Alpine is currently undergoing structural changes as CEO Laurent Rossi flexes his muscles after the team’s first season under the name of the specialist sportscar division. Last week Alpine announced that executive director Marcin Budkowski, who served as de facto team principal in 2021 despite the role not officially existing, has left the team. Rossi […]
After a one-year delay F1 is finally introducing its much-anticipated new technical regulations in 2022, drastically overhauling the aerodynamics in a bid to improve overtaking. As F1 hopes a reduction of dirty air and a more prescriptive ruleset will make the racing closer, some observers fear that the nature of a new regulations cycle will […]
F1 and its governing body have found themselves on the receiving end of a wave of criticism for the way in which the 2021 season ended in controversy after the way a late-race safety car restart was handled at the final race. While an FIA investigation into the events of Abu Dhabi and questions over […]
Part of the agreement for the three experimental sprint races held last year was an allowance within the new the budget cap framework for competing in the extra events. Teams were given an allowance of $150,000 per event or $450,000 in total just for taking part in the three sprints. The teams were also given […]
The Woking outfit is the third team to reveal a launch date this far, with Aston Martin opting for 10 February and Ferrari naming 17 February. All three dates announced thus far suggest that the teams concerned are planning to run shakedown “filming days” ahead of the start of official testing at Barcelona on 23 […]
Mercedes offered Grosjean the chance to test its 2019 W10 car following the French driver’s departure from F1 at the end of 2020, where the horrific accident he endured at the Bahrain Grand Prix proved to be his final race in the championship. To allow Grosjean to sign off on a higher note, Mercedes had […]
Ferrari F1 chief Mattia Binotto said in December the team was planning to launch its new car in mid-February prior to the start of pre-season testing. But Ferrari has now formalised its plans by announcing on social media that it will unveil the 2022 model on 17 February, one month from today. Ferrari […]
The Canadian believes that learning to focus on those qualities was the biggest lesson he took from the 2021 season. Latifi showed clear signs of improvement during his second year with the Grove team, and was closer to team-mate George Russell in qualifying. He scored his first points with seventh in Hungary, finishing a place […]
A resurgent Ferrari enjoyed a much more competitive 2021 season after finishing a lowly sixth the year before and challenged McLaren to third place, which the Woking team claimed in 2020. A tight battle between McLaren and Ferrari ebbed and flowed for most of the season until the Scuderia surged clear in the final third […]
The Spaniard turned 40 last July, and with his contemporary Kimi Raikkonen now retired he is the oldest driver on this year’s grid, ahead of 37-year-old Lewis Hamilton. Alonso made his Grand Prix debut with Minardi in 2001. He missed the 2002 season while serving as Renault test driver and took a break from F1 […]