A commentator on the hit Netflix show Formula 1: Drive to Survive has been sacked from his job with a rival racing championship after complaints of inappropriate behaviour towards women. Jack Nicholls, who also provides Formula One coverage for the BBC, lost his job working for the Formula E championship […]
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June 19 (Reuters) – Seven-times Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton dispelled the “myth” surrounding a chassis swap with Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas after qualifying for Sunday’s French Grand Prix. Hamilton and Bottas had swapped chassis for this weekend’s race at the Paul Ricard circuit as part of a planned […]
Mosley became FIA President in 1993 and served four terms before standing down in 2009. His successor and current FIA President Jean Todt tweeted on Monday: “Deeply saddened by the passing of Max Mosley. He was a major figure in @F1 & motor sport. As @FIA President for 16 years, […]
(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton beat old Formula One rival Nico Rosberg in the battle of team owners in qualifying for the first race of the new electric off-road Extreme E series in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, […]
What would it mean for an Englishman to drive a Mercedes, only 10 years after the end of a war that had killed so many millions? In 1937 Dick Seaman had signed up for the same team and watched as the shadow of war fell across Europe. He stood to […]
Even before his Formula One debut in 2007 there was a palpable air of something special about Lewis Hamilton. The talent was there, unpolished but impossible to ignore, as was his fierce desire to prove himself. Just how far he has come, however, has exceeded every expectation, including those of […]
Widely known as the “Queen of the Nürburgring,” Schmitz was one of motor racing’s highest-profile female drivers and a regular guest on UK TV motoring show “Top Gear.” She died on Tuesday after a “brave fight against cancer,” according to a tweet from Frikadelli Racing, a motorsport team Schmitz founded […]
One of the most famous and most imitated voices in the history of British television fell silent on Saturday. Murray Walker died aged 97 and a chapter closed in the art of the microphone business. Of course, his pants-on-fire bellow was the soundtrack that illuminated Formula One as it planted […]