Year: 2022

29 Oct 2022

Russell leads Hamilton for Mercedes 1-2 in FP3

Charles Leclerc took fourth for Ferrari but ended up even further back from the dominant Mercedes pair, complaining about understeer aboard his F1-75. If Ferrari can solve that, F1 may get a three-team fight for pole on Saturday at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with Red Bull also needing to ease Verstappen’s path over the kerbs […]

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29 Oct 2022

Horner believes Red Bull won’t breach 2022 F1 cost cap

However, he admits he can’t say with “100% confidence” that Red Bull will be safe – and suggests that six teams are still at risk of breaching the 2022 cap limit. The FIA announced on Friday that Red Bull has been fined $7m and hit with a 10% reduction in aero testing for the next […]

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29 Oct 2022

George Russell fastest in Mexican GP practice for Mercedes

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fastest in FP1 before Russell topped FP2, which doubled as a 2023 Pirelli prototype tyre test and so was unrepresentative in the main. But Russell set the time on 2022-spec soft tyres, as he didn’t run in FP1, so it was a competitively legitimate lap. Mexican Grand Prix FP1 results: Sainz […]

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29 Oct 2022

F1 Mexican GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch & more

Due to the 2023 Pirelli tyre test in FP2, Russell stormed to top spot having been permitted to start the session on the 2022 tyres after missing first practice for the rookie running to take place.  The Mercedes driver duly led the times with a 1m19.970s set on the soft tyres, 0.828s faster than nearest […]

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28 Oct 2022

“Justice prevailed” on Alonso F1 mirror penalty

Alonso was originally given a post-race 30-second time penalty after a protest by Haas that claimed the Spaniard’s car was in a dangerous condition after he drove for many laps with a flapping right mirror, and then finished the race with no rear visibility after it came loose and fell off. Haas also protested the […]

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28 Oct 2022

Full FIA report on Aston Martin F1 cost cap procedural breach and penalty

Here is the FIA’s report in full: An Accepted Breach Agreement (“ABA”) dated 25 October 2022 has been entered into by the Cost Cap Administration and AMR GP Limited (“AMR”) pursuant to Article 6.28 of the FIA Formula 1 Financial Regulations (“Financial Regulations”). The Financial Regulations are issued by the FIA and form part of […]

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28 Oct 2022

“Really exciting” Hamilton plans to sign new Mercedes F1 deal

Hamilton revealed in an interview with select media including Autosport over the United States Grand Prix weekend that he intends to sign a new deal with Mercedes. His current contract expires at the end of next season. Russell started working fully alongside Hamilton this year after spending the past three seasons with Williams, giving him […]

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28 Oct 2022

Mexico to remain on F1 calendar through 2025

The race at Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez returned to the calendar in 2015 after a 22-year hiatus and has been a popular fixture ever since, just missing out in 2020 due to COVID-19. Ahead of F1’s seventh visit in the current era it was announced that F1 had agreed new terms with the Mexico […]

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