Seidl also conceded McLaren has to find more performance as midfield rivals continue to improve their cars. Norris started only 14th after a power unit sensor issue struck him in qualifying, obliging the team to go back to an older unit for the race, at a cost of some performance on the straights. At the second […]
Vips was heard using racist language during a live stream of a video game on Tuesday, prompting Red Bull to take immediate action. The Formula 1 team issued a statement confirming he had been suspended from its team activities ahead of a full investigation. “Red Bull Racing has suspended junior driver Juri Vips from all […]
All teams are obliged to hand two FP1 sessions to rookies in 2022, with both race drivers stepping down on one occasion apiece. Piastri’s two planned outings are seen as a key part of his learning process as Alpine reserve, along with extensive private running at a variety of tracks with last year’s A521, conducted […]
In essence the Brackley-based outfit believes that it has addressed the porpoising problem, and instead it is now dealing with bouncing and bottoming with a very stiff car. Russell says that every time the team changes something on the car another issue crops up. He adds that every venue is creating its own challenges for […]
After a power unit issue resigned Norris to 14th place in qualifying on Saturday, he dropped back to 18th when McLaren double-stacked its cars in the pits. A slow stop for Daniel Ricciardo forced Norris to wait behind his team-mate, before his car was then initially fitted with the wrong tyres when he was eventually […]
After a weekend of intense political drama in Canada over the FIA’s intervention in trying to reduce car bouncing, a number of teams have been left unhappy about the situation. Matters reached a head in a team principals’ meeting on Saturday when Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto and Horner confronted Wolff about over-dramatising his team’s […]
While a safety car paved the way for a late-race crescendo in the Canadian Grand Prix last weekend, Max Verstappen again took charge to claim his sixth victory of the 2022 Formula 1 season and further strengthen his title defence. Currently operating in white-hot form, Verstappen now sits some 46 points clear at the top […]
A late safety car set up a final charge to the line between Verstappen and Sainz, both of whom were left fighting alone for their teams following setbacks for their team-mates. Verstappen ultimately held on to score his sixth victory of the season, denying Sainz a maiden F1 win that he has come so close […]
The Brackley-based team has had a difficult start to the 2022 campaign, with its W13 suffering from both a bouncing and bottoming out problem. The phenomenon has been so bad on its cars that complaints from George Russell and Lewis Hamilton about the physical pain they are enduring has triggered FIA intervention to help the […]
Alonso qualified second in the wet on Saturday in Montreal but in the race he slipped back to seventh on the road behind teammate Esteban Ocon. Szafnauer believes that had Alonso not been hit by the issue, which compromised his straight-line performance from around Lap 20, he could have fought with Lewis Hamilton and George […]