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The 13th round of the Formula 1 season will take place at the historic Autodromo Nazionale Monza race track in Italy this Sunday. The Italian Grand Prix (Gran Premio d’Italia) is the last race in Europe before the Asian-leg of the season starts with the Singapore Grand Prix. The Italian Grand Prix along with the […] READ MORE
Fernando Alonso has issued a final ultimatum to McLaren according to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, stating that it’s either “Honda or me” for next season. Fernando Alonso issues final ultimatum to McLaren Alonso left Ferrari to join McLaren in 2015 when the Woking-based team ditched Mercedes power to renew its once historic engine partnership […] READ MORE
The summer break was officially over this weekend when Formula 1 headed to Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix. The high speed nature of Spa meant that the advantage was in Mercedes’ half of the field, and this proved to be true when Lewis Hamilton claimed the 68th pole position of his career on Saturday, […] READ MORE
After Kimi Raikkonen topped FP1 and FP3 and Lewis Hamilton topped FP2, both Ferrari and Mercedes were looking evenly matched going into qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher’s record of 68 poles in Belgium Qualifying 1 In the first part of qualifying, Lewis Hamilton set the pace for Mercedes while […] READ MORE
According to multiple sources, Williams has made a bid to sign Fernando Alonso for 2018. Fernando Alonso linked to Williams move for 2018 Alonso currently drives for McLaren and has driven for the Woking-based team for three years. This time however, has been plagued by a lack of pace and reliability problems in McLaren’s renewed […] READ MORE
Ferrari has confirmed that Kimi Raikkonen will be retained at the team for 2018, ruling out any speculation over the Finn’s future in the sport. Ferrari retain Kimi Raikkonen for 2018 Raikkonen joined Formula 1 in 2001 driving for Sauber before switching to McLaren and enjoying a successful five year spell with the Woking-based team, […] READ MORE
While not yet complete, the 2017 rally season for New Zealander Hayden Paddon has not been a success. Paddon may find little to celebrate, with a best-placed second at Rally Poland his highlight. The Hyundai driver wanted to leverage his backing, by challenging from the front but has had little chance over a season of […] READ MORE
After an exceptional drive from 12th on the grid to fourth across the line, Renault e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi has been disqualified from the penultimate round of the 2016-17 Formula E Season in Montreal, Canada. Sebastien Buemi disqualification shapes up an all or nothing championship fight Buemi had originally qualified in second place, however, a battery […] READ MORE
Red Bull Racing has severed ties with Carlos Sainz Jr according to Germany’s Auto Bild magazine. This is a result of the Spanish driver criticizing the Austrian team in public in a number of interviews at Red Bull’s home race last week. Carlos Sainz Jr to replace Jolyon Palmer at Renault in Red Bull dispute- […] READ MORE
May 1st 1994 marked the death of one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers in the history of the sport, if not one of the most talented racing drivers of all time. At the San Marino Grand Prix, held at Imola, Ayrton Senna would start his final F1 race, driving for Williams. On the seventh […] READ MORE
Studying Media and Communications at Oxford Brookes University, Chris began writing for Last Word On Sports in March 2016. In the May of the same year, he was appointed as Associate Editor for the Motorsport department. Chris has since been appointed as the Department Head for Motorsport, being appointed in July 2016. Chris has a passion for Formula 1 and is a keen follower of Formula 2. It is his dream to become a Journalist or a Press Officer in the sport that he loves after graduating from university.