Audi is set to enter F1 from 2026 after the Volkswagen Group special advisory board gave the green light for plans for it and sister brand Porsche to join the grid. Porsche is poised to link up with Red Bull through a new works partnership, but Audi’s future F1 plans are less clear as it […]
After struggling in the first third of the 2022 season with excessive bouncing and a general lack of competitiveness, Mercedes has experienced something of a resurgence in recent races. Lewis Hamilton scored his third consecutive podium in the Austrian Grand Prix on a Red Bull Ring circuit that was deemed to favour Mercedes less than […]
Sainz was forced out of the Spielberg race in the closing stages after suffering a catastrophic engine failure, which triggered a blaze on his F1-75. The flames took hold of the car, and Sainz was one of several people suggesting that the incident could have been dealt with more swiftly. Speaking afterwards, Sainz said: “I […]
In Austria, Fernando Alonso failed to start the Saturday sprint event after his car shut down on the grid. At the time, the team pinpointed a failure of the ECU, which is a standard supply component or SSC used by all teams. However, following further investigations back at Enstone this week, it was concluded that […]
David Coulthard won 12 Formula 1 world championship grands prix with McLaren and helped the Woking team take the 1998 constructors’ title with the mighty MP4-13. But it’s the 1995 Williams FW17 that the Scot picks out as the best car of his illustrious career. Coulthard had made his F1 debut in difficult circumstances, following […]
Last month the six-time MotoGP world champion underwent a complex operation on his right arm. It was the fourth time has had surgery since badly breaking his arm in a crash at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, as he bids to return to regain the full fitness and mobility he has lacked throughout his comeback […]
Aston Martin Lagonda Holdings been hit over the past year by financial pressures, debt and a tumbling share price. In May CEO Tobias Moers, who had been headhunted by Stroll from Mercedes, was replaced by former Ferrari boss Amedeo Felisa. The company has now announced plans for new “equity financing and strategic investment” from Saudi’s […]
Vettel was summoned by the FIA on Saturday evening over his behaviour in the drivers’ briefing 24 hours earlier, when it emerged he had left the meeting while it was ongoing. Vettel received a suspended €25,000 fine for the incident, which the FIA said saw him fail to live up to the standard of being a role […]
Ahead of the formation lap in last Sunday’s Red Bull Ring race, grandstands erupted in orange smoke as Verstappen fans set off flares, and did so again in the closing stages before the finish. This was particularly prominent at the Turn 6/7 area, with the orange smoke drifting across the circuit and limiting visibility. PLUS: […]
At last week’s Austrian Grand Prix a total of 43 track limits infringements were recorded during the race at the Red Bull Ring, with further deleted lap times in qualifying, most notably Sergio Perez losing his Q2 lap time after qualifying had finished. The numerous track limits violations, brought on by some of Spielberg’s tarmac […]