Cyril Abiteboul was openly apologetic after a technical failure meant Jolyon Palmer was not able to compete in the British GP.
Nico Hulkenberg has hailed his sixth place finish at the British GP as a ‘big success’, equalling the team’s best result since returning to F1 in 2016.
Lewis Hamilton dominated the British Grand Prix on his way to a fifth race win at Silverstone, while late punctures caused chaos with the remaining podium positions.
Valtteri Bottas was at a loss to understand why he could only manage fourth fastest in Q3, leaving him to start from a lowly ninth place on the grid for the British GP.
Romain Grosjean and Toto Wolff have exchanged barbs following polesitter Lewis Hamilton avoiding a penalty for blocking during Q3.
Lewis Hamilton explained how matching Jim Clark’s record of five pole positions at Silverstone felt ‘surreal’, having turned in a dominant performance to beat Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari by over half a second.
Paddy Lowe indicated he was surprised by Williams’ poor qualifying for their home race, having been caught out by the inclement weather in Q1 especially.
Lance Stroll has blamed his Q1 exit on the unpredictable circumstances caused by weather and a mid-session red flag, rather than any problems related to the pace of his Williams.
Felipe Massa has blamed his “disappointing” qualifying performance at Silverstone on traffic during Saturday’s Q2 session.
Lewis Hamilton swept aside his rivals by over half a second during qualifying to secure pole position for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix.
Pascal Wehrlein’s engine troubles from last weekend’s Austrian GP have returned at Silverstone, damaging his already slim chances to challenge the midfield.
Valtteri Bottas feels his setup needs further work to be in contention for honours this weekend, despite going fastest in both of Friday’s free practice sessions.
Lewis Hamilton compared Silverstone to “the greatest rollercoaster ride ever” in its first race since the new generation of cars were introduced,
Emil Lindholm demonstrated in his JWRC debut he has the talent to go far in rallying. The Checkered Flag caught up with him as he prepares for Rally Finland, his home event, later this month.
Adapta Motorsport have announced the separation of Mads Østberg and Ola Fløene with immediate effect, a rotating cast of co-drivers replacing Fløene from Rally Finland onward.
Lewis Hamilton thinks he gave Daniel Ricciardo too easy a time in their battle for the podium, having fought wheel-to-wheel for third in the closing laps of the Austrian GP.
Valtteri Bottas has described his win at the Austrian Grand Prix as his “best weekend yet”, in what is the Finn’s first lights-to-flag victory.
