This weekend’s finale at Ricardo Tormo sees Ducati’s Bagnaia 23 points ahead of reigning champion Fabio Quartararo, and only has to score two points to secure the title. Ducati has issued instructions to its riders from mid-season to be careful when racing against Bagnaia, but has not interfered with any victory battles. Bastianini fought hard […]
Year: 2022
How does Verstappen’s win record compare to Schumacher and Vettel’s seasons?
Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 career has been littered with record after record, most of which have been related to his age: youngest this, youngest that. But by claiming the record for the most victories in a single season with his 14th win of the year in Mexico last weekend, Verstappen offered another reminder – if […]
Valtteri Bottas set for belated Race of Champions debut in 2023
The 10-time Formula 1 race winner, who missed the 2022 event due to a late commitments clash, will team up with two-time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen to form Team Finland in the ROC Nations Cup, while also competing in the individual contest at Sweden’s Pite Havsbad on the 28-29 January next year. The Finnish […]
Alonso F1 engine failures are “luck of the draw”
The Spaniard was forced to retire from last weekend’s race on the 64th lap with a cylinder issue while running in seventh place. The retirement cost Alpine priceless points in its battle with McLaren for fourth in the F1 world championship. After the race, Alonso reflected on how many engine problems he has had in […]
F1 set to abandon plan to lower tyre blanket temperatures for 2023
The move has been planned as part of an additional change for 2024, where tyre blanket use is set to be totally abandoned within the championship’s sustainability drive. But lowering tyre blanket temperature alone has proved to be unpopular with the drivers and has been in the headlines in particular since the recent United States […]
Piero Ferrari and Binotto lead tributes to legendary F1 engineer Forghieri
Forghieri is widely regarded as one of the key players in the history of Scuderia Ferrari, having been a team manager and both a chassis and engine designer with the Maranello outfit. His stint with the company lasted from 1959 to 1987, encompassing some of its most memorable successes. He is credited with an involvement […]
Ferrari’s rivals don’t think Mexico slump was true reflection of F1 form
Ferrari endured one of its most challenging outings of the season in Mexico last weekend as it could not extract its regular pace from the F1-75. That left the door open for Mercedes to emerge as Red Bull’s main challenger for victory. In the end, Carlos Sainz was the lead Ferrari to come home in […]
Legendary Ferrari F1 designer dies at 87
During a lengthy career as the technical chief at Ferrari, from 1962 to 1984, he helped guide Ferrari to four drivers’ titles, seven constructors’ crowns and 54 grand prix victories. He originally joined Ferrari as an apprentice in 1960, having graduated from the University of Bologna with a mechanical engineering degree. Having made a good […]
Verstappen “incredibly proud” of F1 season win record despite lack of stat interest
Having clinched his second F1 world title at Suzuka earlier this month, Verstappen continued his dominant campaign by scoring his 14th win of the year in Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix. It meant Verstappen surpassed the existing record jointly held by Michael Schumacher from 2004 and Sebastian Vettel from 2013, as well as claiming the record […]
Alonso’s comments about F1 titles “make me giggle a little bit”
In an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that was published last Saturday, Alonso discussed the value of F1 titles won against drivers from other teams compared to those fought only against a team-mate. Alonso took to Twitter after the quotes began to circulate to say that “all titles are amazing” and he was “tired […]