Albon was involved in a massive multi-car pile-up at the start, which saw Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu roll into the catchfence after sliding across the run-off inverted. Albon was the other main victim after being tagged from behind by Sebastian Vettel as cars were taking avoiding action. The Anglo-Thai suffered a hard head-on hit with […]
Month: July 2022
Red Bull hired psychologist to help “problem child” Tsunoda
Tsunoda struggled at Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri in his 2021 debut season, but the brand continued investing in him by relocating him to Italy closer to the team’s Faenza factory and it extended his stay in F1 for a second season. While Tsunoda has shown some improvement during a sophomore year in which his team has found […]
Why Williams is abandoning its F1 2022 launch concept
As technical director Francois-Xavier Demaison said: “We can really call it a new car, because the list of parts we kept is much shorter than the ones we changed.” The overhaul of the wings, floor, sidepods, engine cover, suspension, diffuser and internals was pretty much as extensive as could be, and it is hoped will […]
The low-key F1 upgrades Ferrari brought to the British GP
Rather than seeing the need for anything major to be overhauled on the car, it’s clear that the focus is on steady gains – having both taken note of what its rivals have been up to and delivering optimisations on an already race-winning package. Starting with the mirrors, Ferrari had already made a subtle but meaningful change to […]
2022 F1 Austrian GP – How to watch, session timings and more
Following a dramatic British GP in which Carlos Sainz clinched his maiden F1 win, Max Verstappen had his championship lead trimmed to 34 points as Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez recovered to second place with the Dutch driver down in seventh after sustaining damage. Charles Leclerc also chipped into his own deficit, taking it down […]
We must keep pressure off Schumacher despite first F1 points
The German finally broke his duck by finishing eighth at Silverstone after chasing Max Verstappen to the chequered flag. While the result will put a stop to the previous questioning about when he would score his first points, Steiner says now expectations could be pitched too high. “I think it will give him a little […]
Why F1’s code of conduct meant British GP moves were robust but legal
Indeed, a lot of observers were left scratching their heads at some pretty aggressive attack and defence moves, and especially moments where drivers appeared to have been squeezed off the track. There were several examples throughout the afternoon of drivers being on the outside of their rivals but finding themselves left with no room on […]
MotoGP race winner Bagnaia in road crash while over alcohol limit
According to reports in Spanish outlet Diario de Ibiza, Bagnaia crashed a Citroen into a ditch on the side of a road in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Guardia Civil and local police arrived at the scene and performed a breathalyser test on the driver, who was identified as Bagnaia. Bagnaia gave a […]
F1 teams set to challenge FIA’s porpoising intervention
Ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, F1 teams , Formula One Management and the FIA will meet to discuss a number of burning topics that are being put forward for action. As well as the discussions to involve the inflation impact on the cost cap and the latest on the […]
Quartararo “complained too much” about Yamaha in early 2022 MotoGP races
Quartararo has been vocal about Yamaha’s lack of top speed gains with its engine since the November post-season test at Jerez last year, and admitted during February’s pre-season testing that the minimal progress with the M1 meant his MotoGP future beyond 2022 was open. In the early races he struggled for results, finishing ninth in […]