For after a season where a top five would have been something to be happy about at times, even through complete luck, to get there after charging up from 19th on the road said much about the progress made with the W13. As team boss Toto Wolff said on Sunday night: “With Lewis, we had […]
Month: May 2022
Aston Martin F1 driver Vettel has bag stolen in Barcelona
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel had his bag stolen through a car window, according to major Catalan publication El Periodico, from outside his hotel following Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. But in an effort to try and track down his stolen bag using his scooter, Vettel used a GPS signal from the AirPods headphones that were […]
Leclerc Spanish GP exit caused by Ferrari turbo, MGU-H failure
Leclerc had looked on course to take a comfortable victory in the Spanish GP when his car suddenly lost power on lap 27 when he was leading the race. Ferrari did not have any immediate answers as to what had gone wrong with the power unit on Sunday night, and wanted to wait for a […]
10 things we learned at the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix
For once, Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix provided an engaging contest up and down the grid and just like last year it included developments that could be key to the outcome of the world titles. Max Verstappen led a Red Bull 1-2 ahead of Sergio Perez, but that summary barely scratches the surface of an […]
F1 Spanish Grand Prix Review
The Ferrari driver had moved into a commanding lead after Verstappen was caught out by a gust of wind at Turn 4, but his engine let go and forced him out of the race, which set up the Red Bull driver’s charge to the victory with an assist from team orders to get by team-mate […]
Leclerc feeling better after Spanish GP DNF than Miami second place
Leclerc had been dominating the Barcelona race from pole for 26 laps until his Ferrari engine gave out. The Monegasque driver was forced to park the car in the garage and thus recorded his first DNF of 2022. The setback not only cost him the race win, but it also made him cede the championship […]
F1 Spanish GP Turn 4 error “really caught me by surprise”
Verstappen stormed into the championship lead after taking the victory at Barcelona while erstwhile tabletopper Charles Leclerc retired from the lead of the race with a power unit problem. But the early stages of the grand prix did not go to plan for Verstappen as an error at Turn 4 when he was running second […]
No warning of Leclerc’s “sudden” Spain F1 power unit failure
Leclerc had looked on course to take victory in Barcelona as he held a comfortable lead in the opening phase of the race, after title rival Max Verstappen had lost time with a trip across the gravel and dropped down the order. But on lap 27, as he held an advantage of more than 11 […]
F1 warns Spanish GP to fix ‘unacceptable’ traffic issues
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya announced it had been sold out for the 2022 edition of the race after going through two COVID-19 years with limited attendance, stating 300,000 flocked to the Barcelona venue across the weekend. But soon enough it became apparent the venue was not prepared for the sell-out crowd, with larges queues forming […]
Spanish GP “a survival race” for Mercedes F1 due to overheating
Russell benefited from the retirement of early leader Charles Leclerc to run in third place in the closing stages with team-mate Lewis Hamilton behind him when the pair both suffered a water leak, which allowed Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to pass the seven-time world champion on the penultimate lap. The issue also pushed Russell onto the […]