Sargeant, who secured his FIA superlicence over the course of the Abu Dhabi F2 weekend, is expected to be officially confirmed soon as a 2023 Williams driver, and he will take part in Tuesday’s young driver test with the Grove team. However as a favour to Williams and in order to help him gain more […]
Schumacher found out this week he would not be racing in F1 next year after Haas opted not to renew his contract, instead signing free agent Nico Hulkenberg to partner Kevin Magnussen. With all remaining seats on the F1 grid now taken, Schumacher has been left evaluating other options for 2023 such as a potential […]
Leclerc and Perez head into F1’s 2022 season finale on equal points, so whoever finishes the highest in Sunday’s race will wrap up the position behind sovereign world champion Max Verstappen. For all its world titles, it would be the first 1-2 finish in the drivers’ championship in Red Bull Racing’s history, and it would […]
Six days on from Mercedes’ 1-2 finish in Brazil led by George Russell, Mercedes failed to put up a fight to Red Bull and Ferrari at the head of the field as it finished six-tenths of a second off the pace. Hamilton took fifth place on the grid, finishing three-thousandths of a second ahead of […]
The Australian is in advanced talks with Red Bull about taking on a non-racing role that could include reserve, test, promotional and simulator duties, having lost his seat with McLaren for 2023. While the deal is not signed yet, getting the contract sorted is understood to be a formality and could be announced imminently. Ricciardo’s […]
Verstappen secured his seventh pole position of the 2022 campaign with two laps that were good enough for the top spot, ultimately setting a 1m23.824s that was 0.228s quicker than his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez. That came despite a “scare” when his car shut down ahead of his first Q3 run. Double world champion […]
Hamilton was summoned by the stewards following FP3 at the Yas Marina Circuit after he overtook Lando Norris and Kevin Magnussen when a red flag was thrown during the session. Hamilton was on a flying lap, and passed both drivers on the right-hand side of the track before slowing down, with such an infringement typically […]
Earlier this week, Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Binotto was set to depart Ferrari ahead of next season, with Alfa Romeo F1 chief Frederic Vasseur mooted as a possible replacement. Ferrari issued a statement saying the rumours were “totally without foundation”, while Ferrari race driver Charles Leclerc felt people were forgetting how […]
The F1 Commission met in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to discuss a number of potential changes for F1 moving forward, the meeting including officials from the commercial rights holder, the FIA and all 10 teams. One of the matters that was discussed was the possible introduction of tougher power unit penalties moving forward in a […]
Max Verstappen might have lost his chance to end the 2022 Formula 1 season with a string of five successive victories last time out in Brazil, but he appeared to be in ominous form in Abu Dhabi practice, despite missing FP1. The now two-time champion was one of eight 2022 regulars to make way for […]