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Sauber believes it has identified and solved the DRS malfunction that caused Marcus Ericsson’s dramatic accident in Friday’s FP2 session. Ericsson’s DRS failed to close as he approached Monza’s first chicane, pitching the Sauber left into the barriers and into a series rolls, leaving the C37 in a pitiful state but its driver fortunately uninjured. […]

Mercedes and Red Bull appear to be involved in a waiting game with regard to their drivers for 2019, with Lewis Hamilton holding everyone off. The four-time world champion has yet to commit to Mercedes for the future, and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo is on the sidelines until his rival signs on the dotted line, […]

Fernando Alonso declared himself quite happy with his seventh-place spot on tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix grid following a qualifying session for which the McLaren driver did not have high hopes. After brake problems plagued his running in FP1 on Thursday, the Spaniard endured another difficult free practice session on Saturday morning, with set-up issues impacting […]

Valtteri Bottas is confident his new-spec Mercedes engine will remain in the back of his W09 for the remainder of the weekend despite the unit suffering a water leak issue on Friday. The Finn sat out the final 30 minutes of yesterday’s second free practice session when his Mercedes crew discovered the engine problem. An […]

Raymond Vermeulen who, along with Jos Verstappen, looks after Max Verstappen’s interests, played down suggestions that the pair’s absence in Montreal was beneficial to the Red Bull driver. Verstappen agreed with his team to travel light to Canada after a string of mishaps called into question the 20-year-old’s ability to focus and learn from his […]

Click:hdpe geomembrane liner Renault Sport Racing has issued a carefully worded statement saying that it ‘acknowledges’ today’s announcement from Red Bull about 2019 engines. Red Bull announced on Tuesday that it was ending its current engine supply arrangement at the end of the current season. The team has opted instead for a two-year deal with […]

Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly will be racing in Montreal for the very first time next weekend, and expects the track’s layout to pose a challenge to the team’s STR13 chassis. The Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve represents the first real high-speed challenge for teams and drivers this season. Cars travel at speeds in excess of 300km/h at four […]

Daniel Ricciardo has reached the limit of the maximum number of allowed power unit elements, which means any component failure this weekend will automatically lead to a grid penalty for the Red Bull driver. That probability has increased however as the Milton Keynes-based outfit ponders a deliberate component change in order to head to the […]

A normal day of running was all Stoffel Vandoorne was hoping for on Friday in Hungary, and the Belgian got just that after reverting back to an older McLaren MCL33 chassis. For this weekend’s race, the Woking-based outfit ditched the Belgian’s previous MCL33 chassis following a two-race slump marked by inexplicable issues that impacted Vandoorne’s […]

A week off from racing and his national side’s success in the soccer World Cup will combine to give Pierre Gasly an extra spring in his step heading into this weekend’s German Grand Prix. The French driver will be hoping it will boost him into breaking a pointless streak for Toro Rosso that extends all […]