Two years after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the race weekend just hours before practice was due to begin, the F1 paddock has returned to Melbourne for the third round of the 2022 season. The layout of the Albert Park track has been tweaked in a bid to improve overtaking opportunities and create a better […]
Autosport understands the two drivers are Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez, and will drive a Tickford Mustang and Triple Eight Commodore respectively. Alonso will drive will jump behind the wheel of Thomas Randle’s Castrol-backed Mustang for a handful of demonstration laps. It will mark his first taste of a Supercar, after a plan to drive […]
Amid worldwide freight delays that have been triggered by rising transport costs and the impact of the Ukraine war, shipments of equipment that teams had sent weeks ago risked not making it on time. A ship containing the freight of three teams, which had originally been expected to take 42 days, was delayed by more […]
Leclerc has held an edge over Sainz throughout the first two race weekends of the year, with the Monegasque driver having found the right driving style and set-up for the new 2022 cars. After a 2021 campaign where there was little to separate Leclerc and Sainz, Red Bull had been counting on the two drivers […]
Last week F1 announced the Las Vegas Grand Prix would return to the calendar from next year with a November date slot, bolstering the number of races in the United States to three grand prix in 2023 alongside the Miami Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Check out the circuit layout […]
One area that has changed significantly and has caused some early dramas for a number of teams is the brakes. Teams had built a reliance on the brake assembly for a number of reasons, all of which have been reduced significantly as part of a push to reduce costs and improve the racing. Firstly, the allowable brake disc diameter has been increased […]
Following a two-year hiatus triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the Australian GP is back on the calendar this year at a revamped Melbourne track. Several corners have been re-profiled and made wider, while the biggest changes have been made at the back of the circuit. The run from the new Turn 6 down to Turn […]
Ricciardo and teammate Lando Norris have struggled in the opening two races of 2022 as McLaren was caught off the pace of the frontrunners. After finishing in the top four in the past two seasons, McLaren was blown away by the opposition at a painful Bahrain opening weekend, Ricciardo and Norris finishing in 14th and […]
Miami GP organisers have released a rendered flyby video highlighting its multiple high-end hospitality zones and grandstands around the circuit – including a trackside ‘yacht club’ and a temporary beach with swimming pools. A Monaco-style marina is being constructed – complete with a dozen or so dry-docked yachts – that will be positioned on the […]
But their ability to be flexible at the front of the car – especially amid the restrictions of the cost cap – will be helped by clever nose solutions. The make-up of the nose structure up and down the grid has changed for 2022, with many of the teams taking the opportunity to use a […]