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Expectations were high for F1 fans awaiting the grand debut of Formula 1’s over-the-top streaming service, but all they’ve received so far is a glitch-filled, buffering disaster. After an indispensable period of beta testing, the much hyped service was officially rolled out on Friday in Barcelona, and F1i was among those writhing in anticipation. There […]

Fernando Alonso struggled to find a motif of satisfaction after his retirement from Sunday’s Monaco Grand prix, labeling his afternoon of racing as perhaps the most boring ever. The McLaren driver appeared to be settling into a sixth consecutive – albeit uneventful – finish in 2018, running P7 for much of the race when a […]

Formula 1’s current 21-race calendar and the prospects of increasing that schedule in the future may prompt teams to ask the FIA to consider a reduction of testing in 2019. Teams currently launch their season with two four-day pre-season tests, conducted at Barcelona this year, followed by a couple of two-day in-season tests. Barcelona was […]

Charles Leclerc will be pulling out the stops from the outset this afternoon in the Austrian Grand Prix in a bid to negate his five-place grid penalty. The Sauber driver has been demoted from 13th – where he qualified – to 18th as the result of a gearbox replacement conducted by the Swiss outfit between […]

The future of the British Grand Prix will be set in motion on Monday, as Formula 1’s chiefs meet with Silverstone’s owners to discuss the terms and conditions to keep the event on the calendar. Last year, Silverstone triggered a break clause in its contract with F1 that calls for the formal end of the […]

Goodwood was sizzling with sunshine and gleaming machines all weekend for the venue’s annual Festival of Speed. It was another action-packed few days with something for everyone, from current to past Formula 1 cars and drivers running up the famous hill, to a stunning display of Porsche racers, to oddities or rare sights that had […]

Renault development drivers Jack Aitken and Artem Markelov are tasked with Pirelli tyre testing this week, with the F2 racers running at Suzuka on Tuesday and Wednesday with the French team’s R.S.18. The test is part of Pirelli’s development and validation work associated with its 2019 range of compounds. Father of Renault hopeful Markelov detained […]

Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene says his team’s engineers aren’t all that impressed with Formula 1’s 2021 concept car designs. Formula 1 revealed a series of renderings yesterday depicting several concepts it hopes to introduce in 2021 when the sport undergoes a regulation overhaul. While the images generally received a positive reaction in the F1 […]

Click:hanger and pipe accessories Red Bull junior Dan Ticktum is ready to take on the challenge of racing in Formula 1 should the young Brit get the call from Helmut Marko and Toro Rosso. Red Bull’s decision to promote Pierre Gasly to its senior outfit for 2019 leaves a void at the Faenza-based squad and […]

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was substantially fastest on the second morning of Formula 1 in-season testing in Hungary. The Finn’s best time of 1:16.171s on soft tyres proved to be over two seconds faster than anyone else managed at the Hungaroring so far today. It’s just one thousandth of a second slower than Sebastian Vettel’s time […]