Paddy Driver

Blistering occurs when part of a tyre overheats, causing rubber to soften and break apart in chunks, and although it is not a new phenomenon in F1 it has been problematic at several races this season. F1 tyre supplier Pirelli introduced softer compounds for this season as well as debuting the new hypersoft tyre, and Bottas is hopeful that some of the experiments it has undertaken in its 2019 ...

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Edwards, who had been ill for some time, passed away at the age of 75 exactly five years after his son Sean was killed in an accident at Queensland Raceway. Modestly successful as a driver, Edwards was best known for his ability to attract and exploit sponsorship - earning huge sums via commissions. He helped to define the art of sourcing funding for motorsport, even writing a book about the ...

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The FIA has been experimenting with additional or longer zones this year for the drag-reduction system in a bid to improve overtaking.  However, it opted not to extend the start-finish DRS zone because of the aggressive entry to the first corner, and considered DRS inappropriate for the high-speed, left-hand 130R after drivers’ complaints at Silverstone.  Drivers could use DRS through ... ...

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The Frenchman is currently without a race seat for next year due to the imminent arrival of Lance Stroll at the Silverstone outfit, and his last remaining option is Williams. Retaining his links with Force India would at least allow him to stay in touch with developments, although he could also perform a similar role with the works Mercedes team. "Hopefully he'll find something else," said ... ...

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Both Red Bull Racing and both Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers were already known to be taking new elements, with the Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen  moving back to Renault's Spec B. The five drivers will line up in the order that the new elements were first used on track, something that triggered a rush to the end of the pitlane at the start of FP1 today. The race was won by Lando Norris ... ...

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Ocon is currently facing a year on the F1 sidelines after a planned move to Renault fell through at the last second, and other teams said they were not interested in him because of his close links to Mercedes. The Frenchman's plight has been viewed as a bad thing for F1, with more and more drivers having their careers decided by the major car makers. Read Also: Why third cars are ... ...

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Hamilton lost a lot of time to second-placed Max Verstappen and other cars behind as he tried to work his way past Romain Grosjean and Sergey Sirotkin, who were battling for position. Haas driver Grosjean eventually received a five-second penalty for ignoring blue flags. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas also had trouble with backmarkers, as he couldn't get close enough to Renault's Nico ... ...

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The Red Bull driver was handed a five-second penalty after colliding with Valtteri Bottas as they battled for third place in the closing stages of the race. The punishment eventually dropped him to fifth. Having expressed anger over the team radio at the time about the sanction, Verstappen says his belief that he should not have been punished has been hardened after seeing videos of what others ... ...

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The 1978 world champion got his first F1 opportunity in that situation and, having read Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff's recent suggestion that teams should have third cars for young drivers, wants to see the practice reintroduced. In 1968 then USAC Indycar frontrunner Andretti drove a third works Lotus in the United States GP at Watkins Glen, earning pole position. Three years later he ... ...

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The possibility of the highly-rated Esteban Ocon being left without an F1 drive in 2019 has prompted concerns that politics and money are now bigger factors for teams than out-and-out speed. Although Gasly has shown that youngsters can still break through, having earned a promotion from Toro Rosso, he thinks that F1 needs to look at what it can do to help current stars like Ocon as well as the ... ...

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Vandoorne will lose his McLaren seat in 2019 to rookie Lando Norris, on the heels of two seasons in which the Belgian has struggled to match the performances of his two-time world champion teammate Fernando Alonso. His struggles have been in sharp contrast to his glowing junior single-seater CV and his impressive F1 debut as stand-in for Alonso in Bahrain two years ago. Speaking to media ... ...

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Both Hamilton and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas were subjected to boos post-race, after a weekend in which the tifosi’s usual Ferrari support was mixed with antagonising its rivals. Asked how he felt about drivers being booed, second-place finisher Raikkonen said: “I think everybody has the right to do what they feel like but I don’t think it’s very nice.  “I don’t think ... ...

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Norris was picked ahead of Mercedes junior Esteban Ocon, outgoing McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne and Sergio Perez. Of those Norris defeated to earn his grand prix graduation, only Perez’s place on the 2019 grid looks secure. He claims to have a contract signed already and the expectation is he will remain at Racing Point Force India to partner the incoming Lance Stroll, whose father ... ...

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Amid some frustrations about the lack of opportunities he has available for his junior drivers Esteban Ocon, George Russell and Pascal Wehrlein, Wolff has floated the idea of a radical shake-up of the rules. Rather than limiting teams to two cars as things stand currently, Wolff thinks that opening up the possibility for a third car – which had to be driven by a youngster – would be a good ... ...

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Since Lawrence Stroll purchased Force India, it has been clear that the Canadian wants to move his son Lance over from Williams within this season in order to give him a head-start for 2019. In theory, Robert Kubica would then be promoted to the Williams race seat, as the team is contractually obliged to use him as reserve, leaving Esteban Ocon without a drive unless he is successfully placed ... ...

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The revised floor design was used on Friday at Spa, but Grosjean then switched to the older version for the rest of the weekend. After the race, the team still wasn't sure if the new floor had provided a clear improvement, but subsequently has been given it the thumbs-up after the data was reviewed back at base. "Last weekend we both had the update on the car," said Grosjean when asked by ... ...

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Steiner emphasised that the team was even free to take a driver like Esteban Ocon – who is tied to Mercedes – and that Ferrari would not step in and prevent such a move. Ocon is in the market after losing out to Daniel Ricciardo at Renault, and Mercedes is working hard to find a place for him on the 2019 grid - with McLaren still regarded as his most likely home. However, the ... ...

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With the door now closed at Renault after Daniel Ricciardo was signed, and the rebooted Force India team set to feature Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez in 2019, Mercedes has targeted McLaren as Ocon's best option for next season. Efforts are being made to place Ocon at McLaren as soon as possible – with Singapore looking more likely starting point than the next race at Monza – in order to ... ...

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Ferrucci was heavily sanctioned by the FIA, and later sacked by his Trident team, for a series of incidents over the Silverstone weekend in July that included a deliberate collision with his teammate and fellow Haas protege Arjun Maini. Haas said in the wake of what happened it would be considering Ferrucci’s position at the team, but has ultimately decided that it will keep him on board for ... ...

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Williams has finished in the top five of the constructors' championship for the past four season but endured a painful performance deficit this year and is last place with just four points, scored by Stroll in Azerbaijan. Stroll made his grand prix debut with Williams at the start of last season and scored a maiden podium in Baku to complement a successful junior career that includes the 2016 ... ...

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Williams has finished in the top five of the constructors' championship for the past four season but endured a painful performance deficit this year and is last place with just four points, scored by Stroll in Azerbaijan. Stroll made his grand prix debut with Williams at the start of last season and scored a maiden podium in Baku to complement a successful junior career that includes the 2016 ... ...

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The German, who once came close to a race seat with Ferrari, is highly regarded for his speed but has yet to take a podium in F1. However, with Renault showing encouraging progress ahead of the arrival of Daniel Ricciardo in 2019, Hulkenberg has the best chance yet of getting that monkey off his back. In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com reflecting on his career, Hulkenberg said ... ...

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The German, who once came close to a race seat with Ferrari, is highly regarded for his speed but has yet to take a podium in F1. However, with Renault showing encouraging progress ahead of the arrival of Daniel Ricciardo in 2019, Hulkenberg has the best chance yet of getting that monkey off his back. In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com reflecting on his career, Hulkenberg said ... ...

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Fernando Alonso is yet to confirm whether he wants to stay in F1 beyond 2018 and McLaren is deciding whether to continue with Stoffel Vandoorne, who has struggled to realise the potential shown in his junior single-seater career. McLaren has Formula 2 title contender and reserve driver Lando Norris waiting in the wings, but has been linked with multiple drivers including Kimi Raikkonen and ... ...

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Giovinazzi finished a close second to Toro Rosso F1 racer Pierre Gasly in GP2 in 2016 and replaced the injured Pascal Wehrlein at Sauber for the first two grands prix of ’17, but has since performed only testing duties for Ferrari and Sauber, plus some free practice sessions for Sauber and Haas. Ferrari made Giovinazzi its third driver in 2017 and the Italian has increasingly become integral ... ...

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