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Mercedes On Top After The Opening Three Day Test
The first of two three day Formula 1 pre-season test sessions at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has now been concluded and the headline is that the Mercedes team very much emerged on top, whilst also revealing to the world a very innovative alternative to normal F1 steering systems seen to…
Valtteri Bottas emerged on top in his new Mercedes W11
Alfa Romeo’s C39 Completes The F1 Class Of 2020
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Race drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi uncover the new Alfa Romeo C39 in the Barcelona pitlane this morning
Alfa Romeo has become the final Formula 1 team to fully reveal its new car for the forthcoming season, the C39, saving budget by simply presenting its challenger in the Barcelona pitlane this morning immediately prior to the start of the first of two 3-day pre-season tests. We’re talking here about…
9:44 AM 19th February 2020
The Williams And Racing Point Formula 1 Car Launches
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The new FW43, which Williams hopes will improve its fortunes
Following a busy spell of Formula 1 new car launches last week both the Williams and Racing Point teams have now joined the club by revealing their own new challengers. Williams revealed studio and ontrack images of its new car, the FW43, and the most striking thing about it is its…
4:38 PM 17th February 2020
AlphaTauri Makes A Striking Arrival
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The new blue and white livery of the first AlphaTauri car
AlphaTauri, Red Bull’s clothing brand, is the new name for what was the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team upto the end of last year and the outfit has just revealed its striking 2020 challenger, the AT01, at Red Bull’s Hangar 7 facility in Salzburg, Austria. The launch also included a…
1:35 PM 15th February 2020
Mercedes’ 2020 Silver Arrow Breaks Cover
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel of the new W11 at Silverstone today
The all-conquering Mercedes Formula 1 team, which has won both the drivers and constructors championship titles every year since 2014, has unveiled its new challenger, the W11, at Silverstone, a car they hope will take them to even more success this season. With the technical regulations remaining stable team principal…
3:31 PM 14th February 2020
McLaren Uncovers Its New Matt Finish MCL35
The McLaren Formula 1 team has uncovered its new car for the forthcoming season, the MCL35, during a launch at its Woking HQ, which, like Ferrari’s event on Tuesday, was streamed live online and shown on Sky television’s F1 channel. 2020 is a special year for the team as it…
3:16 PM 13th February 2020
Red Bull And Renault’s New F1 Cars
The Red Bull and Renault Formula 1 teams have revealed their new 2020 cars ahead of pre-season testing which begins in Barcelona on Wednesday of next week. Red Bull initially shared a digital image of their new challenger online before conducting some shakedown running at Silverstone with their 22 year old…
10:18 AM 13th February 2020
Ferrari Reveals Its New Challenger In Theatrical Style
Ferrari, the only team to have competed in every season of Formula 1 since it began back in 1950, has launched its 2020 challenger in great style at the Romolo Valli Municipal Theatre in Reggio Emilia, 30 miles from their base at Maranello in northern Italy. The city of Reggio Emilia…
7:40 AM 12th February 2020
April’s Chinese Grand Prix Called Off Due To Coronavirus
As widely expected, the ongoing global coronavirus health issue has led to an announcement from Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, and Formula One Management (FOM) that the Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled for April 19 in Shanghai, has been called off to ensure the health and safety of travelling F1…
1:20 AM 12th February 2020
Haas Becomes The First Formula 1 Team To Reveal Its 2020 Car
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The Haas VF-20
The Haas Formula 1 team has surprised everyone by revealing images of its new VF-20 car for this season unexpectedly early when the first launch was set to be Ferrari’s on Tuesday of next week. After sporting a sponsorship related black and gold livery in 2019 they have reverted to their…
8:34 AM 7th February 2020
Racing Point To Become Aston Martin In 2021
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Last season’s Racing Point car
It has been announced today that the Racing Point Formula 1 team, which is located just across the road from the main entrance to the Silverstone circuit, will become the Aston Martin works team with effect from the start of 2021 and for an initial ten year term. The news follows…
4:22 AM 31st January 2020
Preston Grasshoppers 26 Wharfedale 26
Wharfedale RUFC 
photo by Ro Burridge
A scrappy first 60 minutes left Wharfedale trailing by 14 points with 20 minutes to go. Dale had not really played that well. Jack Blakeney-Edwards and Tom Davidson kicked four penalties each and Hoppers held the lead by pouncing on two errors by Dale. Preston’s first try came when Dale dropped…
3:00 AM 20th January 2020
Red Bull Secures The Services Of Verstappen For An Additional Three Years
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Max Verstappen is set to remain with Red Bull until at least the end of the 2023 season
The Red Bull Formula 1 team has made sure it will retain the services of its lead driver Max Verstappen beyond the end of the forthcoming season by giving the 22-year-old a three year extension to his current contract, which will tie the highly talented Dutch racer to the Milton…
12:15 PM 8th January 2020
Fylde 24 Wharfedale 17
A magnificent game of rugby ended with Fylde clinging on to win and maintain their challenge at the top of the table. The Lancashire team held a strong lead at half time outscoring the visitors by three tries to a solitary three points from Blakeney-Edwards. It was however Wharfedale…
2:00 PM 6th January 2020
A Wonderful Early Christmas Present For Ferrari's Charles Leclerc
The Ferrari Formula 1 team has just handed its young Monégasque rising star Charles Leclerc a wonderful early Christmas present by extending his contract until at least the end of 2024, representing five more full seasons with the iconic Italian outfit. Leclerc, now aged 22, has shone at every level as…
5:02 AM 23rd December 2019
Ben Stokes Voted BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Ahead Of Lewis Hamilton And Dina Asher-Smith
This year the BBC held its annual Sports Personality Of The Year evening in Aberdeen and, after a public vote just like Strictly Come Dancing the night before, it was England cricketer Ben Stokes who emerged on top, with Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and athlete Dina Asher-Smith the runners-up. It…
6:00 PM 15th December 2019
The Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone
Just days after the conclusion of this year’s Formula 1 season in Abu Dhabi I had the opportunity to visit the Porsche Experience Centre at the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, the home of British motorsport, and what an experience it truly was. The impressive facility took six years to build and…
4:30 PM 6th December 2019
Verstappen Victorious After An Absolute Thriller In Brazil
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Verstappen flies around Interlagos en route to victory
With both 2019 titles already wrapped up again by Mercedes for a sixth year in a row the atmosphere in the Formula 1 paddock prior to this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix was relatively subdued, but after an incident and drama laden race Max Verstappen emerged victorious for Red Bull. Mercedes team…
9:37 AM 18th November 2019
Hamilton Makes It Six In Texas
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates claiming his sixth F1 Drivers title
Lewis Hamilton has claimed a sixth Formula 1 Drivers Championship title following this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. The Mercedes driver only needed to finish in the top eight to seal the achievement with two races remaining, but reached the chequered…
9:45 AM 4th November 2019
Hamilton Edges Closer To A Sixth Title In Mexico
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
The victorious Lewis Hamilton celebrates in Mexico City
Less than a fortnight after the typhoon impacted Japanese Grand Prix weekend when the long dominant Mercedes team sealed yet another Constructors title the F1 world reassembled on another continent many thousands of miles away for the Mexican Grand Prix, a race which resulted in Lewis Hamilton edging ever closer…
4:30 AM 28th October 2019
Bottas Dominates In Japan
Graham Read
Formula 1 Correspondent
Valtteri Bottas flew to a dominant victory for Mercedes
After Ferrari had succeeded in handing a dominant 1-2 finish to arch rivals Mercedes in Russia at the previous Grand Prix, the F1 circus reconvened two weeks later at the iconic Suzuka circuit in Japan and, after super typhoon Hagibis had impacted proceedings, Valtteri Bottas proved to be untouchable as…
12:28 PM 16th October 2019
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