Tsunoda made his F1 debut with AlphaTauri in 2021 alongside Gasly, but endured an up-and-down rookie season featuring a smattering of crashes and incidents. The Japanese driver admitted earlier this year that he “didn’t know what I was doing” through much of his rookie season as he got his head around certain aspects of F1. […]
On Friday during the Austrian Grand Prix, Autosport revealed MotoGP was planning to introduce Formula 1-style sprint races at each event next season. At a press conference on Saturday morning at the Red Bull Ring headed by Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, FIM president Jorge Viega and president of the International Race Teams Association (IRTA) Herve […]
But as the 2022 season prepares to roar back into life, who stacks up as the top of the class, and who must do better? It’s not the halfway point of the F1 season – that came with the chequered flag for the Austrian Grand Prix back in early July. But with the summer break […]
Early morning rain left the Red Bull Ring, which has been revamped for 2022, damp with forecasts remaining sketchy for the entire weekend. Following the horrific accident involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli in the 2020 Austrian GP, a new chicane at Turn 2 has been added to the Red Bull Ring to slow down […]
The Australian Grand Prix Corporation confirmed today that next year’s event will run from 30 March – 2 April, with Formula 1 on track from 31 March. That will make the race the third round of the Formula 1 world championship for the second year running. While having traditionally been the opening round throughout the […]
As part of a revamp in race weekends, F1 trialled sprint races at three events – Silverstone, Monza and Brazil – on Saturdays which determined the starting grid for the main grand prix on Sunday. The trial proved successful among fans and teams alike, and so F1 pencilled in three further sprint weekends for 2022 […]
Despite being the oldest driver on the grid at 41, the 2005 and 2006 champion has proved throughout 2022 that he remains at the top of his abilities – adding the benefits of experience to the raw natural talent that he has carried throughout his career. One aspect that has been especially fascinating this year […]
With this morning’s damp session giving way to fully dry running for the start of FP2, lap times were immediately bettered from this morning’s running. Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia set the day’s new benchmark seven minutes into FP2 with a 1m30.591s, taking over from team-mate Jack Miller. Moments later Suzuki’s Alex Rins shot to the top […]
F1 cars have gotten gradually heavier over the past few rules cycles, with the 2022 regulations causing a 46kg increase, largely due to new safety improvements such as strengthened impact structures. The new generation of cars has a minimum weight set at 798kg without fuel. Add a full fuel load of 110kg and that means […]
Since the violent accident in 2020 involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli at the old Turn 2 kink, riders have called for modifications to be made to the Red Bull Ring to improve safety at that section of track. The circuit duly built a new chicane – designated as Turn 2a and 2b – in […]