Month: May 2022

19 May 2022

Extra F1 sprint race plan hold up not about money

At a meeting of the F1 Commission last month, grand prix racing’s owners Liberty Media and teams were in agreement about a push to expand the number of sprint races to six next year. However, the plans did not move forward after Ben Sulayem said he wanted more time to consider the impact that the […]

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19 May 2022

Alpine to bring new F1 rear wing to Spanish GP

The French manufacturer has shown some encouraging pace throughout the start of the 2022 F1 campaign, but a run of reliability problems and bad luck has hurt its points-scoring opportunities. The team is confident however that it has a package capable of regularly fighting towards the front of the midfield pack. With a lot of […]

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19 May 2022

Angsty Verstappen nothing to worry about

Verstappen has appeared to be quite agitated at times this season as the battle with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has been pretty intense throughout. Things have not been ideal on the reliability front, with Verstappen losing podium finishes and valuable points with failures in both the Bahrain and Australian Grands Prix. He also said the team […]

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18 May 2022

F1 will not replace Russian GP as 2022 calendar stays at 22 races

The decision creates a gap of two free weekends between the end of the European season at Monza on 11 September, and the start of the run of six flyaway races in Singapore on 2 October. The Sochi event was cancelled, along with the event’s ongoing contract, shortly after the Russian attack on Ukraine began. […]

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18 May 2022

“Lack of peculiarities” with 2022 F1 car helping Perez

Perez joined Red Bull for the 2021 season and, while he was able to score a victory in Azerbaijan, he made no secret of his struggles to adjust to the car philosophy that was designed to suit team-mate Max Verstappen. Red Bull anticipated many of the traits of the RB16B car that made the adjustment […]

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18 May 2022

What Miami F1 spectacle will and won’t change for British GP

For F1’s owner Liberty Media it was a delight to see, as it delivered further proof that its bid to break the American market is paying off. Off the back of it, there were also several comments about how the razzmatazz of it all would act as a wake-up call for other circuits to need to lift their […]

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