After grabbing pole position in qualifying, and then taking a relatively straightforward win in the sprint race, the world champion had looked all set to run away with the main event at the Red Bull Ring. But his challenge turned south when he suffered much worse tyre degradation than rival Ferrari at the start of […]
It didn’t look like the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix was going to end in anything other than Max Verstappen and Red Bull domination a few laps into last Saturday’s sprint race. That Ferrari and Charles Leclerc were able to grab a morale-boosting main race win the next day is the main sporting takeaway from the […]
Ecclestone presided over F1 for more than four decades before exiting upon the sale of the series to Liberty Media in early 2017. He also owned the Brabham team between 1972 and 1987, and had involvement in F1 dating back to the 1950s. The 91-year-old has a net worth of around £2.5 billion, according to […]
Ahead of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, F1 issued a statement condemning “unacceptable” behaviour after fans reported instances of sexual harassment, racial and homophobic abuse from other spectators through the race weekend. F1 took action by installing additional security staff in fan areas for Sunday’s race, and is set to hold […]
The trio finished on the podium at the Red Bull Ring after an eventful race in Austria, with Leclerc securing his first win since the Australian Grand Prix in April after passing Verstappen three times on the track. But the top three finishers from Sunday’s race at the Red Bull Ring were summoned by the […]
Ahead of Sunday’s race at the Red Bull Ring, posts emerged from fans on social media reporting sexual harassment, racism and homophobia from others attending the grand prix. It led to F1 issuing a statement confirming it would act on the matter and hold talks with the promoter of the event, calling such behaviour “unacceptable”, […]
The double world champion was forced to start Sunday’s 71-lap grand prix from the back of the grid after his Alpine went into “full blackout” ahead of Saturday’s sprint race, which he was due to start from ninth. Alpine put Alonso on the hard tyre to begin with, which he used to coast into the […]
In May McLaren announced that Andretti Autosport driver Herta, a seven-time race winner in the IndyCar Series, will be part of the team’s testing programme with the 2021 MCL35M car. The team has now revealed the 22-year-old American will test at Portimao’s Algarve International Circuit on Monday and Tuesday, with McLaren’s simulator driver Will Stevens […]
Red Bull driver Perez qualified fourth at the Red Bull Ring on Friday, but was placed under investigation by the stewards at the end of Q2 for a track limits breach. Typically, times are deleted straightaway, meaning the penalty is automatically issued. The stewards found that Perez had exceeded track limits and opted to delete […]
At last week’s British Grand Prix drivers were fighting on the limit for large spells of the race with little intervention from the FIA stewards, even though several drivers forced others off the circuit. The belts were tightened in Spielberg’s sprint race on Saturday, with Williams’ Albon being penalised for pushing McLaren’s Lando Norris off […]