The 2018 season of the World’s fastest circus was a wild and fun one. Lewis Hamilton secured his legendary status, Williams and McLaren look to start their long road back to glory, while the F1 is set to turn to youth like never before. The controversial Halo proved like a good idea, too! Let us […]
The Formula 1 circus has strong connections with Britain, engages in trades with the whole world and holds races in 21 countries annually. It is an enormous and complex competition, but could Brexit interfere with its operations?
According to Sergio Perez, a Force India driver, Fernando Alonso quit Formula One because the competition is “sick”. Two-time World Champion has decided to abandon Formula One championship and race in Indy 500 and Le Mans in the following season.
The technical changes have been made for 2019 and simulation work has been carried out, according to F1’s boss Ross Brawn. There are some “tangible” effects which should improve the racing in the future.
The grandson of a F1 legend and two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, Pietro Fittipaldi, is set to join Haas as their new test driver next year. He will make his official F1 debut this year however, at the test of the last race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Mexican Grand Prix will be the first race to see Ferrari’s ground-breaking brake disc, with 1,400 holes. So far unseen disc will be much better at cooling, due to a large number of holes, helping to keep brakes at an optimum temperature that ensure efficient breaking.