The Monza race concludes a triple-header and the final leg of the European season, with Max Verstappen in a dominant position thanks to four consecutive wins in France, Hungary, Belgian and the Netherlands, which has seen him extend his championship lead to 109 points. After a difficult Belgian GP, Mercedes bounced back to act as […]
The Mercedes driver had looked on course to challenge Max Verstappen for victory at Zandvoort after a strong run through much of the race, but the events were turned on their head by late virtual safety car and safety car periods. For the latter, Red Bull had elected to sacrifice track position to switch Verstappen […]
The Australian led from pole on the opening lap but had his win hopes dashed when he crashed at Turn 4. Miller re-joined the race to finish 18th with one side of his aerodynamic fairing broken and his rear brake no longer working. While he considers Sunday’s race was potentially a missed opportunity for him, […]
The Dutchman has already participated in two FP1 sessions during the 2022 season, taking over Alex Albon’s Williams at the Spanish Grand Prix before driving Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes at Paul Ricard ahead of the French Grand Prix. De Vries has already spent time preparing for his outing in Aston Martin’s AMR22 by driving the team’s […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion made his highly anticipated return after 100 days away, following a fourth major surgery aimed to fix his badly broken arm suffered at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix. Having returned to gym work in the last two weeks and motorcycle training in the last week, Marquez completed 39 laps for […]
The Ferrari driver was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe release from his final pitstop in the Zandvoort race, when Fernando Alonso clipped him while he left his pitbox. Due to the cramped set-up of the Zandvoort pitlane and McLaren undertaking a pitstop for Lando Norris at the same time, Sainz initially had room […]
Vinales and Bagnaia fought for victory at Misano in 2020 when the former was still at Yamaha, with long-time leader Bagnaia crashing out on his Pramac Ducati. In last Sunday’s San Marino GP, Vinales ran Bagnaia hard in the first half of the 27-lap race but couldn’t find a way through on the factory Ducati […]
There had been an original plan for a press announcement about the partnership to be made at the Austrian Grand Prix, and matters had progressed enough for Porsche to seek permission for a buy-in of the team with anti-cartel authorities. But as fellow Volkswagen Group manufacturer Audi confirmed its entry from 2026 at the Belgian […]
Piastri produced one of the surprise moves of the F1 driver market silly season this summer when he signed for McLaren for next season. This was despite the Alpine team, where he is reserve, thinking it had a firm deal with him for 2023 – and even announcing him as replacement for Fernando Alonso. The […]
After being pushed hard by Ferrari in qualifying, it was Mercedes who emerged as Red Bull’s closest contender on race day with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell showing great pace. But some late strategy calls left Hamilton fuming over the radio after Mercedes kept him out during the safety car, leaving him powerless to stop […]