Giovinazzi lands Ferrari third driver role
2017 F1 season
GP2 runner-up Antonio Giovinazzi has been appointed as Ferrari’s third driver for the 2017 F1 season, the team has announced.
GP2 runner-up Antonio Giovinazzi has been appointed as Ferrari’s third driver for the 2017 F1 season, the team has announced.
When the covers came off the first true Renault F1 car for seven years at the beginning of 2016, the team’s expectations were startlingly low.
The 2016 season saw the rise of Max-mania, the British Grand Prix winner go crowd-surfing and an emotional Brazilian Grand Prix farewell for Felipe Massa.
Sauber were in a difficult position as the 2016 started but the team turned their situation around by the end of the season.
Former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn is sure the team will not be caught out by the changes to the aerodynamic rules for 2017.
Manor made a huge leap forward in 2016 but their season ended on a slightly sour note as they fell to last in the constructors’ championship.
In the round-up: F1 faces new budget cap threat • Hamilton “felt disrespected” after Abu Dhabi • 2016 easier for Renault
From Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg colliding in Spain to Max Verstappen’s immense save in Brazil, here are ten of the best F1 fan videos from 2016.
In the round-up: Williams ‘offer £5m for Massa return’ • Schumacher photo ‘on sale’ • Kvyat says he matched Ricciardo
Are Red Bull cooking up another shock for the driver market with skier Lindsey Vonn? Post your funniest caption ideas for this picture.
In the round-up: Williams ‘made too little progress over winter’ • Wehrlein underestimated off-track demands
Who was your Driver of the Year? It’s time to cast your vote and pick the driver who impressed you the most throughout 2016.
Comfortably the most successful non-Mercedes driver this year, Daniel Ricciardo won just once in 2016 but was owed two more.
A fourth world championship title eluded Lewis Hamilton in 2016. Technical trouble made it hard for him to hold onto his crown but it wasn’t impossible.
In the round-up: Williams would release Bottas to Mercedes if Massa returns • Force India want “competitive” F1 • Hulkenberg thinks Force India have peaked
Mercedes will not announce who will replace Nico Rosberg in the team’s 2017 line-up until early next year.
Max Verstappen received a surprise promotion to Red Bull just four races into the year and was arguably the team’s leading driver by the end of the season.
Fernando Alonso driver a tremendous season in 2016 but the McLaren driver didn’t get anything like the reward which was deserved.
In the round-up: Only Verstappen could threaten Hamilton – Ecclestone • Sainz not joining Mercedes – Horner • Bottas “crucial” to Williams
There is no asterisk next to Nico Rosberg’s world championship, yet the debate over the manner in which he won it isn’t going away.