Tag: F1 News

31 Mar 2022

Aston Martin confirms Vettel return for Australian GP

Four-time F1 world champion Vettel tested positive in the days leading up to the Bahrain season-opener, ruling him out of the race weekend and prompting Aston Martin to draft in Nico Hulkenberg as his replacement. Vettel failed to return a negative test in time for him to take part in the second race of the […]

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31 Mar 2022

F1 to return to Las Vegas with Saturday night race in 2023

F1 has been in talks with promoters over a potential Las Vegas Grand Prix for some time, but confirmed on Tuesday night that the race would be joining the calendar from next year. It means the United States will stage three grands prix from next year as Las Vegas joins the Miami Grand Prix and […]

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31 Mar 2022

Strong Alfa Romeo F1 form is “best case scenario”

After losing his Mercedes drive to George Russell, Bottas had a choice between Alfa Romeo and Williams for this year, and he eventually opted for the Swiss-based team. In Bahrain he qualified and finished sixth, and then in Saudi Arabia last weekend he qualified eighth and was ahead of eventual sixth place finisher Esteban Ocon […]

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30 Mar 2022

Andretti, Hill, Gurney and more

The arrival of the Miami International Autodrome means that the 2022 season will be the first F1 campaign to have two races in North America since 1984. Michael Andretti also hopes to enter F1 with his own American team, to join Haas, but the other piece of the jigsaw would surely be an American driver. […]

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30 Mar 2022

Zhou has “no answer” for recurring F1 anti-stall problems

Alfa Romeo driver Zhou qualified 13th on Saturday in Jeddah, only to drop all the way to the back of the field on the opening lap after anti-stall was triggered on his car following contact with Daniel Ricciardo at Turn 1. It left Zhou five seconds adrift of the pack in 20th place, and although […]

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30 Mar 2022

Alpine pace better than results indicate

In the first event of the season in Bahrain, Alonso finished ninth, two places behind team mate Esteban Ocon, after a less than optimum race that was compromised by engine issues and his tyre strategy. Last weekend in Saudi Arabia the two Alpines battled for sixth place in the early stages, and while Ocon ultimately […]

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30 Mar 2022

F1 should look into DRS placement after Saudi GP ‘cat and mouse games’

In Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc fought out a gripping battle, which culminated in the final 10 laps when Verstappen started attacking Leclerc for the lead. Realising the power of the DRS on Jeddah’s long city streets, Leclerc purposefully started easing off the throttle […]

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30 Mar 2022

No ‘arm twisting’ to convince F1 drivers to race in Saudi Arabia

Following the missile strike on an Aramco oil facility less than 10 miles away from the circuit during opening practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, F1 held talks with all 20 drivers to assure them of their safety for the rest of the weekend. But following their usual pre-race briefing in Jeddah, the drivers […]

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