In Florida, Alonso dropped out of the points when he was handed a penalty for gaining an advantage by going off track when battling with Mick Schumacher. Although such penalties cannot be challenged, Alonso and Alpine sporting director Alan Permane went to see the stewards after the race in order to state their case. Sources […]
The high-pressure nature of professional sport and the personal sacrifices that must be made to become elite often make sportsmen and women polarising characters. It seems that fact is only heightened in motorsport. But, very occasionally, one comes along who totally bucks the trend, who is universally appreciated. Nicky Hayden typified the latter category. One […]
After some early season struggles, Aston Martin elected to introduce a major revamp of its AMR22 for this weekend’s race in Barcelona. Its move to adopt the same concept as Red Bull has triggered a wave of controversy and even prompted an investigation from the FIA over car copying – with it being given the all-clear. […]
Mercedes endured a nightmare start to the ground-effect era with a car that suffered from wild porpoising, which forced the team to run its car higher than it wanted. The bouncing also prevented the Brackley outfit from chasing pure performance until the issue could be resolved, as evidenced by 2022’s first five races across which […]
The F1 world championship leader recovered from a spin during his first run in Q3 to jump into pole position with his final lap, displacing Max Verstappen by 0.323 seconds. Verstappen was unable to respond after being hit by his own Q3 troubles, as a DRS fault forced him to abandon his final qualifying lap […]
In the circumstances, Norris was pleased to have made the top 10 in Q2 for the Spanish GP before a track-limits penalty cost him the laptime that would have put him eighth in the session, leaving him stranded instead in 11th place. Norris was subsequently able to view the FIA’s footage of his costly run […]
The Monegasque driver bounced back from a spin in his first run in Q3 to snatch first place on the grid in Barcelona from title rival Max Verstappen with a brilliant late effort. His pole spot was then sealed when Verstappen was unable to respond on his second Q3 run after being slowed by a […]
Bottas parked at the side of the road at the end of the pitstraight, limiting his experience of the team’s major update package to test runs in the earlier session and just one flying lap on the medium tyre in FP2. The Ferrari power unit, which was used by Bottas in the early races of […]
Leclerc was taking part in a demonstration run at the 2022 Monaco Historic event last Sunday when the 1974 Ferrari 312B3 suffered a brake issue. The 2022 Bahrain and Australian GP winner was on his third lap when he lost the rear of the car into the famous Rascasse right-hander, ending up in the barriers. […]
Aston Martin debuted a number of upgrades for its AMR22 car on Friday ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, featuring design concepts that quickly drew parallels to Red Bull’s RB18 car. The FIA revealed it had investigated the matter after noting the similarities as part of its routine pre-event checks, but deemed Aston Martin had […]