Ocon was hit with a five-second time penalty in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix for lining up too far to the right of his grid box. In the following race in Saudi Arabia, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso similarly copped a penalty after he lined up to the left. In the wake of those penalties, the FIA responded by […]
The phenomenal efficiency of Red Bull’s DRS overtaking aid has been on full display this season, with Max Verstappen slashing through the field in Saudi Arabia to climb from 15th to second. Verstappen’s DRS pass on Lewis Hamilton in the Australian Grand Prix also raised eyebrows, flying past the Mercedes driver with a speed difference […]
After the disappointing start to life for the limited W14 machine, the successor to the porpoising 2022 car, there was speculation that Allison had resumed a more hands-on role at Brackley. The former Lotus and Ferrari technical boss joined Mercedes in 2017 and after four years at the helm of the design department, he stepped […]
Aston Martin has been the surprise package of 2023’s opening trio of races, with Fernando Alonso taking three consecutive podiums in a much improved car after the team struggled in 2022. While the Silverstone squad’s progress has been a blow to every other team that has been thumped down the pecking order, it has also […]
The two parties co-operated with a temporary arrangement last year and have now expanded that in a deal that reflects F1’s efforts to extend its relationships in the TV world, especially in the American market. The rights to broadcast races in the USA are held by Disney-owned ESPN until the end of 2025, while the […]
For the six sprint rounds this season, starting in Azerbaijan later this month, the Saturday races are expected to transition to become standalone events with no bearing on the main Sunday showpiece. Previously, the finishing order of the shorter sprint race set the grid for the following grand prix. But drivers argued that this disincentivised […]
Russell said in Melbourne that Red Bull has been “holding back” and not showing its full pace at the moment out of fear that rivals might find a way to rein it in through rule changes. Red Bull has won all three races held so far in 2023, with the first two events both resulting […]
After the disappointing start to life for the limited W14 machine, the successor to the porpoising 2022 car, there was speculation that Allison had resumed a more hands-on role at Brackley. The former Lotus and Ferrari technical boss joined Mercedes in 2017 and after four years at the helm of the design department, he stepped […]
Last season, after three races Leclerc led the world championship by a comfortable margin on 71 points, having scored two victories. This year, after round three he lies 10th with his only score a seventh place in Saudi Arabia, where he had to recover from a grid penalty. He stopped with an engine issue in […]
The four-time MotoGP race winner had his debut weekend as a factory Ducati rider cut short on lap two of the sprint race at the Algarve International Circuit, when fellow Ducati peddler Luca Marini of the VR46 squad crashed into him. Bastianini suffered a broken shoulder blade in the crash, which ruled him out of […]