Month: September 2022

01 Sep 2022

Mercedes believes Spa F1 engine can be repaired

In the incident where the pair clashed on the opening lap at Spa last weekend, Hamilton’s Mercedes was sent high into the air after he had moved across on the Alpine still on his inside at the first part of the Les Combes chicane. Hamilton quickly crashed back down into the runoff area, in an […]

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01 Sep 2022

Session times, how to watch and more

The San Marino GP at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli marks MotoGP’s second visit to Italy following May’s Italian GP at Mugello. It marks the first Misano race since 2017 without home hero Valentino Rossi, who hails from nearby Tavullia, but the event is still expected to generate a big buzz in the surrounding area. […]

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01 Sep 2022

Red Bull will keep Verstappen “within a bubble” at F1 home race

In 2021 Verstappen arrived at his first Dutch GP trailing World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton by three points as their tense title battle continued to ramp up. This time the situation is very different, with Verstappen currently 93 points ahead of team mate Sergio Perez, and 98 clear of Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc. Despite the […]

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01 Sep 2022

Fangio, Stewart, Hill and more

The outfit that, like Ferrari, manufactured its own parts including the engine, scored 17 wins and 11 poles between its world championship debut in the 1951 British Grand Prix and its final proper F1 start, as Stanley BRM, in 1977. Some of the era’s best drivers appeared for BRM and seven won points-paying races. For […]

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01 Sep 2022

Zandvoort trials ‘fake’ gravel trap solution for F1 Dutch GP

As Autosport’s exclusive images show, the idea has been incorporated at Turn 12 – the second part of the Hans Ernst chicane. Prompted by problems at last year’s GP of cars running wide across the kerbs there and dragging gravel on to the circuit – which caused red flags in support events – Zandvoort has […]

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