The 2022 Bahrain and Australian GP winner was on his third lap aboard the 1972 Ferrari 312B3 as part of a parade alongside ex-Ferrari driver and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky Ickx. Leclerc headed out for a slow sighter lap but soon picked up the pace and on his third lap, lost the rear of […]
It might not have been a perfectly smooth weekend, but the Miami Grand Prix was a huge success for Formula 1. The crowds came, the place was thronged with more A-listers than we’ve ever seen at one event, and in the end it produced a decent race, helped by a late safety car that livened […]
The FIA restructured its F1 operations for this year following the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi that saw race director Michael Masi fail to implement the regulations. It led to Masi being replaced by two race directors, Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas, and major changes to the support they have in […]
F1 staged its inaugural Miami Grand Prix last weekend, attracting a sell-out crowd and a host of big name celebrities in a vibrant new event for the series. It was the latest sign of F1’s growth in the United States, which looks set to only continue next year with the addition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The race […]
Alonso lost his ninth-place finish in Miami last weekend after the race stewards handed down a five-second penalty for him gaining a lasting advantage after he accidentally cut the chicane near the end of the race. Running ahead of a train of cars that included Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, Alonso made an error at […]
Russell and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth in Miami last weekend, although they were well off the pace of the Red Bulls and Ferraris ahead. They had looked much more competitive in Friday practice, but that form faded as the weekend went on. Nevertheless, Russell remains convinced that the performance is in the car. […]
Last season, the fight between Horner and Mercedes chief Toto Wolff became personal at times as the pair sometimes engaged in a war of words. PLUS: How diplomacy between F1’s heavyweights died in 2021 But despite things being very close between Red Bull and Ferrari this season, so far there has not been any public […]
That’s because the placement of the chicane, and the tight sequence of corners around it, was effectively forced on organisers because of its geographical location under the Turnpike road bridges. As the project’s lead design engineer Andrew Wallis put it, the layout had to “thread the needle” to satisfy FIA track safety regulations. UK-based track […]
F1’s current owner Liberty Media has followed a route of chasing new additions to the calendar in large population areas, rather than permanent venues in the middle of nowhere. With Miami and Jeddah having recently hosted races on city tracks, a new grand prix is set to take place in Las Vegas next year. While […]
Record TV figures, a sell-out crowd and an influx of star power helped make it one of F1’s biggest events to date, further laying the foundations for the expansion to three American races next year once Las Vegas joins the calendar. But for Michael Andretti, more needs to be done to grow American interest in F1 […]