Bottas joined the Swiss team this winter after five years at Mercedes, with whom he took 10 wins and 58 podiums in 101 grands prix. In sharp contrast Alfa Romeo finished ninth in the 2021 constructors’ championship with 13 points, finishing ahead of only the struggling and point-less Haas team. The Fred Vaseur-led team opted for […]
The MotoGP legend suffered life-changing injuries in 1993 when he crashed during a race at Misano, which ended his career and left him paralysed from the waist down. Rainey won three 500cc titles between 1990 and 1992 for Yamaha, and went on to manage a team for the Japanese marque before retiring in 1998. Since […]
Teams have been unveiling their new cars in the past couple of weeks and completing shakedowns, but testing will mark the first opportunity to get in some proper mileage over the next three days. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen will complete a full day of running for Red Bull, sporting the #1 in an official […]
F1 enjoyed a small increase in its global TV audience last year, aided by increased interest through the Netflix Drive to Survive series and a compelling title fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Ahead of the 2022 season, a number of teams have announced major new partnerships, including an influx of companies relating to […]
Anyone who has taken a glance at the new batch of Formula 1 contenders can see that things will be different in 2022. The regulation changes are regarded as the biggest shift in F1 since 1983, but the aims of the new rules are relatively simple. A move away from complicated ‘overbody’ aerodynamic devices and […]
As with all the designs we’ve seen throughout this launch period, we should temper our excitement, as we should expect that there’s more to come from Alpine given the lack of complexity shown in the renders that have been released. However, they still offer an indication as to the direction Alpine is heading in, so […]
F1 has introduced its biggest rule change since 2009 with cars that feature completely overhauled aerodynamics designed around ground effect. While F1’s pre-season officially starts in Barcelona on Wednesday with the first of two three-day tests, drives have already sampled their new equipment in the virtual world with plenty of hours in the simulator. Norris […]
During five seasons with Mercedes Bottas took 10 wins and 58 podiums while Hamilton won four world championships. With Mercedes opting to bring in protege George Russell as Hamilton’s new team-mate, Bottas headed to Alfa Romeo where he will be the team’s lead driver alongside Chinese rookie Guanyu Zhou. PLUS: The ‘underestimated’ 2022 rookie set […]
Leclerc and Sainz enjoyed a successful first season as team-mates at Ferrari in 2021, lifting the team from sixth in the standings the previous year to finish third with five podium finishes and two poles. The duo were evenly matched throughout the year, and enjoyed a handful of close on-track moments, most notably during their […]
Ahead of the new F1 season, motor racing’s governing body is mindful teams could try to make the most of bendy wings or floors to give themselves a performance advantage. Getting wings to flex down on the straights can bring a reduction in drag to improve straightline speed, while the new ground effect cars means […]