Formula 1 Digital Presenter and ex-RACER columnist Will Buxton has been sidelined from this weekend’s Russian Grand Prix at Sochi after testing positive for COVID-19.‘Just to let you know I’ll be watching the Russian GP from home this weekend after returning positive COVID tests,” Buxton wrote on Twitter. “Proof, again,...

The Russian Grand Prix featured zero on-track overtakes after lap one. None. Not a single one.OK, that's a slight lie. The Sauber drivers swapped positions on lap five.While it was a race without passing and little in the way of on-track battles, I'd argue Formula 1 needs races like the...

Toto Wolff believes Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will be able to fight each other for the title cleanly because they have a different relationship than Hamilton had with Nico Rosberg.Hamilton and Rosberg's relationship became increasingly strained as Mercedes teammates, with the pair colliding on a number of occasions as...

Sport newsPART TWO: Otmar SZAFNAUER (Force India), Matt MORRIS (McLaren), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli)PRESS CONFERENCEQ: Mario, if we can start with you, we’re now at race four of the championship, you’ve had a lot of time now to look at this year’s tyres, what’s your assessment of this year’s compounds and...

Sport newsDRIVERS1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari)3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) TV UNILATERALQ: Sebastian, it was an incredibly tight battle at the front and a last-minute, do-or-die effort from you seemed to make the difference. Talk us through the session.Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I had a good...

Lewis Hamilton does not rate his chances of winning Sunday's Russian Grand Prix very highly after qualifying in fourth place, half a second behind his teammate Valtteri Bottas.Mercedes had taken 18 consecutive pole positions but was beaten by both Ferraris on Saturday, with Sebastian Vettel edging out Kimi Raikkonen by...

It was a good news, bad news qualifying session for Haas F1 in Russia, as drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean qualified 14th and 20th, respectively, at the Sochi Autodrom. While Magnussen was reasonably pleased and felt he'd extracted near the maximum possible from his car, Grosjean was left fuming...

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Kimi Raikkonen set the pace in the first free practice for the Russian Grand Prix as he edged out Valtteri Bottas by just 0.045s in Sochi.The two Finns were comfortably clear at the top of the times at the end of a disjointed opening session – despite Bottas catching a...

Sport newsPART ONE: DRIVERS – Daniil KVYAT (Toro Rosso), Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes), Romain GROSJEAN (Haas)PRESS CONFERENCEQ: Daniil, welcome and happy birthday for yesterday. It is of course a home race for you but that means an awful lot of commitments. Were you able to even enjoy your birthday?Q: Daniil KVYAT:...