The Independent
Fernando Alonso is rarely wrong when it comes to predicting form at grands prix, and his suggestion on Wednesday that Mercedes are a contender for victory in Monaco was borne out by the silver cars’ speed again in practice.
Nico Rosberg underlined why he may again be the man to beat over one lap ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton has never made any secret of his infatuation with the Monaco Grand Prix. Whereas Jenson Button suggested that, though winning it evoked special feelings there were “plenty of other special races”, Hamilton was unequivocal.
Lewis Hamilton has never made any secret of his infatuation with the Monaco Grand Prix. Whereas Jenson Button suggested that, though winning it evoked special feelings there were “plenty of other special races”, Hamilton was unequivocal.
Red Bull sound like sore losers for complaining about the Formula One tyres, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso has suggested. The Spaniard, winner in China and Barcelona, said at the Monaco Grand Prix that it was up to the champions to explain their comments but offered a theory of his own anyway.
Amid all the hype building around the Hollywood blockbuster that will shortly bring back to life the extraordinary duel between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in 1976 there is a curiously poignant memory. It is of Hunt sitting in his elegant house beside Wimbledon Common, shortly before he died in 1993 at the age of just 45, and enthusing over his latest project.
What a tip-top few days it has been for McLaren devotees. The association with Honda, which fired the team’s golden Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost period in 1988, is resurrected and the date is set for the release of “Rush”, the James Hunt biopic, which tells the story of the blond one’s championship-winning year in 1976. All this and Monaco, too
What a tip-top few days it has been for McLaren devotees. The association with Honda, which fired the team’s golden Ayrton Senna-Alain Prost period in 1988, is resurrected and the date is set for the release of “Rush”, the James Hunt biopic, which tells the story of the blond one’s championship-winning year in 1976. All this and Monaco, too.
Even if you have not the faintest interest in motorsport, or Formula One – that shiny Babylon of sponsors and sleaze – the lure of James Hunt is hard to resist. Handsome, brave, articulate, he had a reputation for living as fast off the track as on. For a film director, there could be no better sporting hero
Jenson Button has been told he has a job for life as McLaren build towards the start of a new era with Honda.
McLaren and Honda are set to rekindle the glory days of the Eighties and Nineties when their legendary alliance became one of the greatest in Formula One history.
McLaren and Honda are set to rekindle the glory days of the Eighties and Nineties when their legendary alliance became one of the greatest in Formula One history.
Honda is to return to Formula One in 2015 after today confirming a partnership with McLaren as engine supplier.
The Formula One chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, says he is “100 per cent” relaxed following claims from Germany that he faces charges that could end his role at the head of the sport.
From 200 miles an hour down to 20 – and sometimes a lot less than that – is in prospect for Caterham F1 boss Mike Gascoyne as he prepares to join the world of ocean racing.
Formula One must allow in-season testing to avoid the risk next year of tyres lasting only a handful of laps and races being cut short, according to Pirelli’s motor sport director, Paul Hembery.
Q: Why have tyres become the hot topic in F1?
Once again Paul di Resta was the best-placed Briton after bringing his Force India home in a solid seventh place, less than a second behind Nico Rosberg.
Once again Paul di Resta was the best-placed Briton after bringing his Force India home in a solid seventh place, less than a second behind Nico Rosberg.
Both Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen expect Lewis Hamilton to be a leading contender for victory at Monaco in a fortnight’s time – but yesterday in Barcelona the Mercedes driver was lapped by them both in the most disappointing race of his grand prix career. As they sprayed the victory champagne, he confessed to being “absolutely lost.”