnight in quarantine in Australia, showed off his new McLaren 756LT on social media this week. “First date: nervous but excited,”
Two-time former motorbike champion Toby Price has withdrawn from the Dakar Rally after the Australian took a severe blow to the head in a crash that left him in a hospital bed on Tuesday. Price’s crash on stage nine comes on the first anniversary of the death of Portuguese motorcyclist Paulo Goncalves, on last year’s Dakar which was also staged in Saudi Arabia. Racing largely on dirt tracks and dunes,
Melbourne’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been rescheduled for later this year, with hopes more spectators will be able to attend the major event. The Victorian Government and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation have agreed to postpone the usual season opening in March because it was “unrealistic” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, a once-off date of November 21 has been booked in, almost three weeks after the Melbourne Cup.
