Red Bull owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, has given team principal Christian Horner until the weekend before Abu Dhabi to find an engine supplier for 2016, otherwise the team will be pulled. Mateschitz has given the team a three week extension on finding an engine supplier for next season. Originally, the ...
Read More »Esteban Gutierrez to drive for Haas in 2016
View image | gettyimages.com Haas F1 team have announced that Mexican, Esteban Gutierrez, will drive for the team in 2016. Haas announced their final driver in Mexico City on Friday evening. This happened after the first practice day of the Mexican GP. This weekend will be the GPs return ...
Read More »Speedway News and Updates
With the domestic season’s over and the Speedway Grand Prix having come to a close, The Sports Lowdown takes a look at what has been happening over the past few days in the world of speedway: View image | gettyimages.com SGP and Elite League Danish champion Niels-Kristian Iversen has ...
Read More »United States Grand Prix Preview
View image | gettyimages.com Track: Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, USA. Scheduled number of laps: 56 Circuit length: 5.516 km (3.427 mi) Race distance: 308.405 km (191.634 mi) Race start time: 20:00 BST, 14:00 Local Time Lap record: 1:39.347 (Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, 2012) 2014 Pole Position: Nico ...
Read More »Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton: who is the greatest driver of this generation?
View image | gettyimages.com With the 2015 Formula One season drawing to a close, teams and drivers begin to slowly look ahead to 2016, as they aim to dethrone Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes at the top. It has been another incredible year for The Silver Arrows, as they retained their ...
Read More »Hamilton wins dramatic Russian Grand Prix as Mercedes are crowned Constructor’s Champions
View image | gettyimages.com Lewis Hamilton took the win at the action packed Russian Grand Prix this afternoon. Multiple collisions and crashes followed by retirements filled the race with safety cars and important strategies. Today’s biggest winner was Mexican Sergio Perez who battled his way to 3rd. The 3.634 mile ...
Read More »Rosberg takes pole at the Russian GP ahead of Hamilton
View image | gettyimages.com Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg took back-to-back pole positions this afternoon in Russia, followed by team-mate Lewis Hamilton, and Williams driver Valtteri Bottas. The weekend was eventful for Formula One, with Friday practice sessions being dominated by rain, thus causing a lack of running around the Sochi track. ...
Read More »Russian Grand Prix Preview
View image | gettyimages.com Track: Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia. Scheduled number of laps: 53 Circuit length: 5.853 km (3.637 mi) Race distance: 310.209 km (192.791 mi) Race start time: 12:00 BST Lap record: 1:40.896 (Valtteri Bottas, 2014) 2014 Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 1:38.513 2014 Race Winner: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG Petronas ...
Read More »Woffinden wins his second SGP Championship
View image | gettyimages.com Great Britain’s Tai Woffinden has won his second SGP Championship despite falling short in the Polish Grand Prix. The 2013 World Champion failed to reach the semi-finals, but after Greg Hancock came last in the semi-final, it was confirmed that Woffinden would become world champion. ...
Read More »Top 10 Best-Looking F1 Cars of All Time
View image | gettyimages.com A common saying among aircraft manufacturers and pilots is: “For an aircraft to fly well, it must be beautiful”. While this isn’t always applicable when it comes to F1, the sheer genius of a car designer can make an F1 chassis not only win races and ...
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