Category Archives: Motorsport

Formula 1 drivers want head protection and better tyres – GPDA The FIA has been pursuing ways of protecting drivers’ heads in open cockpits from frontal impacts for some years Formula 1 drivers are pushing for increased cockpit head protection and higher-performance tyres from 2017. Grand Prix Drivers’ Association chairman Alexander Wurz said drivers unanimously… Read More: Formula 1 drivers want head protection and better tyres –… »

Fernando Alonso will return to racing at this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, if he is given the all-clear by doctors, his McLaren team say. The double world champion missed the season opener in Australia on 15 March to recover from concussion suffered in an accident in pre-season testing. McLaren said in a statement Alonso, 33, felt… Read More: Fernando Alonso: McLaren driver to return for Malaysian GP »

Four races into this Formula 1 season, and Lewis Hamilton is effectively unbeaten. He might still narrowly trail Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in the championship, but it is already looking as if only bad luck can stop him winning it. Another imperious victory in China on Sunday only heightened the impression that, in the end, Hamilton will… Read More: Lewis Hamilton finds edge over team-mate Nico Rosberg in China »