The red flag delays for heavy rain meant we only got 28 laps of racing action at Suzuka before the three-hour time limit expired, with Verstappen crossing the line first. It was only in parc ferme he found out he was champion when the FIA handed Charles Leclerc a post-race penalty – yet most thought […]
After some delay, the FIA announced on Monday afternoon that Red Bull had breached F1’s financial regulations with a “minor overspend” of the $145m dollar 2021 cost cap, while Aston Martin and Williams were deemed to be in procedural breach of the rules. Following the announcement, Red Bull expressed its “surprise and disappointment” at the […]
Alonso was catching Vettel after a late pitstop for a fresh set of inters gave him a significant pace advantage over rivals, allowing him to regain the places he had lost with the stop. Vettel was the next in line and on the final lap Alonso dived down the inside into the right-handed first part […]
The Japanese Grand Prix ended in confusion over whether or not Max Verstappen had done enough to win the world championship after the Suzuka race was only able to run just past half distance. A number of teams had been under the impression that regulations that changed after last year’s farce at the Belgian Grand […]
Verstappen clinched his second F1 crown in bizarre circumstances on Sunday, only learning that he was world champion during his parc ferme interview. This came after the FIA handed Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc a five-second time penalty for gaining an advantage off-track in his last-lap battle with Sergio Perez. By dropping Leclerc from second to third, […]
The immediate aftermath of the race in Suzuka descended into farce amid confusion over whether or not a penalty for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc had been enough to secure Verstappen the crown. Many teams, including Red Bull itself, shared the wide-held view that new rules introduced after last year’s shambolic Belgian Grand Prix meant Verstappen would […]
The Red Bull driver converted pole into victory at the Suzuka Circuit, after a lengthy delay following an opening lap crash for Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and heavy rain forcing a restart to be delayed. The Dutchman was never headed once racing resumed, as title rival Charles Leclerc was demoted to third post-race after cutting the […]
Verstappen’s title was confirmed when Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was penalised five seconds soon after the race concluded, which dropped him from second place to third. Who is leading the 2022 F1 World Championship Drivers’ points? Red Bull Racing’s two-time champion Verstappen scored 25 points at Suzuka, compared to Leclerc’s 15 rather than 18. That meant […]
In the wake of Carlos Sainz’s opening lap crash on the run out of the hairpin, marshals sent a recovery truck on to the circuit to help retrieve the stranded Ferrari. With memories still fresh of the incident at the 2014 Japanese GP, where Jules Bianchi suffered injuries he would later succumb to after hitting […]
Max Verstappen clinched his second F1 drivers’ championship in bizarre fashion on Sunday in the Japanese Grand Prix, only finding out in parc ferme after the stewards handed Leclerc a time penalty for gaining an unfair advantage in his fight with Sergio Perez on the last lap. Leclerc ran deep under braking into the Casio […]