After the washouts that led to both the Singapore and Japanese Grands Prix being delayed because of downpours, F1 drivers are convinced that a better solution can be found to help get track action resumed as soon as it is safe enough. They believe that just using F1’s safety car to judge water levels on […]
The pair were childhood friends in their karting days in Normandy, but then had some personal issues as they were working their way up the ranks. Many observers thought it would be impossible for them to be team-mates in F1 given the potential tensions, but Gasly insists there’s a bigger picture and that being in […]
Gasly will join the team next year from AlphaTauri to replace Fernando Alonso, who will link up with Aston Martin. PLUS: Why Red Bull freedom and an Alpine switch can define Gasly’s F1 career Ocon and Gasly have had an uneasy relationship in recent years, however the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix winner insists that the pair […]
The Middle Eastern country already hosts a grand prix at a street circuit in Jeddah, but that was always been viewed as an interim measure before its new state-of-the-art facility at Qiddiya near Riyadh in complete. It is currently projected for Qiddiya to be ready in 2026, and the original plan had been for Saudi Arabia’s F1 race to permanently shift there. However, Saudi Arabia’s […]
The French 19-year-old, who currently lies second in the FIA Formula 2 points standings, will make his first appearance in Alfa Romeo’s C42 at the Circuit of the Americas after driving a 2019-spec Alfa in a private test at the Hungaroring last August. He will stand in for Valtteri Bottas at COTA, Zhou Guanyu’s debut […]
After a long drought since its last constructors’ championship in 2013, Red Bull is set to secure this year’s title in the coming weeks, after Max Verstappen took his second successive drivers’ crown at Suzuka last weekend. It will be Red Bull’s first constructors’ title of the hybrid era. Horner paid tribute to chief technical […]
Palou will take part in FP1 at the United States Grand Prix, taking over Daniel Ricciardo’s car for the 60 minute session at Circuit of the Americas, while O’Ward will drive Lando Norris’s car in opening practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. These outings follow the pair’s driver development tests in the MCL35M and […]
In Singapore, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel finished sixth and eighth, propelling the team from ninth to seventh in the constructor’s championship, ahead of Haas and AlphaTauri. Then, during the rain-interrupted Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel put in a storming drive to sixth after winning a final-lap tussle with Fernando Alonso, edging the team closer to […]
Norris has said several times in recent races that he believes Alpine has made heavy weather of the fight that his McLaren squad and its closest rival are having over fourth place in the F1 world constructors’ championship. The Briton reckons that considering the pace Alpine has shown with its A522 car this season, it […]
There seems little doubt that some of F1’s previous great wet weather drives – think Ayrton Senna at Portugal in 1985, Michael Schumacher at Barcelona in 1996 and Damon Hill at Suzuka in 1994 – would not have happened these days because the races would never have been allowed to start. This has led to […]