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Melissa Chappelhow

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Formula 1

Shock sixth place start for Hamilton: “The best we could [do]”

By Melissa Chappelhow
November 14, 2020
2 Mins read

After a shock qualifying session for Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, Hamilton and Bottas will start the Turkish Grand Prix in sixth and ninth places.

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Formula 1

Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN stun in Istanbul qualifying session

By Melissa Chappelhow
November 14, 2020
2 Mins read
Alfa Romeo Racing had their best qualifying session of the season with both drivers qualifying inside the top ten.
Formula 1

Gasly and Kvyat looking forward to the challenge of Istanbul Park

By Melissa Chappelhow
November 12, 2020
2 Mins read
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat will be racing at Istanbul Park for the first time in their careers this weekend, but remain upbeat about the challenge
Formula 1

Mercedes AMG Formula One Team claim the 2020 F1 Constructors' title

By Melissa Chappelhow
November 5, 2020
3 Mins read
Mercedes AMG Formula One Team claimed a historic victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, taking their seventh constructors’ title
Formula 1

ANALYSIS: Assessing the field - 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

By Melissa Chappelhow
November 4, 2020
9 Mins read
The return to Imola was a sweet affair for Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team as they clinched their record-breaking Seventh consecutive constructors’ title, for everyone else, it was a wild one.
Formula 1

Haas F1 Team expect better race pace after qualifying in 16th and 17th place

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 31, 2020
2 Mins read
Haas F1 Team expect better race performance after drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen qualified in 16th and 17th place for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Formula 1

Sauber and Alfa Romeo announce partnership extension for 2021

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 29, 2020
1 Mins read
Sauber Motorsport and Alfa Romeo have announced they will continue their partnership after striking a deal extension until the end of the current era of Formula One.
Formula 1

Scuderia AlphaTauri confirms Gasly for 2021

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 29, 2020
2 Mins read
We can finally put the Gasly to Red Bull rumours to bed – he’s staying at Scuderia AlphaTauri for 2021.
Formula 1

Tyre struggles key in Renault DP World F1 Team's performance lull at the Portuguese Grand Prix

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 27, 2020
2 Mins read
Following the buzz of Ricciardo’s podium in Germany, the Portuguese Grand Prix presented Renault DP World F1 Team with crucial learning for the remainder of the 2020 season, if they are to remain in the battle for third in the Constructors’ Championship.
Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton takes pole in Portugal; the 97th of his Formula 1 career

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 24, 2020
3 Mins read
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team’s main focus for tomorrow’s Portuguese Grand Prix is to maintain the gap ahead of Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen; with their drivers, Hamilton and Bottas, heading up the grid in the team’s ninth front row lock out of the season
Formula 1

McLaren will continue development at the Portuguese Grand Prix

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 20, 2020
2 Mins read
McLaren will continue development of key areas of the MCL35 at the Portuguese Grand Prix this weekend, with Seidl confirming they will be using the Mercedes-style nose box – first introduced at the Russian Grand Prix – again at Portimão.
Formula 1

ANALYSIS: Assessing the Field - 2020 Eifel GP

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 13, 2020
7 Mins read
After a break of seven years from the Formula 1 calendar, the Nurburgring returned with bang. Hamilton matched Schumacher’s race win record of 91, Hulkenberg returned (again) and five drivers retired from the race. Read our analysis here:
Formula 1

Renault DP World F1 Team’s Ricciardo and Ocon optimistic ahead of Saturday’s sessions

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 9, 2020
1 Mins read
Ricciardo and Ocon are optimistic ahead of qualifying, despite the cancellation of the Friday practice sessions at the Eifel Grand Prix.
Formula 1

Disappointment for Ilott as weather forces cancellation of Friday practice sessions.

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 9, 2020
3 Mins read
Ferrari Academy and FIA Formula 2 Championship racer, Callum Ilott faced disappointment earlier today as the weather at the Nürburgring prevented his…
Formula 1

Weather conditions key to strategy say Vettel and Leclerc

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 8, 2020
1 Mins read
The Scuderia Ferrari drivers expect the weather to play a huge role in the team’s strategy at the Eifel Grand Prix this weekend.
Formula 1

McLaren F1 Team hopeful for a change of fortunes at the Eifel Grand Prix

By Melissa Chappelhow
October 6, 2020
2 Mins read
McLaren F1 Team’s Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris are feeling positive ahead of the Eifel Grand Prix
Formula 1

ANALYSIS: Assessing the Field - 2020 Russian GP

By Melissa Chappelhow
September 29, 2020
6 Mins read
A Bottas victory silencing his critics, two penalties for Hamilton and Turn Two crises, the Russian Grand Prix wasn’t short of its bursts of drama. Here is our assessment:
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