The Just Stop Oil climate activist group has claimed responsibility for demonstrators who jumped the barrier by the bridge on the Wellington Straight at Silverstone and sat on the track. The race was red flagged for the terrifying first-corner Zhou Guanyu shunt as then leader Max Verstappen came across the protestors before marshals arrived on […]
Lewis Hamilton finished third, with Max Verstappen picking up damage that dropped out of the lead fight early in the restarted race, which was stopped after just a few corners due to the Turn 1 incident. At the start of the race, Verstappen used the grip advantage of soft tyres against the mediums on pole-sitting […]
Since the introduction of the new technical regulations for the 2022 season, a number of teams have struggled with their cars porpoising and bouncing as they run their cars low to make the most of the ground effect. Mercedes has been one of the worst-hit teams, leaving the reigning eight-time constructors’ champion squad currently unable […]
As part of the discussions between the FIA and teams about a planned safety clampdown on excessive porpoising that drivers are unhappy about, one area of focus has been on the stiffness of the floors and planks of cars. Autosport understands that during talks in a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting in the week after […]
Red Bull driver Verstappen was subject to booing and jeering from the crowd during his post-qualifying interview in parc ferme on Saturday, having qualified second for the British Grand Prix. There were also cheers from the crowd when Verstappen spun exiting Stowe at the start of Q3. Verstappen brushed off the boos when speaking in […]
Although all three parts of qualifying required intermediate tyres for the duration, rain was intermittent – stopping for the end of Q1 before returning harder for the second session. That meant the fastest times were set in the opening 18-minute gambit which left several drivers in Q2 and Q3 with the wrong benchmark delta lap […]
The Spaniard clinched his maiden F1 pole ahead of his 150th career start in a dramatic wet qualifying, beating Max Verstappen by 0.072s. Verstappen, who was booed by some sections of the Silverstone crowd after qualifying, suffered a spin early into Q3, while title rival Charles Leclerc also spun in the final segment of qualifying […]
The Mercedes driver ended qualifying in fifth place for his home race despite posting earlier lap times which kept him in the battle for the front row, having briefly held second place in Q3. But Hamilton conceded he lost out when he backed off during his penultimate lap in Q3 to charge his battery, only […]
The FIA has stepped in to try to minimise cars bouncing after drivers expressed concerns about their safety, with them being subjected to heavy impacts inside of the cockpits. As part of its efforts, the governing body is to introduce an Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric (AOM) from the French Grand Prix that limits the vertical forces […]
The team hopes the arrival of a fresh spate of parts at Silverstone might help to turn around its fortunes. Firstly, the changes made by Aston Martin for Silverstone are not on the scale of the developments seen in Spain. They are more about optimising the airflow conditions set out by those upgrades the team […]