As we await the outcome of the FIA’s enquiry into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix debacle, what are the practical steps the governing body needs to take to restore respect and confidence in its people and procedures? And should race director Michael Masi stay or go? In the latest edition of the Flat Chat podcast, […]
On the one hand, it prompted some questions about the fairness of race drivers working in the sim at such a time, and giving their teams that extra edge just hours before the cars hit the track. But it also provided the latest proof that even for those drivers who have long been sceptical about the value […]
According to rumours filtering in from Maranello, the team could return to a triangular shaped airbox, without the two horns that set the SF21 apart from the rest last season. It’s understood that the team wants to move away from the oval airbox design it appropriated last season in order to provide less obstruction to […]
As part of the rules overhaul for this year, F1 is demanding that cars use E10 fuel – which is a mixture of 90 percent fossil fuel and 10 percent ethanol. The change has been widely expected to trigger a drop in power, but there have been suggestions from manufacturers that they have managed to recover all of those […]
A showcar created by FOM last year provided some insight into the basic form that the new designs will take, but teams have been busy developing their own ideas based on what they think can give them the edge over their rivals. PLUS: Will 2022’s all-new cars look like F1’s concept model? F1’s designers have been more constrained in some areas, because […]
With rookie team-mate Yuki Tsunoda learning the ropes in his maiden campaign, Gasly had to do the heavy lifting at AlphaTauri to keep it in the fight for fifth in the constructors’ championship, a battle the team eventually lost to Alpine. PLUS: How Alpine conquered F1 2021’s battle of the ‘A-team’ midfielders Gasly has been […]
The sport’s first night race was absent from the calendar in both 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it returns this year on October 2 as the middle event of a triple header that includes Russia and Japan. The last Singapore GP contract extension was a four-year deal announced in September 2017, […]
With teams putting the finishing touches to their 2022 challengers, there is some hope that the more restrictive regulations won’t make all the designs identical. For although there are far more limits in terms of bodywork shape, it is hoped that there is enough scope for each team to have their own interpretations – which […]
Masi’s position has been in question since the controversial ending of the Abu Dhabi GP, when the drivers between leader Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were waved past the safety car deployed after Nicholas Latifi’s crash. This ultimately helped decide the outcome of the 2021 world championship, as Verstappen used his fresher tyres to overtake […]
Derek Warwick is spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing his favourite team-mate. From the tough-as-nails Brian Henton at Toleman in Formula 2 and subsequently in F1, to racing legend Mario Andretti at Le Mans in 1996 and Peter ‘Perfect’ Brock at Bathurst the following year, plus racing the Jaguar XJR-14 alongside Martin Brundle […]