Month: January 2023

25 Jan 2023

F1 success with Alpine would be “amazing” way to honour Hubert

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25 Jan 2023

Pramac unwraps 2023 MotoGP livery

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25 Jan 2023

Podcast: Top 10 F1 one-hit wonders

This week’s podcast looks at the 26 drivers who took a single world championship F1 win. Some of those drivers should have won many more races, while others got on the list through good fortune or an outstanding performance.Here is our pick of F1’s top 10 one-hit wonders, based on their drives to victory, the […]

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25 Jan 2023

What next for F1 after FOM's broadside to Ben Sulayem

Rather than it being a side story to F1’s ongoing Netflix-era soap opera, it potentially marks the start of a change of dynamic in the way the championship is run.While in public there has long been a united front between FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, paddock regulars know that things […]

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25 Jan 2023

F1 to change shortened-race points rule after Verstappen title confusion

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24 Jan 2023

F1 chiefs angered by Ben Sulayem’s "unacceptable" remarks

Ben Sulayem took to social media on Monday to express his concern about the implications of an exaggerated price for F1.In the wake of a report from Bloomberg that Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund had tabled a $20 billion bid for F1 but without interest from owner Liberty Media, Ben Sulayem said he was worried about […]

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24 Jan 2023

How Alpine plans to take the next step in F1 2023

The A522 car was by no means the fastest of the chasing pack every weekend, but it was on many occasions, showing particularly well at high-efficiency tracks, and in low-speed corners. In the end, it proved just good enough to outscore the competition.After three successive years in fifth place under the Renault and Alpine names, […]

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24 Jan 2023

FIA outlines plan for F1 race directors in 2023

Last year, in the wake of the controversy over the FIA’s handling of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, motor racing’s governing body elected a system whereby F1 race control was led by two different individuals.Wittich and Edoardo Freitas shared the race director role for much of the season, as the FIA took on board […]

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24 Jan 2023

Fittipaldi stays at Haas for fifth season in F1 test/reserve role

The young Brazilian-American, who was called up for two grands prix at the end of 2020 as replacement for the injured Romain Grosjean, will twin his reserve duties with Haas alongside his efforts for the Jota team in WEC’s LMP2 class.As part of his Haas responsibilities, Fittipaldi will likely get some test mileage – most […]

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