As part of this continued push, a revised beam wing layout was on the menu for the Japanese Grand Prix, with the team looking to customise its configuration for the demands of the Suzuka layout. This is a subtle change, especially when we consider the scale of the update unveiled in Singapore, but deemed essential […]
Verstappen clinched the 2022 title with a dominant victory in Suzuka last weekend, with four races still to go. There was some confusion after the flag about whether or not full points would be awarded despite the shortened race distance, but unlike the Abu Dhabi finale last year, the success was not clouded by controversy. […]
The delays in getting the Japanese Grand Prix going on Sunday has reopened the debate about whether or not F1 needs a rethink about cars being better able to cope with poor weather conditions. The most critical aspect in terms of wet weather safety is in ensuring that tyres can cope with excess water on […]
But what is crystal clear is that while the labelling of Red Bull’s overspend has been officially classified as a “minor” breach, its opposition sees it as anything but a small matter. To be classified as a “minor” offence rather than a “material” one, teams must have overspent by less than 5% of the allowance. […]
Mercedes struggled with a bouncing issue on its W13 car under the revised technical regulations for 2022 that blighted its early-season form. But after debuting a significant upgrade package in Barcelona, George Russell finished third and Lewis Hamilton recovered to fifth despite a first-lap incident that dropped him to the back of the field, giving […]
After the race was resumed following the red flag, drivers soon began to move from wet to intermediate tyres, with most coming in at the end of the second flying lap. With his teammate Ocon coming in on that lap, Alonso was told to stay out so that Alpine wouldn’t have to double-stack him. When […]
The safety car emerged at the end of the first lap following Carlos Sainz’s accident. Gasly had to pit at the end of the lap for a new nose after hitting debris left on track following Sainz’s accident, where the tractor was attending it. The red flag then came out and it was the speed […]
Ferrari driver Leclerc found himself coming under increasing pressure from Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the battle for second through the closing stages of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. Under braking into the Casio Triangle on the final lap, Leclerc ran deep and cut over the kerbs when rejoining the track ahead of Perez. He crossed […]
Following intense speculation since the Singapore Grand Prix that two squads had been found to have spent more than the circa $145 million limit in 2021, motor racing’s governing body formally published its findings on Monday. In a statement, it said that all teams had been issued with their compliance certificates apart from Red Bull, […]
But rather than this being the end of a process that has already been under the spotlight for a while, what happens next is potentially more intriguing as the governing body moves towards potential punishments. The matter looks almost certain to be drawn out though, with F1’s Financial Regulations explicit in the formal process that […]