In a move to improve safety in motorsport, most circuits have had grass, gravel and astro-turf track edges replaced by asphalt run-off over the last decade or so. In 2021 MotoGP deployed sensors in green painted run-off areas beyond circuit kerbs to police track limits, while riders in races are only allowed to exceed track […]
Part two of the podcast tackles the races after the summer break, beginning with the farcical Belgium Grand Prix where just two ‘racing’ laps were completed, before McLaren got back to winning ways at the Italian GP with Daniel Ricciardo leading home team-mate Lando Norris. But it was between title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis […]
F1 teams are working flat out on the all-new ground effect cars that are arriving for 2022, and aimed at helping improve the racing by allowing drivers to follow each other more closely. A number of drivers who have tried the new concepts out in simulators have said that they will require a contrasting approach […]
After a year on the sidelines Albon leaves the Red Bull camp in 2022 to replace George Russell, who has joined the works Mercedes team. However Capito says that Latifi will have an equal opportunity to help the team make further progress. Both men have completed two full F1 seasons, with Latifi having started 39 […]
Schumacher made his debut in 2021 after taking the 2020 F2 title in his second season but struggled to shine in F1 with an underperforming Haas outfit. Schumacher and teammate Nikita Mazepin traditionally propped up the timesheets and finished the season without points as Haas put all its eggs in the 2022 basket, opting not […]
The progress of youngsters like the Spaniard himself, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Lando Norris, has opened the possibility of new faces gunning for victories as their teams make progress up the grid. So far, their rivalries have proved to be exciting but fair, and Sainz is keeping his fingers crossed that even when the […]
Sainz linked up with Ferrari for the start of the 2021 season, joining from McLaren as a replacement for four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Sainz and Leclerc quickly formed an impressive partnership both on-track and off-track as they helped Ferrari finish third in the constructors’ championship, bouncing back from its worst result in 40 years […]
The Russian made his debut with the Haas team after having finished the 2020 Formula 2 season in fifth position, with a 14th-place finish in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix his best result of the year in F1. With the Haas proving the slowest car of the F1 field all season long, Mazepin struggled at the […]
Bagnaia won four races in 2021 and finished runner-up in the standings to Fabio Quartararo, missing the championship by 26 points, in a breakout campaign for the factory Ducati rider. The Italian got the first win of his MotoGP career at the Aragon Grand Prix last September when he battled hard with six-time world champion […]
Having switched from his longtime home at Racing Point, Perez struggled for much of the 2021 season to get fully up to speed with the RB16B. A win in Baku in June was a major boost, and he logged four third places on his way to securing fourth in the points table. However, new world […]