Nyck de Vries (NLD) Mercedes AMG F1 Test and Reserve Driver – © Copyright: Batchelor / XPB Images Nyck de Vries has stated that while he is older than the average Formula 1 driver entering his rookie season, his age is irrelevant considering the experience he enters to racing ...
Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR22. Mexican Grand Prix, Saturday 29th October 2022. Mexico City, Mexico. Aston Martin says it “has to be aggressive” with the design of its 2023 Formula 1 car as it bids to move up the order. Aston Martin endured a fraught start ...
Jack Doohan has not managed to get an Alpine Formula 1 drive for 2023. But it’s not for the lack of trying. F1’s newest free practice debutant is now front-and-centre in Alpine’s junior programme following the messy Oscar Piastri saga. That might have seemed like a natural progression given ...
Nelson Piquet faces backlash after shocking comment about Brazil’s president Ex-F1 driver Mazepin launches surprising new career Could Schumacher link up with AlphTauri for 2024? Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has weighed in on Mick Schumacher’s future in Formula 1 amid reports that the German will lose his ...
In little more than a year, Pato O’Ward went from Red Bull F1 junior programme reject – in ridiculous fashion – to IndyCar star and future F1 tester with McLaren. The fact he’s being trusted with $10 million Ayrton Senna McLaren F1 cars reflects the regard he is held ...
Nelson Piquet has come under criticism for a comment that appeared on social media this week regarding newly-elected Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The three-time Formula 1 champion is a known supporter of da Silva’s opponent in the 2022 election Jair Bolsonaro, who has held office since 2019. ...
Every time an Alpine (usually Fernando Alonso’s) has suffered a race-ending failure in Formula 1 this season, the team has turned to the same silver lining. The priority for its all-new engine for 2022 was performance, as we’ve heard all season long. Reliability can come later. This is because ...
Ex-Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin has launched a new career outside of motorsport, following his departure from Haas earlier this year. Posting recently on Instagram, Mazepin announced that he had started his own events company, called ‘The Ninety Nine Events’. The Russian posted a picture of himself attending and ...
Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has proposed that Haas should drop Kevin Magnussen instead of Mick Schumacher for the 2023 Formula 1 season. Mick, the nephew of Ralf, is out of contract at Haas at the end of the year, and has been rumoured to be departing the US-owned ...
Steiner would be a ‘fool’ to drop Schumacher from Haas Ferrari was ‘clearly protecting something’ in Mexico, claims Brundle Is a fresh start the best option for Ricciardo? McLaren is not against the idea of retaining Daniel Ricciardo for 2023, with the Australian continuing in a reserve driver role ...
Red Bull is investing in a new windtunnel as one of the last commitments made by Dietrich Mateschitz to the Formula 1 operation. Since Red Bull bought the Jaguar team in 2004 it has used the old Arrows windtunnel, which was repurposed for F1 use having existed as an ...
No reason to think the two-time champion won't follow in the recent footsteps of Schumacher, Vettel and Hamilton.
Team Principal of the Haas Formula 1 squad Guenther Steiner has been warned against dropping Mick Schumacher at the end of 2022. Schumacher’s contract with Haas expires at the end of the campaign, and it is believed he is contending against Nico Hulkenberg for the seat alongside Kevin Magnussen ...
“I wish now that I would have felt a bit more comfortable at the beginning of the season to make things a bit more complicated for Max.” Things move so quickly in Formula 1 that it’s easy to forget that Carlos Sainz was having a tough time of it ...
Ex-Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle believes that Ferrari was “clearly protecting something” during the Mexico City Grand Prix last weekend. The Italian squad suffered one of its most difficult races of the year, with Carlos Sainz crossing the line in fifth place, over half a minute down on race ...
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says that his team has spoken to Lando Norris more than once over the last number of years. Norris made his F1 debut with McLaren in 2019, and is currently signed up to race with the team until 2025, having penned an extension ...
Romain Grosjean has revealed his admiration for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who clinched his second Formula 1 title last month. Since joining the energy drink-backed squad in 2016, Verstappen has enjoyed success with the team, particularly across the last two years. The Dutchman has dominated the 2022 Formula 1 ...
Oscar Piastri has been conspicuous in his absence from the public eye in Formula 1 since his rejection of Alpine in favour of a McLaren move was ratified by Formula 1’s Contract Recognition Board. Piastri has been Alpine’s reserve driver this year as part of a programme that the ...
The Mercedes Formula 1 team claims that it now has the car performance to take the fight to Ferrari at every race weekend. Having struggled for performance in the early stages of the 2022 season, Mercedes has improved its form as the year has progressed, and is currently chasing ...
It’s obvious that Mercedes’ early struggles in misjudging its 2022 Formula 1 car concept severely compromised in-season development, but Toto Wolff has now quantified the loss to his team’s aerodynamicists. Mercedes has still thrown new parts at the W13, including a recent front wing upgrade for Austin/Mexico that had ...
Alfa Romeo Team Principal Frederic Vasseur insists it is too early to think about its driver line-up for when it becomes Audi in 2026. The Sauber-run team currently operates as Alfa Romeo, however that partnership will come to an end at the conclusion of the 2023 campaign. Earlier this ...
Norris spoke to Red Bull before extending McLaren F1 deal Russell open to chance of working with Ricciardo at Mercedes Hakkinen hails Verstappen and Red Bull’s 2022 F1 season Two-time Formula 1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen believes the negative publicity that Red Bull received following its cost cap breach ...
Formula 1’s superlicence penalty points system is a good idea but poorly-implemented, as the absurd situation Pierre Gasly finds himself in – of being potentially one incident away from an automatic race ban – proves. Gasly has accrued 10 superlicence penalty points, just two away from the 12-point tally ...
SHOULD THE STRATEGY HAVE JUST BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE? SHOULD HAMILTON HAVE RUN LONGER AND GONE TO SOFTS? SHOULD RUSSELL HAVE RUN LONGER AND GONE TO SOFTS? SHOULD IT HAVE SPLIT STRATEGIES? WHAT HE DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY Mercedes Formula 1 strategy director James Vowles has no qualms about ...
Mauro Forghieri – who died today aged 87 – stands as one of Formula 1’s great engineering geniuses for his work with Ferrari from the early 1960s to the mid 1980s. He is probably best remembered for his landmark 312T design in which Niki Lauda won Ferrari the 1975 ...
Lando Norris says that he spoke to Red Bull, as well as other teams, before penning an extension with McLaren earlier this year. Norris is currently tied down to McLaren until the end of 2025, after joining the Woking-based squad in 2019. The Briton has scored one pole position ...
Mercedes junior Frederik Vesti will pilot one of the team’s Formula 1 cars in the post-season Abu Dhabi Grand Prix test but can he follow in the footsteps of George Russell and progress to F1? Danish driver Vesti will get his first taste of F1 machinery in the Yas ...
George Russell says that he would welcome the chance to work alongside Daniel Ricciardo at Mercedes in 2023. Ricciardo will depart McLaren at the end of the current campaign, having endured a difficult two seasons racing for the Woking-based squad. His original contract was set to expire at the ...
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team in the FIA Press Conference. United States Grand Prix, Thursday 20th October 2022. Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, USA. Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas will make his Race of Champions at its upcoming event in January. Bottas was a ...
Daniel Ricciardo reckoned Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix was a rare occasion he did not feel like a “passenger” in his McLaren. One week ago Ricciardo cut a disconsolate figure after finishing 16th in a miserable United States Grand Prix in Austin, one of his favourite places and races. ...
Mauro Forghieri, who is credited with designing several World Championship winning Ferrari cars, has died at the age of 87. In 1961, at just 27 years of age, Forghieri was appointed to the role of technical chief at Ferrari, having joined the Italian squad as an apprentance the year ...
Class of 2022 – Junior Programme Line-Up – Frederik Vesti Mercedes junior Frederik Vesti will make his Formula 1 test debut at the post-season rookie session in Abu Dhabi. Vesti joined Mercedes’ young driver programme prior to the 2021 season, and went on to finish fourth in the Formula ...
Ex-Formula 1 driver turned pundit Martin Brundle asserts that he fully supports Sky Sports colleague Ted Kravtiz amid a fallout with Red Bull. Last weekend at the Mexico City Grand Prix, Red Bull installed a boycott of Sky Sports after being unhappy with comments that were made throughout the ...
Nico Hulkenberg has provided an update on his future, stating that he is “optimistic” amid rumours that he will join Haas next year. Hulkenberg has not raced full-time in Formula 1 since the 2019 season with Renault, after which he took on a reserve driver role with the Racing ...
Max Verstappen’s record-breaking 14th victory in the 2022 Formula 1 season came down to something that he talked about after his ninth. “It’s not only today, I think I’m always good on tyres,” Verstappen said at the Belgian Grand Prix, when asked about how well he had managed his ...
1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve believes that Red Bull’s cost cap breach shouldn’t fall under the category of cheating. Last month, the FIA confirmed that Red Bull had exceeded last year’s cap by £1.4 million, which would’ve dropped to less than half a million had a tax ...
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL36 makes a pit stop – © Copyright: Charniaux / XPB Images On lap 45 of the Mexico City Grand Prix, McLaren set a new Formula 1 record pit-stop time of 1.98 seconds with Daniel Ricciardo since the FIA introduced new rules in an attempt ...
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) McLaren MCL36 on the grid – © Copyright: Charniaux / XPB Images 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button has doubts about Daniel Ricciardo returning to the Formula 1 grid if he doesn’t have a drive in the 2023 season. With all but one of the ...
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz accepted that fifth and sixth was the best result he and Charles Leclerc could have managed after a tough weekend in Mexico. The Scuderia arrived in Mexico City having last managed a race win in Austria through Leclerc, despite starting four of the previous eight races ...
Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas starred in Mexican Grand Prix qualifying, splitting the Ferraris, but a difficult race meant he was fortunate to come away with even a point for 10th. There were several factors at play here – some related to Bottas’s own driving, others to ...
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has announced that Stoffel Vandoorne has joined it as a reserve driver for the 2023 season. The Belgian will share duties alongside reigning Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich, who signed to the team earlier this year. It also appears that Nico Hulkenberg has ...
Daniel Ricciardo is prepared to take “responsibility” for his collision with Yuki Tsunoda in Mexico on Sunday, but he is not sure it was entirely his fault. The Australian was making his way up the order on Softs having started on Mediums, when he encountered the AlphaTauri. Their battle ...
Former McLaren Formula 1 driver and reigning Formula E champion Stoffel Vandoorne will serve as test and reserve driver for Aston Martin in 2023. Vandoorne, who has been F1 reserve for Aston’s F1 engine supplier Mercedes, won the Formula E crown as part of the German manufacturer’s outfit in ...
Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto has conceded that he does not have a “clear explanation” for the lack of performance Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc experienced at last weekend’s Mexico City Grand Prix. Sainz qualified fifth, sixth tenths of a second adrift of Max Verstappen on Saturday, while Charles ...
Formula 1 is set to drop the planned reduction in maximum tyre blanket temperatures to 50°C next season after drivers raised safety concerns following the United States Grand Prix 2023 tyre test. Tyre blankets will be banned in 2024, and as part of the preparation for this Pirelli requested ...
It’s been 113 days since Ferrari won a Formula 1 race and it’s a wait that might continue for quite some time based on its hopeless Mexican Grand Prix weekend. Ironically, arguably its worst performance of 2022 in Mexico City has its roots in one of its finest races ...
Hamilton takes to Twitter after Alonso compared Max Verstappen's two championships favorably to Hamilton's seven.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says team did't think recent comments by Sky Sports have been 'fair and balanced.'
Yuki Tsunoda believes that Daniel Ricciardo’s overtake attempt at the Mexico Grand Prix was “pretty shocking” after it forced the AlphaTauri driver to retire. The duo were battling for 11th place on lap 51 of the race, with Ricciardo attempting to get his car alongside Tsunoda’s on the entry ...
Fernando Alonso says that bad luck is not the reason for his lack of reliability throughout the 2022 Formula 1 season. Alonso suffered yet another mechanical problem at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday when he appeared to be on course for a top-10 finish. The Spaniard has ...
Could Mercedes have done more to stop Max Verstappen winning the Mexican Grand Prix? Certainly Red Bull was “quite surprised” at what it called a “conservative” strategy from its Formula 1 rival. Lewis Hamilton’s first thought when he saw the tyre blankets come off the Red Bulls to reveal ...
Lewis Hamilton says that Fernando Alonso’s recent comments regarding his Formula 1 titles made him “giggle”. Alonso stated that Max Verstappen’s championships have more value than Hamilton’s, claiming that the Briton has mainly had to contend against his own team-mate. Verstappen beat Hamilton to the championship in 2021 following ...
Save for a brief virtual safety car intrusion, the Mexican Grand Prix ran uninterrupted – and it played out largely as a game of strategy, with several Formula 1 drivers either markedly benefitting or getting the short end of the stick based on how their Sundays were executed from ...
George Russell has reflected on his first lap from the Mexico City Grand Prix, after dropping from second to fourth in the opening corners. The Mercedes driver was tucked in behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the run to Turn 1, and pulled to the left as Verstappen defended ...
Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR22 and Pierre Gasly (FRA) AlphaTauri AT03 battle for position. 30.10.2022. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20, Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico City, Mexico, Race Day. – www.xpbimages.com, EMail: requests@xpbimages.com © Copyright: Moy / XPB Images Pierre Gasly believes that the FIA is ...
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has hit out at “derogatory” statements made by Sky Sports against the team, following its decision to boycott the British broadcaster. On Sunday, it emerged that the energy drink-backed squad would not participate in any interviews with Sky Sports due to its dissatisfaction ...
Fernando Alonso’s frustration with his awful reliability record in 2022 reached a new peak after his Mexican Grand Prix retirement, the Spaniard declaring “it cannot be bad luck”. The Alpine driver was running a comfortable seventh place before his engine dropped a cylinder during the final stint and he ...
Max Verstappen surely killed a few dreams with an immaculate victory drive around the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit which in the process made him the first man to win 14 grands prix in a season. There were the dreams of the immense and wildly enthusiastic crowd hoping their hero Sergio ...
Max Verstappen Daniel Ricciardo Alex Albon Mercedes’ 2022 race win hopes George Russell Fernando Alonso Valtteri Bottas Aston Martin The Mexican Grand Prix looked like it might be a Red Bull vs Mercedes battle for victory, but ultimately there wasn’t much of a threat to Max Verstappen as he ...
Yuki Tsunoda labelled Daniel Ricciardo’s overtaking attempt at the Mexican Grand Prix “pretty impossible” after their contact led to Tsunoda’s retirement. Ricciardo was beginning a charge from 13th on soft tyres that would eventually bring him to seventh, with Tsunoda his first target. The McLaren driver caught Tsunoda shortly ...
Max Verstappen and Red Bull boycotted interviews with Formula 1 broadcaster Sky Sports over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend as the world champion believes Sky has been “disrespectful” throughout his second title-winning season in 2022. Sky exclusively broadcasts every F1 race live in key markets including the UK, Germany ...
Max Verstappen has explained why Red Bull opted to boycott Sky Sports in Mexico, following comments made about his 2021 Formula 1 title win. News emerged on Sunday that the entire Red Bull F1 team would snub Sky Sports indefinitely, after reporter Ted Kravitz stated that Lewis Hamilton was ...
Red Bull got opportunistic Disappointment evidence of how far Mercedes has come After Turn 1, Verstappen was always winning this Mercedes’ strategy confused me Mercedes played it too safe Too much focus on battle with Ferrari? The 2022 Mexican Grand Prix might not live long in the memory of ...
Daniel Ricciardo has expressed confidence that being away from a Formula 1 seat in 2023 will help his prospects of returning to a full-time drive. Ricciardo has asserted for some time that he won’t be competing in F1 next year, after opting to part ways with McLaren one year ...
Lewis Hamilton says his experience at the Mexico City Grand Prix in 2022 has been “a bit awkward” due to the boos he has received. The seven-time World Champion ended Sunday’s race from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez in second place, crossing the line behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who ...
Pierre Gasly is just two penalty points away from receiving a race ban in Formula 1. The Frenchman picked up one penalty point at the Mexican Grand Prix after forcing Lance Stroll off the track. The two went side-by-side early in the race into Turn 4, with Gasly attempting ...
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB18 – © Copyright: Charniaux / XPB Images Max Verstappen has won the Mexico City Grand Prix after a dominating performance ahead of Lewis Hamilton and home hero Sergio Perez, breaking the Formula 1 single-season win record in the process. Also taking the ...
Max Verstappen took his 14th race victory of the Formula 1 season, setting a new record for most wins in a season. The Dutchman commanded the race from start to end, crossing the line ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Sergio Perez took a home podium for the second year ...
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The entire Red Bull Formula 1 team is set to boycott Sky Sports after comments were made regarding Max Verstappen’s 2021 title. It was recently revealed that Verstappen himself would ignore Sky Sports, after learning about the remarks. Now, according to Press Association, the entire team is set to ...
17.06.2007 Indianapolis, USA, 1st place Lewis Hamilton (GBR), McLaren Mercedes and 2nd place Fernando Alonso (ESP), McLaren Mercedes – Copyright: Batchelor / XPB.CC Following Fernando Alonso’s recent comments on Max Verstappen’s championships being more valuable than Lewis Hamilton’s, the seven-time world champion has fired back by posting a picture ...
Max Verstappen will lead Sunday’s field for the start of the Mexico City from the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez after securing his sixth pole position of the season on Saturday. The Dutchman will have to keep the Mercedes duo of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton behind him on the long ...
1. Hitting the ground running 2. The Alfa’s prowess in slow-speed corners 3. Kerb riding 4. King of the slippery surface 5. Leclerc’s engine woes Valtteri Bottas performed so well in Mexican Grand Prix qualifying that he surprised himself. Alfa Romeo was targeting seventh, so beating Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari ...
Aston Martin is looking for answers as to why the pace of the AMR22 is lacking this weekend after both Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll were eliminated in the first phase of qualifying. The British side arrived at Mexico City this week having scored points in all of the ...
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz highlighted the difficulty he and Charles Leclerc are having with the ride in the F1-75 in Mexico this weekend, after qualifying fifth and seventh, respectively. However, the Spaniard insisted that he “cannot be too disappointed” with his starting position for Sunday’s race in Mexico City. Sainz ...
Daniel Ricciardo has suggested Formula 1 could introduce paddock “guidelines” after drivers raised concerns at the Mexico City Grand Prix about some fans getting carried away with their behaviour. Around 350,000 fans are expected over the three days of the Mexico weekend, and it has always been a strongly ...
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42 – © Copyright: Coates / XPB Images After sealing a joint season-best sixth in qualifying for the Mexico City Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas has explained how much the layout of the circuit is benefiting the Alfa Romeo C42. The Finnish driver ...
Gasly urges for more fan respect after bag opened in F1 paddock Leclerc: Poor Mexico qualifying down to engine issues What did Ted Kravitz say about Verstappen’s title? Max Verstappen is refusing to speak to Sky Sports after comments were made at last weekend’s US Grand Prix regarding his ...
The Mexican Grand Prix crowd was already among the most passionate on the Formula 1 calendar even before Sergio Perez got into a race-winning car. Now he’s come to his home race amid statistically his best F1 season so far, in a Red Bull team that hasn’t lost a ...
AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly has revealed that his bag has been opened in the paddock during each of the last two race weekends in Austin and Mexico City. The Frenchman arrived at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Friday with his backpack, containing his passport and other personal items, only to ...
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75 – © Copyright: Moy / XPB Images After qualifying in seventh place for the Mexico City Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc has blamed engine issues for plaguing his Saturday where the Ferraris usually shine. The Monegasque driver has nine pole positions over the course of ...
Mercedes has flirted unsuccessfully with winning a Formula 1 race several times in 2022, most recently in the United States Grand Prix last weekend where Lewis Hamilton only lost the lead to Max Verstappen in the closing stages. Even with several factors in its favour, the car simply wasn’t ...
Mexico City’s extreme altitude always tends to contribute to some interesting performance dynamics between the cars. When the air is 25% less dense than at sea level, the difference between a Formula 1 car which is normally draggy and one which is not is far less than usual. For ...