Shaking off the team orders row that unexpectedly sparked up in Brazil last weekend, Max Verstappen put in the kind of performance that exemplified his stunning 2022 with pole and victory in Abu Dhabi. Red Bull didn’t have things all their own way as Sergio Perez was beaten by Charles Leclerc to second place and […]
The session will also be the first proper test of a new hard compound that falls between the current C1 and C2. All 10 teams are running two cars apiece, with one for race drivers, and one reserved for rookie drivers who have made fewer than two starts. Only the 2023 tyres will be used, […]
The F1 world champion comfortably charged to his record-extending 15th victory of the season in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as Leclerc beat Perez to second place and with it the runner-up spot in the final drivers’ standings. With Perez hunting down Leclerc in the closing laps, Verstappen said he didn’t get an order from […]
Perez lost out to Charles Leclerc in the fight for second place in the championship after his two-stop strategy cost him track position to the Ferrari at the Yas Marina Circuit. Perez was the first of the leaders to come into the pits, making the switch from his starting mediums to hards on lap 15 […]
The seven-time world champion endured a difficult campaign as Mercedes struggled to get on top of the 2022 car regulations with its troubled W13. While team-mate George Russell did manage one victory, Hamilton ended the year without one for the first time in his F1 tenure. Hamilton amassed nine podiums in total with a best […]
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 […]