Month: January 2022

12 Jan 2022

Ricciardo explains impact of homesickness on early F1 2021 struggles

Ricciardo endured a difficult first half to the 2021 season after joining McLaren as Lando Norris scored more than twice as many points than his more seasoned team-mate before the summer break. Ricciardo has since labelled his first half of the year as being “nearly laughable” before he bounced back with a dominant victory in […]

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11 Jan 2022

How leader Gasly blossomed in his ‘best F1 season so far’

Gasly was one of the standout F1 performers in 2021, taking a podium in Baku alongside several top six finishes. It propelled Gasly up to ninth in the drivers’ championship with 110 points, just five points behind McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and well ahead of rookie team-mate Yuki Tsunoda (32). The Frenchman has steadily blossomed with […]

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11 Jan 2022

Schumacher has “great expectations” for new 2022 Haas F1 car

Ferrari Driver Academy member and 2020 Formula 2 champion Schumacher graduated to F1 last year with the backmarker Haas team. Haas opted against developing its car for 2021 so it could focus all its resources on the new technical regulations for 2022, resigning it to the back of the grid and a season without points. But […]

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11 Jan 2022

Alfa Romeo’s season “good on performance, bad on results’”

Following a difficult 2020 that saw Alfa Romeo struggle with its underperforming Ferrari power unit, the team appeared to take a step towards the other midfield teams last year, improving its points tally from 8 to 13 with drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi. But the team would drop from eighth to ninth place in […]

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11 Jan 2022

Strong end to 2021 just as important as Hungary F1 win

Before the summer break, Ocon triumphed in Budapest after a chaotic wet-weather start had propelled him into the lead, and the Frenchman held firm to take his maiden grand prix win and the Enstone team’s first victory since 2013. While Ocon’s win was an important milestone for Alpine in its quest to become a regular […]

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