Ocon enjoyed a strong start to the 2021 season as he delivered Alpine four straight points finishes between Imola and Monaco, as well as twice qualifying on the third row of the grid. His displays played a part in Alpine’s decision to hand him a new three-year F1 contract running to the end of 2024, […]
The F1 Insider survey, published on Wednesday, is the first of its kind to look at the views of those who work in the paddock. It drew anonymous responses from F1 teams, international brands and global media, with the aim of better understanding the views of those who follow the grand prix circus. The survey […]
This weekend’s GP at Silverstone will be the first in F1 history that features a 100km sprint race on the Saturday to decide the grid for Sunday’s main event. But the arrival of the sprint race has had wider implications for the entire weekend timetable, with there now being much less practice time for teams […]
But even though it appeared it was making strides in practice sessions, it wasn’t until the Austrian Grand Prix that both drivers took advantage of the solution under race conditions – and that appears to have helped it make solid pace gains. With that journey in mind, let’s take a look at Ferrari’s floor development […]
This weekend’s British Grand Prix will pay host to F1’s first sprint event, with a 100km race on Saturday deciding the grid for Sunday’s main event. F1 chiefs are confident that the shake up to the weekend timetable will prove a hit with fans, and pave the way for it to look at hosting around […]
The entire race weekend format has been shaken up to accommodate the new format, which will be used at three grands prix this season as an initial trial, with the first taking place at the British GP. What is F1’s sprint qualifying race? F1’s sprint qualifying is essentially a shortened version of a normal race, […]
It’s understood amongst the drivers that they retain their places to make life easier as they each back off and try to make a gap before starting their qualifying laps. However, this season there have been repeated instances of drivers passing rivals and in effect jumping the queue. It became a particular issue at the […]
Suzuki is yet to win a grand prix in its title defence season, with Mir currently 55 points adrift of championship leader Fabio Quartararo in fourth in the standings having amassed just three podiums from the first nine races. Mir has been critical this season of the lack of progress made by Suzuki with its […]
Current Williams driver Russell is in contention to join Mercedes for next year as Lewis Hamilton’s teammate, having been part of the team’s junior programme since 2017. Mercedes has said that it will decide between Russell and current driver Valtteri Bottas at some point over the summer, with both drivers’ existing contracts due to expire… […]
Italy prevailed in a tense penalty shootout after the game had finished 1-1 at the end of extra time. British driver Norris shared pictures of himself attending the match on his personal Instagram account and posted the message “Proud of our team” on his story. Upon exiting the stadium, which had earlier been infiltrated by […]