The considerable goodwill generated for Esteban Ocon surrounding his uncertain future in Formula One evaporated the moment that he collided with Max Verstappen at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
It’s tempting to let Mercedes’s fifth consecutive constructor’s championship victory at the weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix slip under the radar as a post-script to Lewis Hamilton’s triumph two weeks earlier, but it would be wrong to assume the feat is less deserving of acclaim.
Even with the championship done and dusted, there are still two races remaining in the 2018 Formula One season and the first of those takes us to Brazil. Join The Roar for live coverage from 4am (AEDT).
Lewis Hamilton’s fifth world title is a true drivers championship forged under the immense pressure of this generation’s two most successful drivers going head-to-head in a bid to cement their greatness.
Lewis Hamilton has won a rare fifth world championship after a difficult drive to fifth at the Mexican Grand Prix, vanquishing title rival Sebastian Vettel with two rounds still to run.
The scene was set for Lewis Hamilton to vanquish Sebastian Vettel and claim a fifth world championship at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix, but Mercedes fluffed its lines.
Despite form, trends and odds all aligned in favour of Lewis Hamilton leaving Texas with a fifth world championship, the state’s lone star refused to follow line up as expected, pushing the Briton’s inevitable title celebration back by another week.
It still feels as though it was only recently that we were foreshadowing a titanic down-to-the-wire duel between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel for the 2018 championship, but all too soon the fight for the title will come to a fizzling close.
Nothing gets people fired up quite like a discussion about gender in sport, so it was to the surprise of no-one that last week’s announcement of an all-female racing series was met with deeply polarised opinion.
Fernando Alonso’s twilight years haven’t delivered any memorable results, but his insistence to not go quietly into the night is at least ensuring he isn’t being forgotten at the back of the grid.
Just when it appeared the day would never arrive and in the twilight of his Ferrari relationship, Kimi Räikkönen broke through for an immensely popular victory at the United States Grand Prix, which represented his first in almost six years.
It was the conclusion to what was another thrilling Enduro Cup for the Supercars championship and as always, the Gold Coast 600 delivered on top of what were already fine races at Sandown and Bathurst.
With the grid determined and the anticipation built, the time has come to at last go racing at Mount Panorama for the biggest motorsport event on the Australian racing calendar – the Bathurst 1000.
Magical, mystical, elusive, daunting, glorious – no one word in the English language can quite do justice in describing the Bathurst 1000.
We asked Australian Dan Ricciardo – if he was the President of the FIA what he’d change with Formula 1.
Daniel Ricciardo reflected on his career ahead of the 2017 Formula 1 season.
Daniel Ricciardo sat down for a chat with The Roar ahead of the 2017 Formula 1 season.
Australian F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo spoke to The Roar about the intensity required to compete in the sport.
It’s been a tough start to 2017 for Aussie Daniel Ricciardo but he was able to reflect on his greatest moments before the season began.
Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo talks about the effect of the new rules in the sport.
| Rank | Roarer | Level | Articles |
| 1 |
Adam Page
|
Guru | 40 |
| 2 |
Reuters
|
Wire | 14 |
| 3 |
Gordon P Smith
|
Guru | 12 |
| 4 |
Tornado
|
Rookie | 10 |
| 5 |
Roarpete
|
Rookie | 9 |
| Rank | Roarer | Level | Comments |
| 1 |
Scott Pryde
|
Editor | 1481 |
| 2 |
Stuart Thomas
|
Expert | 1186 |
| 3 |
Lucas Gillard
|
Guru | 573 |
| 4 |
Sarah Wildy
|
Guru | 496 |
| 5 |
Don Freo
|
Rookie | 487 |
| Roarer | New Level |
|
Pat Hornidge
|
Pro |
Dem Panopoulos
|
Pro |
Justin Mitchell
|
Pro |
Leonard Lee
|
Guru |
|
Duncan Smith
|
Guru |
Join 26203 members on The Roar
Lewis Hamilton’s fifth world title is a true drivers championship forged under the immense pressure of this generation’s two most successful drivers going head-to-head in a bid to cement their greatness.