The team has lost form in recent weeks as other midfield runners have brought more performance to the track, with its last points coming in Azerbaijan courtesy of Pierre Gasly’s fifth. Between them, Gasly and team-mate Yuki Tsunoda have not bettered 14th place in the last three races, although their collision in Silverstone robbed both […]
The two championship contenders began the 2022 F1 season with very different car characteristics, even though on lap time there was little to separate them. The Ferrari was better in slow and medium speed corners, while Red Bull held a clear advantage on the straights and flat-out turns. But, as the campaign has developed, and […]
Lewis Hamilton’s heavy accident in qualifying in Austria was cheered by Max Verstappen fans, while Verstappen was also subject to booing at the previous race at Silverstone, as well cheering of his spin in qualifying. Hamilton himself called the cheering in Austria “mind blowing”, while acknowledging that what happened in Silverstone was also wrong. Like […]
Discontent has been growing among the drivers for some time now over the apparent lack of consistency in stewarding over matters such as on-track battles and track limits. This was prevalent in last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, where there were 43 incidents of track limits violations by the stewards, while George Russell felt his five-second […]
Masi was given the race director job after Charlie Whiting passed away on the eve of the 2019 Australian GP, and he held it for three full seasons until last year’s Abu Dhabi GP controversy proved to be the trigger for his departure from the job in February. He returned to Australia in April, but […]
Since arriving at McLaren last year Ricciardo has struggled to adapt to the Woking team’s machinery. Apart from a rare highlight winning the 2021 Italian Grand Prix, the Australian has generally struggled to match established team-mate Lando Norris in either qualifying or races, which has prompted speculations about the 33-year-old’s future. PLUS: The key considerations Ricciardo […]
Reigning world champion and the current points leader Fabio Quartararo has been very critical of the lack of progress Yamaha made over the winter with its 2022 bike. In particular, Quartararo took aim at the fact the bike was still not delivering top speed enough to challenge its faster rivals, which has been an issue […]
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell both had heavy accidents in Friday’s Q3 session in qualifying, and the former was forced to switch to the spare chassis, which was built up for him on Saturday morning. Both drivers lost their rear wings in the accidents, and the only spare example of the low-drag spec prepared for […]
The package, which represents a significant change of concept, was first introduced on Albon’s FW44 at Silverstone. However a wet FP1 and qualifying and then Albon’s first-lap retirement in the race meant that the team only gathered a limited amount of data. After a clean weekend in Austria that saw Albon finish the race in […]
Suzuki surprised the MotoGP paddock in May when it announced it would pull out of the series at the end of the 2022 campaign, just seven years after it returned to the premier class. The Japanese manufacturer won its first world title in 20 years courtesy of Joan Mir in 2020, having rebuilt its team […]