Leclerc had looked on course to take victory in Barcelona as he held a comfortable lead in the opening phase of the race, after title rival Max Verstappen had lost time with a trip across the gravel and dropped down the order. But on lap 27, as he held an advantage of more than 11 […]
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya announced it had been sold out for the 2022 edition of the race after going through two COVID-19 years with limited attendance, stating 300,000 flocked to the Barcelona venue across the weekend. But soon enough it became apparent the venue was not prepared for the sell-out crowd, with larges queues forming […]
Russell benefited from the retirement of early leader Charles Leclerc to run in third place in the closing stages with team-mate Lewis Hamilton behind him when the pair both suffered a water leak, which allowed Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to pass the seven-time world champion on the penultimate lap. The issue also pushed Russell onto the […]
In Florida, Alonso dropped out of the points when he was handed a penalty for gaining an advantage by going off track when battling with Mick Schumacher. Although such penalties cannot be challenged, Alonso and Alpine sporting director Alan Permane went to see the stewards after the race in order to state their case. Sources […]
After some early season struggles, Aston Martin elected to introduce a major revamp of its AMR22 for this weekend’s race in Barcelona. Its move to adopt the same concept as Red Bull has triggered a wave of controversy and even prompted an investigation from the FIA over car copying – with it being given the all-clear. […]
Mercedes endured a nightmare start to the ground-effect era with a car that suffered from wild porpoising, which forced the team to run its car higher than it wanted. The bouncing also prevented the Brackley outfit from chasing pure performance until the issue could be resolved, as evidenced by 2022’s first five races across which […]
The F1 world championship leader recovered from a spin during his first run in Q3 to jump into pole position with his final lap, displacing Max Verstappen by 0.323 seconds. Verstappen was unable to respond after being hit by his own Q3 troubles, as a DRS fault forced him to abandon his final qualifying lap […]
In the circumstances, Norris was pleased to have made the top 10 in Q2 for the Spanish GP before a track-limits penalty cost him the laptime that would have put him eighth in the session, leaving him stranded instead in 11th place. Norris was subsequently able to view the FIA’s footage of his costly run […]
The Monegasque driver bounced back from a spin in his first run in Q3 to snatch first place on the grid in Barcelona from title rival Max Verstappen with a brilliant late effort. His pole spot was then sealed when Verstappen was unable to respond on his second Q3 run after being slowed by a […]
Bottas parked at the side of the road at the end of the pitstraight, limiting his experience of the team’s major update package to test runs in the earlier session and just one flying lap on the medium tyre in FP2. The Ferrari power unit, which was used by Bottas in the early races of […]