Month: November 2022

30 Nov 2022

Sargeant picks permanent race number for rookie F1 season

Sargeant will make his F1 debut next year for Williams, replacing Nicholas Latifi after securing enough superlicence points through his rookie Formula 2 season to make the step up. Williams has now revealed that Sargeant will race with #2 as his permanent number in F1, becoming the second driver to use it since the system […]

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30 Nov 2022

Ferrari cannot ignore triggers of mid-season F1 slump

The Monegasque driver made the most of Ferrari’s strong start to the 2022 campaign as he won two of the opening three grands prix. However, the combination of a resurgent Red Bull, plus reliability and strategy struggles at Maranello allied to driver errors led to derailing Ferrari’s title hopes. All of this has been pushed […]

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30 Nov 2022

FIA downplays delays in 2026 F1 engine manufacturer sign ups

The regulations for F1’s new era of fully sustainable fuel-powered cars were published earlier this year, and potential entrants were originally given a 15 October deadline to sign up. While new entrant Audi was the first to do so, many of the current manufacturers stalled on the plan and that prompted agreement to delay the […]

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30 Nov 2022

Ducati proved MotoGP team order claims in 2022 were “bullshit”

Francesco Bagnaia ended a 15-year wait for Ducati when he won the world title at the Valencia finale earlier in November, the Italian overturning a 91-point deficit at the halfway point of the season to beat 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo by 17. In the latter part of the campaign, Ducati did issue instructions to its […]

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30 Nov 2022

Binotto resigns as Ferrari F1 team principal

Following weeks of speculation about his future, Ferrari issued a statement on Tuesday confirming that it had accepted Binotto’s decision to leave. The team said Binotto would stay on board until December 31, and it hoped to have a replacement for him finalised in the new year. Binotto said that he regretted having to leave […]

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30 Nov 2022

Inside Aston Martin’s new £200m ‘game changer’ F1 factory

For its first year as Aston Martin after the rebranding of Racing Point, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel arrived for the final two seasons of his F1 career. For 2023, his seat will be taken by Fernando Alonso, another all-time great who ditched Alpine in favour of Aston Martin. PLUS: Where Vettel stands in the list […]

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29 Nov 2022

The decisions which cost Binotto his Ferrari F1 job

While his exit has been rumoured for some time, and sought-after by many Ferrari fans, Binotto’s departure raises a number of questions for the F1 team going into 2023. To discuss the situation at Ferrari, Motorsport.com’s F1 Editor Jonathan Noble joins the Autosport podcast this week.   Continue Reading on Autosport

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