The pack headed out en masse at the start of the one-hour session – the teams’ only chance to get prepared ahead of Friday’s qualifying session and the two races to come. All cars ran the medium tyres in the early stages, with Alpine’s Fernando Alonso setting the first place benchmark at 1m09.438s. That was […]
The actions of some drivers during the Silverstone race was thrust in to the spotlight after what appeared to be some robust defensive moves was let go by the FIA stewards. On several occasions drivers were crowded out to the side of the track after attempting to overtake around the outside, such as Max Verstappen […]
Russell was caught up in the same sequence of events on the first lap at Silverstone, having collided with the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly to then rotate and hit Zhou’s car. Once Russell stopped at Abbey with left-rear damage, having witnessed the Alfa Romeo land between the tyre wall and catch fencing, he ran with […]
Mercedes has found itself unable to regularly compete with rivals Red Bull and Ferrari so far this season following the overhaul of the technical regulations for 2022. Both Hamilton and team-mate George Russell have struggled with a recurring bouncing issue on the car, leaving them unable to unlock the full performance of the W13 car. […]
Hamilton and Verstappen experienced a fierce rivalry through their fight for last year’s F1 championship, going wheel-to-wheel at a number of races that included a handful of collisions. The first major incident between the two drivers came at last year’s British Grand Prix, where they collided when battling for the lead at Copse on the […]
The Monegasque driver was left hugely disappointed after the British Grand Prix when a late call to pit team-mate Carlos Sainz rather than himself ended up costing him the chance of a podium finish. Having been left frustrated earlier in the race that Ferrari did not move Sainz out of the way after feeling he […]
The Spaniard says he plans to seek clarification with F1’s race director in the Friday night drivers’ briefing at the Austrian Grand Prix after he felt competitors escaped punishments for actions that he has been sanctioned for this season. As well as being “surprised” that Charles Leclerc escaped a penalty for what he felt was […]
This year all teams have to stand down each of their race drivers at some stage of the season to give an FP1 session to a rookie. Alfa Romeo was in the unusual position of being allowed to count Zhou Guanyu’s debut in Bahrain as an official rookie session for his car. However, Valtteri Bottas […]
Vettel bought Mansell’s famous ‘Red 5’ car back in 2020, but did not get a chance to drive it until recently when he completed a shakedown ahead of the show run at Silverstone. The demonstration saw Vettel complete a handful of laps in the FW14B to mark 30 years since Mansell won the British GP and that year’s […]
Two-time world champion Alonso returned to F1 in 2021 with Alpine after taking two years out of the championship to explore other racing interests in the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Indy 500 and the Dakar Rally. At 40, the Spaniard is the oldest driver on the grid, yet he has been clear in his ambition to […]