Last season most F1 teams halted any development push on their 2021 cars early in a bid to get ahead of the game for this year’s all-new technical regulations. While 2021 was an outlier in that regard, Mekies believes the sport’s budget cap will still limit in-season developments compared to pre-2020 levels, as the financial […]
After finishing last in the constructors’ championship for three years in a row, Williams rose to eighth place in the 2021 standings as the team enjoyed its most successful season since 2017. Williams ended a points drought dating back to Germany 2019 by finishing seventh and eighth in Hungary, capitalising on a race of attrition […]
Two-time world champion Alonso returned to F1 last year after spending two seasons out of the series to explore other racing disciplines. After leaving F1 at the end of 2018 following a four-season stint with McLaren, Alonso raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500 and the Dakar Rally. Alonso enjoyed a successful comeback season with Alpine […]
Russell has stepped up to a full-time Mercedes F1 seat for the coming season after spending the last three years racing for the customer Williams squad. Russell’s performances at Williams won him widespread acclaim throughout the F1 paddock, and convinced Mercedes to partner him with Lewis Hamilton five years after joining its junior programme. PLUS: How […]
Piastri took a convincing F2 title in 2021 as a rookie, his third straight title in three years after previously conquering FIA F3 and the Formula Renault Eurocup. But despite being tipped as one of the hottest talents to come through the ranks in recent years, the 20-year-old Australian will spend the 2022 season without […]
Perez joined Red Bull from Racing Point for 2021, becoming Max Verstappen’s fourth team-mate in as many seasons. The Mexican driver initially struggled to get to grips with the Red Bull RB16B car, which is known for requiring a very aggressive driving style, but he scored his second F1 win in Azerbaijan. Perez finished the […]
Last year F1 enjoyed its most intense title finale since 2016, and its first true inter-team battle in a decade when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton fought over the drivers’ championship until a gripping season finale in Abu Dhabi – which went Verstappen’s way in dramatic circumstances. The Verstappen-Hamilton duel reinvigorated […]
The Red Bull driver had been cool, seemingly bulletproof throughout the season. He brushed off the low moments and never appeared overly obsessed with viewing the world championship as some monumental life achievement. “It’s not really going to change my life,” he had said back in October. To him, it was always simple: he and […]
Norris spent two seasons racing alongside Sainz at McLaren prior to the Spaniard’s switch to Ferrari for 2021, where he partnered Charles Leclerc. Sainz enjoyed his most successful season in F1 to date last year, scoring four podium finishes en route to fifth in the drivers’ championship ahead of Norris and Leclerc in sixth and […]
Two-time F1 world champion Alonso returned to the series last year with Alpine after a two-season break exploring other racing opportunities such as the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Indianapolis 500 and the Dakar Rally. Alonso scored one podium and helped Alpine finish fifth in the constructors’ championship last year, as well as playing a […]