The common denominator in such cases is inevitably rain, plus a team and driver that gets everything just right on the day when the usual frontrunners don’t quite achieve their normal level of perfection. Good fortune has to play a part, but it would be wrong to suggest that luck was the biggest factor in […]
With both championships long settled and the end of an intense season to date within sight, Brazil was hardly being hyped up as being a big weekend for Formula 1. In fact, in the lead-up to the start of qualifying, I was discussing with some friends how this season feels like it has dragged on, […]
The Haas driver scored his and the team’s maiden F1 pole after being the first on the track in Q3 as the rain intensified, before George Russell’s off triggered a red flag which meant nobody could set a time before the track got too wet. As a result, Magnussen’s opening effort in the top 10 […]
The Maranello squad raised some eyebrows for the final shoot-out qualifying element at Interlagos when Leclerc was the only driver to head out on the circuit with intermediate tyres. Although rain was blowing in, the track was dry enough for slicks and that meant Leclerc’s option proved totally wrong as he ended up being slowest […]
Magnussen scored the first pole position of his F1 career at Interlagos on Friday after making the most of his track position advantage at the start of Q3 in damp conditions. Magnussen’s early lap time put him on provisional pole, two tenths of a second clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, after getting to the […]
Perez ended up just 0.004s clear of Leclerc, with Max Verstappen third ahead of Carlos Sainz and Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. With just the one hour of practice running to get in before Friday’s qualifying session for the final sprint weekend of 2022, the pack headed out en masse at the start […]
Amid a potential bankruptcy of the FTX exchange, and a looming investigation by the USA’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the alleged misuse of customer deposits, Mercedes has responded overnight to the fast-changing situation. While it had initially appeared likely to be keeping the FTX logos on its cars and assets for the Interlagos […]
The Australian is set to be absent from the F1 grid for the first time in over a decade next season with his spot at McLaren going to countryman Oscar Piastri. He is likely to land a top reserve driver role for 2023, having already been linked to both Mercedes and Red Bull Racing, and […]
The Dutchman, and his entire Red Bull team, did not take part in any Sky media commitments over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend as the result of what it claimed was “disrespectful” reporting. As well as this involving Sky’s F1 channel, it included the company’s regional channels in the UK, Germany and Italy. Red Bull’s […]
This weekend’s third and final sprint event of 2022 has reopened the debate about the attraction of sprints. World champion Max Verstappen has, in particular, been especially critical about the concept as he has long argued against the shorter Saturday races. He reiterated his stance in Brazil on Thursday when he said one of the […]