In the wake of it emerging that Red Bull had broken the 2021 cost cap limit, Brown wrote to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali urging them to treat the matter with the utmost seriousness. In the letter, he wrote: “The overspend breach, and possibly the procedural breaches, constitute cheating by offering a […]
The Red Bull RB18 Formula 1 contender has won Autosport’s 2022 International Racing Car of the Year Award presented by Blink Experience. The RB18 helped Max Verstappen to his second world title with a record-breaking 15 grand prix wins from 22 races. Sergio Perez added two other victories as Red Bull scooped its sixth constructors’ […]
The seven-time F1 champion battled to help Mercedes develop its troubled W13 during 2022 and finished sixth in the drivers’ standings with nine podium finishes. Autosport readers have voted Hamilton the best British driver of the season, ahead of new team-mate George Russell and McLaren’s rising F1 star Lando Norris, and IMSA SportsCar champion Tom […]
Leclerc looked poised to mount a title challenge for the first time in his F1 career after winning two of the first three races, surging into an early points lead thanks to the victories in Bahrain and Australia. But Leclerc would score just one more win all season as Max Verstappen and Red Bull pulled […]
The Australian said during the season finale in Valencia that his time with the Italian outfit had been “an amazing journey”. Miller returns to KTM next year alongside Brad Binder at its factory squad, having ridden for the Ajo team in Moto3 in 2014 when he was runner-up in the standings. He said he hopes […]
He believes that the current arrangement should be adjusted to take into account the increase in the number of events, including the six sprints on the 2023 schedule. The Frenchman is currently on 10 points, and if he reaches 12 before he drops his earliest score in late May he could be banned for a […]
During his sabbatical from Formula 1 after a difficult second stint at McLaren, Alonso ventured into a wide variety of motorsport disciplines including endurance racing, but arguably faced his toughest challenge when he entered Dakar at the beginning of 2020. Driving the factory Toyota Hilux in the prestigious cross-country rally in Saudi Arabia, the Spaniard […]
Despite a lacklustre start to the campaign, when it struggled with reliability and was on the back foot in pace terms, Red Bull successfully turned its season around. A combination of weight reduction and aero improvements to the RB18 made it the dominant car after the summer break, as the team romped to both championships, and Ferrari had nothing in response – especially […]
Hulkenberg will return to F1 after three seasons away, having left Renault at the end of the 2019 season, to replace Mick Schumacher at the American squad. But while the 35-year-old German always maintained he was not desperate to return, he kept his foot in the door and deputised on five occasions over the last […]
The German car manufacturer went completely its own route for 2022, adopting a ‘zero sidepod’ solution on the W13, which was very different to the downwash Red Bull idea and the inwash Ferrari concept. But while Mercedes endured difficulties with its 2022 challenger, the team remained adamant that its issues were nothing to do with its […]