Joe Portlock
As Sebastian Vettel s struggles continue, he has revealed that Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll is benefitting from a different specification this weekend at Portimao.
After trailing Stroll s pace in Friday practice, quadruple world champion Vettel was asked if it is frustrating to be behind Stroll - whose father Lawrence owns the team. Not really, he told Sky Deutschland. He has a slightly different specification this weekend, which was clear in advance. I hope that he can make a step forward with it, Vettel added.
Former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher says it is not a new situation for the Silverstone based team.
1 May, 2021
Gerhard Berger was Ayrton Senna close friend, once teammates at McLaren they hit it off in a big way, their adventures and misadventures the stuff of legend.
So much has been written and said, analysed and dissected about the fateful day – 1 May 1994 – when Ayrton was robbed of his life at Imola, in an accident that is etched into everyone’s memory.
On Saturday, during qualifying at Imola that weekend; the world was shocked by the death of Roland Ratzenberger, as well as a massive crash that may have killed Rubens Barrichello too.
It was a very crazy weekend that has left the sport scarred ever since.
1 May, 2021
Dr Giovanni Gordin was on hand when Ayrton Senna crashed his Williams and died during the San Marino Grand Prix on May 1, 1994.
The doctor on duty that day, for the 118 emergency services of Bologna, was one of the medical team, headed by the late Professor Sid Watkins who did all they could to save Senna, to no avail as the triple F1 World Champion was proclaimed dead at 18:37 pm local time.
Now 67-years-old, Dr Gordin spoke for the first time about those final moments of the Brazilian’s life, recalling the tragedy 27 years after it happened during an interview with Gazzetta, on what is May Day, fittingly also Ayrton Senna Day
Berger calls ‘bulls t’ on F1’s extensive rules
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April 29 2021
Racing in the rain is a part of Formula 1 with Gerhard Berger criticising the sport for being “much too careful” with its use of the Safety Car.
Round two of this year’s championship, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, began on a wet track as the rain came down at Imola.
Immediately there were concerns raised by pundits that it could be a Safety Car start, however, in the end Race Control declared a standing start.
They did, however, go with a rolling start after the red flag stoppage for George Russell and Valtteri Bottas’ crash.