Valtteri Bottas pinched pole from home-crowd favourite Lewis Hamilton by just 0.006 seconds in a tense qualifying battle at the British Grand Prix, but Mercedes didn’t have things all its own way, with Charles Leclerc less than a tenth off pole in his surprisingly quick Ferrari.
Bottas beat Hamilton by just 0.006 seconds to deny the Briton a seventh home pole.
Rich Energy is the story that keeps on giving.
Valtteri Bottas has pipped Lewis Hamilton to the quickest time in a blustery Friday of practice at Silverstone.
Pierre Gasly believes his 2019 fortunes will turn around from this weekend's British Grand Prix.
Every driver market story carries with it a kernel of truth, and it’ll be fascinating to see how the 2019–20 silly season comes together.
It mightn’t be perfect, but the Austrian Grand Prix demonstrated that Formula can yet be saved.
How did Hamilton drop only two places after copping a three-place penalty?
Charles Leclerc stormed to pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix, comfortably beating Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen and unchallenged by teammate Sebastian Vettel, whose Q3 was cruelled by a power unit problem.
Charles Leclerc claimed pole after teammate Sebastian Vettel was held in his garage with engine problems.
The competitive order is little clearer after a chaotic day of practice at the Red Bull Ring.
There is no other driver operating on the same level as Lewis Hamilton today. While the Briton has earned the benefit of a class-leading car and is obviously immensely naturally talented, it’s his insatiable desire to be the best — surely the point of any elite competition — that is setting him apart from his undoubtedly fast rivals.
Lewis Hamilton dominated the French Grand Prix to extend his championship lead to 36 points.
Mercedes claimed a record-breaking 63rd front-row lockout at the French Grand Prix.
‘Rage quit’ isn’t a phrase heard thrown around in Formula One.
If you were monitoring that renowned bastion of reasonable and level-headed debate known as Twitter during the Canadian Grand Prix, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Formula One had folded overnight, never to be seen again among the ranks of top-tier motorsport.
You might think just six rounds into a 21-race season is too early for the driver merry-go-round to start turning, but speculation is never far from hand in Formula One.
It might be unusual to say any driver other than Lewis Hamilton, with four wins from six and a 17-point championship lead, is the standout performer of the season to date, but Max Verstappen has never been ordinary.