Motorsport journalist and podcaster
The unusually summery British weather wasn’t enough to mitigate against a difficult day of practice for Red Bull Racing, which ended Friday with Daniel Ricciardo almost 0.9 seconds off the pace and Max Verstappen in the barriers.
Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari at the top of the time sheet on Friday afternoon at the British Grand Prix, but home hero Lewis Hamilton took the fastest time overall for Mercedes.
Football’s coming home, Eric Boullier is told to go home, Michael is still away from home and is Formula One looking for a new British home?
Something had to give, and after three and a half seasons of woeful underperformance racing director Eric Boullier was the one to take the fall.
Daniel Ricciardo says he isn’t convinced his Red Bull Racing team has the pace to compete for the championship despite Max Verstappen fending off Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel for victory at the Austrian Grand Prix.