The Alpine driver was handed a 30-second penalty after the Austin race when the FIA stewards deemed his car had been running in an unsafe condition during the event following a protest from rival squad Haas. Alonso was involved in a scary accident with Aston Martin rival Lance Stroll early on, the Alpine going airborne […]
Hamilton addressed the subject of encouraging female racing drivers in Austin on Thursday, suggesting that the F1 organisation could do more to save the W Series, which is currently on hold due to financial issues. He noted: “With the organisation, with F1 and Liberty doing so well, it was not a lot for them to […]
With Max Verstappen having already secured his second drivers’ crown at Suzuka, the Milton Keynes team finally won the constructors’ version in Austin, ending an eight-year run by Mercedes since the new power unit rules were introduced in 2014. The success came just a day after the team was rocked by news of the death […]
Red Bull clinched its first F1 constructors’ championship since 2013 after winning Sunday’s United States Grand Prix courtesy of Max Verstappen. It marked Verstappen’s 13th win of the year, matching the record shared by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, and the team’s 15th of the season after a dominant charge to both titles. Verstappen fought […]
Mercedes has just three races left to avoid its first winless season in 11 years after struggling to take the fight to Red Bull and Ferrari under the revised technical regulations for 2022. But the team has made decent progress over the season to get closer to the front runners. Lewis Hamilton came close to […]
“Everyone wants to find that edge in any way in the sport. When you are dealing with hundredths of milliseconds, you look for any advantage you can to help you go faster,” says Ed Green, Head of Commercial Technology for McLaren F1 team. Every area of race operations activity is scrutinised to try to find […]
These will be the last opportunities for any teams to run rookies this year, as Brazil is a sprint race and thus FP1 is followed by qualifying in the afternoon. It is understood than any formal confirmation of Doohan’s outings has been delayed by complications over formally finalising Oscar Piastri’s exit from the team. The […]
The Formula 1 constructors’ championship battle always plays second fiddle to the fight for the drivers’ crown. Not helping the end-of-2022 show, Red Bull was all but certain to land its first teams’ trophy since 2013 heading into the United States Grand Prix in Austin last weekend. Nevertheless, during an event where the death of […]
The team was named recently by the FIA alongside Red Bull Racing and Williams as having failed to fully comply with the 2021 financial regulations. However while Red Bull was deemed to have overspent and made procedural errors, Aston Martin and Williams were only guilty of the latter. The Williams case, involving the late submission […]
The double success came the day after Red Bull boss Mateschitz passed away, an event that Horner suggested made Verstappen even more determined to win. The Dutchman looked set to score a straightforward victory until an 11-second pit stop due to an issue with the left front dropped him back. He thus had a fight […]