Month: April 2022

12 Apr 2022

Crashes holding back Aston Martin’s progress with 2022 F1 car

Sebastian Vettel crashed heavily in both FP3 and in the race, while his teammate Lance Stroll also went off in FP3 and was involved in a controversial collision with Nicholas Latifi in Q1. He then finished the race out of the points in 12th place. After the race, the team completed an inventory of usable […]

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12 Apr 2022

F1 sprint race format prompts Ferrari to avoid Imola upgrades

So far this season, due to the impact of the cost cap and logistical challenge of the first flyaway races, none of the top teams have introduced any major development steps for their new cars. However, the start of the European season at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix should in theory offer the perfect chance […]

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12 Apr 2022

‘Nothing substantial’ coming for Mercedes soon, says Russell

The British driver and team-mate Lewis Hamilton have struggled to match the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull so far this season, with the W13 struggling with porpoising. Although its strong finishing record has helped it stay in touch with the top teams in the championship, it is well aware that it needs to find […]

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12 Apr 2022

Wolff says Masi had become a “liability” for F1

Masi lost his job over the winter, in the wake of his handling of the safety car restart in the closing stages of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mistakes made by race control in only allowing a select number of backmarkers to unlap themselves, plus the decision to go for an immediate restart, opened […]

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12 Apr 2022

Are Verstappen’s F1 title hopes already fading?

Yet instead it was a race that saw the momentum swing firmly in Leclerc and Ferrari’s direction as Verstappen suffered his second DNF in three races following another fuel system issue. Leclerc may have been out of reach for outright pace, yet Red Bull was still left licking the wounds of more dropped points, with […]

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11 Apr 2022

Top five American F1 teams ranked: Haas, Penske and more

American interest in Formula 1 is on the up. The success of the United States Grand Prix in Austin has contributed to Miami joining the calendar, with Las Vegas set to make it three American races on the 2023 schedule. Michael Andretti also wants to bring his team to the grid. He faces some tough […]

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11 Apr 2022

Yamaha “not ready to fight for podium” on MotoGP tracks like COTA

The Yamaha rider qualified as the top non-Ducati rider in sixth at the Circuit of Americas and displayed strong race pace throughout practice. However, Quartararo was unable to mount a challenge for the podium and took the chequered flag in seventh after a late battle with Honda’s Marc Marquez. The Frenchman sits fifth in the […]

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11 Apr 2022

10 things we learned from the 2022 Australian Grand Prix

After the frenetic DRS duels that defined the 2022 Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix, the return to Australia after three years without a race was a comparatively humdrum affair. Polesitter Charles Leclerc took control to land the victory. The Ferrari charger launched cleanly to pull across the Albert Park circuit and […]

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