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19 reasons to be excited for 2019
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 08:10
There is plenty to look forward to on Sky Sports in 2019. From the return of Super League rugby to another brilliant year of darts, here are 19 reasons to be excited about what the new year has in store. Get Sky Sports f...
Horner: The RB14 chassis was the ‘strongest'
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 03:00
Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes that the chassis of their car, the RB14, was the best on the grid in 2018. The Milton Keynes-based squad won four times this year, with Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo both gra...
Arrivabene: We need a fighter mentality
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 02:50
Maurizio Arrivabene has admitted that Ferrari need to change their mentality "from a fighter to a winner" in 2019. More»
Wolff: Russia team orders ‘broke my heart'
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 01:50
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has admitted that the decision to swap their drivers around in Russia to give Lewis Hamilton the win was heartbreaking. The decision came just after the halfway point, after Valtteri Bottas ...
Five drivers most under pressure in 2019
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 01:40
Going into the 2019 campaign, there are several drivers who will have to deal with a lot pressure when they get in the car. Here at PlanetF1, we have drawn up a list of the five drivers who are under the most pressure go...
Happy New Year!
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 23:10
It's been another year and another 12 months of making content on our website for discussion as well as crafting podcasts for your listening pleasure…or object of your derision depending on what you think of our podcas...
F1 loses head of communications
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 20:50
In a surprise move, Norman Howell, Formula One's director of communications, has stepped down. Howell, a thirty-year veteran of PR and communication strategies, and who reported directly to commercial boss Sean Bratches,...
NASCAR podcast: Corey LaJoie
Racer - 31 Dec 2018 19:34
Hear more from Corey LaJoie on joining Go Fas Racing to drive the No. 32 car, a story about Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus trying to push his (...)
Honest Williams: "We know how deep the pit is"
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 19:00
2018 couldn't have been much worse for Williams. Technical boss Paddy Lowe believes the team have reached a low and are desperate to dig themselves out as soon as the 2019 season kicks off. In an honest interview, Lowe i...
Formula 1 milestones waiting to be smashed in 2019!
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 18:30
The main event in 2019 looks likely to be a repeat of Lewis Hamilton v Sebastian Vettel with the potential of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc getting in on the action. However, there's plenty of milestones set to be h...
Our Top 20 Most Read Stories of the Year
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 18:20
For the last post of the year, I turn the spotlight on readers of this site and present the GrandPrix247.com Top 20 Stories of the Year, the ones that were most read by visitors to this site during 2018. The site publish...
Our Top 20 Most Read Stories of the Year
GRAND PRIX 247 - 31 Dec 2018 18:12
For the last post of the year, I turn the spotlight on readers of this site and present the GrandPrix247.com Top 20 Stories of the Year, the ones that were most read by visitors to this site during 2018. The site publish...
Crash damage cost Toro Rosso F1 team more than €2m in 2018
Auto Sport - 31 Dec 2018 18:00
Toro Rosso spent more than €2million because of a number of heavy crashes its drivers suffered during the 2018 Formula 1 season
How much Toro Rosso spent on fixing crashed cars in 2018...
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 17:40
Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has revealed that the cost of fixing damage done by Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley crashing in 2018 totalled more than €2million. Hartley especially suffered poor fortune in the s...
Daniel Ricciardo brings in 2019 with style!
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 17:30
2019 has already breached Australia, and Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo was certainly celebrating! After trouble in the closing stages of the season, he'll be desperate to start a new chapter on the front foot early n...
Toro Rosso's Albon forced to beg DAMS for race seat in 2018
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 17:20
In hindsight, Alexander Albon may owe his entry into Formula 1 next year with Toro Rosso to a charitable gesture from F2 outfit DAMS. Albon's racing prospects looked bleak one year ago, but in a last ditch effort to secu...
VIDEO: DJ Daniel Ricciardo's New Year celebrations!
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 16:40
People say Formula 1 has lost its rock and roll edge over the years,but Daniel Ricciardo is determined to rage against the dying of the light! Nothing says macho racing driver quite like a karaoke session behind a barbec...
GPBlog's alternative F1 season 2019!
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 16:20
As a new season of F1 rolls around, we create out alternative, funny F1 2019 season! Before you abuse me in the comments, this article is in jest and should not be taken too seriously! We hope you enjoy and roll on 2019!...
Raikkonen backs Arrivabene to return Ferrari's glory days
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 16:00
Kimi Raikkonen has backed Maurizio Arrivabene to return Ferrari to its former glories, having overseen the Scuderia's return to title contention in recent years. Ferrari have closed the gap to Mercedes in 2017 and 2018, ...
How Kimi Raikkonen almost missed his first F1 race!
Total F1 - 31 Dec 2018 16:00
Kimi Raikkonen made his F1 debut in 2001 with Sauber and scored his first championship point in his first race in Melbourne, but getting him on the grid that day almost didn't happen. The Finn, now a veteran of 292 Grand...
Pirelli has no complaints about F1 changing demands
Racer - 31 Dec 2018 15:57
Pirelli is comfortable with Formula 1 changing what it wants from tires as long as it is consulted by the sport and the teams to (...)
Ricciardo wearied of driver market games
Racer - 31 Dec 2018 15:47
Daniel Ricciardo says he grew frustrated by the lack of a direct answer during talks with Mercedes regarding a potential seat with the (...)