Horner joined Red Bull as team principal in 2005 when the energy drink giant moved into F1 with its own team, overseeing five drivers’ championship wins and four constructors’ titles. The latest championship win came earlier this month when Max Verstappen clinched the title on the final lap of the season in Abu Dhabi, defeating […]
Month: December 2021
Ferrari’s 2022 F1 car and engine will feature “a lot of innovation”
The Maranello-based outfit recovered from a dire 2020 campaign in which it slid to sixth in the constructors’ championship to beat McLaren to third in 2021 after a season-long tussle. Ahead of the looming rules reset for 2022, Ferrari is hoping that the opportunity afforded by the start of the new era can give it […]
Mercedes/Red Bull F1 relations need mending
With the championship battle between F1’s top two teams having gone to the wire in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, tensions between Red Bull boss Christian Horner and Mercedes chief Toto Wolff erupted as the season neared its end. The level of animosity between the pair spilled over at times to them getting involved in […]
Marquez MotoGP recovery on track amid treatment for double vision
Six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez has been out of action since suffering vision problems following a concussion suffered in a training crash ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix in November. The 28-year-old missed the final two races and post-season test after he was diagnosed suffering from double vision – diplopia – in one of his […]
Ferrari planning mid-February launch for 2022 F1 car
F1 will undergo a technical overhaul for next year following a significant change in the regulations that has focused on the aerodynamic performance of cars, with the aim of making them easier to race and overtake with. Ferrari will enter next year looking to build on its improved performance through 2021 that saw it recover […]
Santander returns to F1 in 2022 with Ferrari
The Spanish financial giant will become one of the team’s premium partners, with its logo featuring prominently on the team’s cars, race suits and caps. It will also support the team’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2030. Santander was previously involved in F1 from 2007 to 2017, spending eight seasons with the Italian team. […]
Schumacher to share Ferrari F1 reserve role with Giovinazzi in 2022
Schumacher will enter his second season in 2022 with Haas, having graduated to F1 this year as a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. The 2020 Formula 2 champion, he is the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, who won five titles with Ferrari in the early 2000s. While Schumacher will be racing full-time […]
Verstappen title reward for belief in F1 engine programme
Honda returned to the sport in 2015 as an engine manufacturer with McLaren but suffered a disastrous start with underperforming and unreliable engines, which had to be designed to fit McLaren tight packaging. The partnership proved to be a major embarrassment for the proud Japanese company, with soundbites such as Fernando Alonso’s “GP2 engine” comment […]
Petrucci “loved, but not respected” in his MotoGP career
Petrucci’s 10-year career in MotoGP is a true rags to riches story, the Italian starting out on the underfunded and woefully off-the-pace Ioda CRT machine in 2012 before eventually getting a factory seat at Ducati in 2019. The Italian won two races in 2019 and 2020 for Ducati before an unfruitful switch to Tech3 KTM […]
Latifi shocked by “hate, abuse and threats” online after Abu Dhabi F1 crash
The Williams driver crashed into the wall at Turn 14 with six laps remaining at the Yas Marina Circuit, resulting in a safety car that would help decide the championship. Race director Michael Masi opted to resume the race with one lap remaining, during which Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton to win both the race […]