Alonso turned down the chance to extend his stay at Alpine by taking up an offer to join Aston Martin on a “multi-year” deal that takes him to at least the end of the 2024 season. PLUS: The traits that fuelled Alonso’s unexpected Aston Martin move Heading into this season’s summer break, Alpine lies in fourth place in the […]
Mercedes struggled to compete with front-runners Red Bull and Ferrari through the first half of the 2022 season due to a recurring bouncing problem with the W13 car. But it has recently enjoyed an uplift in form, finishing on the podium in each of the last six races, as well as getting both Russell and […]
US racing stalwart Michael Andretti’s bid to expand his multi-series operation to F1 has been met by fierce resistance from most of the discipline’s current 10 entrants. Concerned teams are weary of having to share F1’s prize money with an additional competitor and feel the current $200 million dilution fund is not sufficient as the […]
McLaren is believed to have signed Piastri initially on a reserve driver deal for 2023, one that it intends to upgrade to a race seat, assuming that a plan for Ricciardo’s early exit is eventually agreed. Ricciardo has a firm McLaren contract for next season as part of the original three-year deal that he signed […]
Formula 1 design departments cover every single area of the car, with each section a battleground for development against rival teams, with the outcome ranging from millisecond lap time gains to world championship deciders. But every area of the car can make the difference, while some sections have become even more crucial in recent years […]
Fernando Alonso saw no need for talks with Alpine Formula 1 team-mate Esteban Ocon over his “extreme” defence in Hungary, but admitted he was “surprised” by the moves. Ocon appeared to squeeze Alonso twice on the run to the first corner on the opening lap in Hungary, prompting the Spaniard – who has since signed […]
Both seasons saw seven grands prix held during the April-June period, allowing for a useful comparison as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic fell away. The number of races is significant as F1 divides up its revenue across the year depending on how many events are held in each quarter. In the first part of […]
There have been some stupendous performances over the years and, in this episode of Autosport’s “Short View Back to the Past” series, Chief Editor Kevin Turner picks out F1’s greatest qualifying laps. Please let us know in the comments about any laps we’ve missed and any other topics you’d like us to take on. Want […]
Over the Budapest race weekend, a video emerged on social media showing a fan at the track wearing what appeared to be an orange Verstappen shirt burning a black Mercedes cap. It came just weeks after a similar incident was filmed in a fan area at the Austrian Grand Prix, where abusive fan behaviour led to F1 […]
The AlphaTauri driver was left stranded in 19th on the grid after losing a lap that would have got him through to Q2. The offence took place at Turn 5, where officials were using CCTV for monitoring purposes. Sergio Perez also lost a lap time at the same corner in Q2, but a replay on […]