Indeed, in Australia the car had a clear edge on the Red Bull RB18, after the two frontrunning machines proved to be evenly matched in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. One of the more intriguing aspects of Ferrari’s season so far is that, in contrast to its main rivals, the team has done very little to […]
The Australian has found himself without a race seat this season off the back of three consecutive titles in Formula Renault, Formula 3 and Formula 2. Winning the F2 title in his rookie season effectively left him with nowhere to go this year, with the Alpine seats filled by Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso. That […]
In a bid to gather more data to help understand the porpoising issue that is blighting its W13 car, Mercedes fitted some extra sensors to Hamilton’s chassis for the race, including a rideheight sensor that had a visible glowing light. Most teams only opt to run these sensors during free practice before removing them for […]
In the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March, the Haas team unilaterally terminated its Uralkali sponsorship deal because of the links the company’s owner Dmitry Mazepin had with the country’s president Vladimir Putin. It also ended the deal it had with race driver Nikita Mazepin, who has since been replaced by Kevin […]
With F1 getting close to its limit of 24 races, and new grands prix coming on board in Las Vegas and Qatar, there is increasing competition among the current venues to retain their places on the calendar. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has been clear that even classic circuits need to earn their spot and cannot […]
The Italian squad has been the team to beat so far this season, with Leclerc emerging as the championship leader – winning two of the first three races. Following Sainz’s DNF in Australia last weekend, Leclerc is 38 points ahead of his team-mate and is clearly in the best position to go for the title. But despite the obvious advantage […]
The six-time world champion has had a fraught start to the 2022 campaign and struggled to understand the radically revised Honda MotoGP bike, which is now more rear-biased to improve traction. Finishing fifth in the 2022 Qatar curtain-raiser, his first race since winning the 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP after a pre-Portugal training crash left him with […]
The reigning Formula 2 champion has been sidelined from any racing this season thanks to his Alpine Academy deal and the team having two race drivers in Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso. Instead he’s been placed in a beefed up test and development driver role that will include taking part in all tests and simulator […]
Vettel returned to the cockpit in Melbourne after missing the opening two races of the season due to COVID-19, with Nico Hulkenberg stepping in as his replacement.PLUS: The highs and lows of being F1’s latest supersubFour-time world champion Vettel crashed in FP3, compromising his qualifying session, and then went off again early in the race. […]
Mercedes has struggled with severe porpoising on its 2022 W13 car, which limits how low the team can run it and prevents Russell and Hamilton from extracting the most performance out of their package. The eight-time world champion squad was way off the pace of the leading Ferrari and Red Bull cars in the first […]