On F1’s return to Singapore after three years away, a number of the frontrunners endured disrupted practice running on Friday, as Sainz led proceedings with a best lap of 1m42.587s to head a Ferrari 1-2 from team-mate Charles Leclerc in FP2. Mercedes’ George Russell slotted into third ahead of F1 world championship leader Max Verstappen, […]
After a day of fast developments in the Singapore Grand Prix paddock, as speculation focused on Aston Martin and Red Bull having potentially not complied with the 2021 cost cap limit, Wolff did not hold back in his views about how serious the matter was. After Red Bull team boss Christian Horner had indicated earlier […]
Rumours suggested the classic racing circuit was at risk of being removed from the calendar for the forthcoming season. But much to fans’ and drivers’ delight, it was announced the race would return during the weekend Max Verstappen stormed to victory from the back-half of the grid in front of a huge Dutch contingent. While […]
In the previous era of ultra-high-downforce, F1’s corresponding overtaking challenge meant teams would often focus more on setting their cars up to gain places in qualifying, knowing drivers behind would struggle to follow and wear their tyres more than a rival ahead at the same time. The switch back to ground effect designs for 2022 […]
Gasly has been the subject of intense discussions after this year’s driver market silly season was kickstarted by Alonso’s shock decision to join Aston Martin at the start of the summer break – despite Gasly having a contract to race with AlphaTauri for 2023. Red Bull is open to allowing Gasly to leave its fold […]
The Red Bull driver looks on course for his second world title after dominating much of this season, and his first opportunity to wrap it up comes at the Marina Bay circuit. But with the title triumph out of his hands, as he needs remaining contenders Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc also not to score […]
Red Bull Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18 Photo by: Alessio Morgese Even before Red Bull streaked well clear of Ferrari in the 2022 constructors’ championship, it had both drivers signed up for next season. Stability is the name of the game as an uber-long deal to retain Max Verstappen means he will again lead […]
Mercedes has struggled all season with the W13, notably with porpoising and ride issues, and the car has only really shone at high-downforce venues. Russell says that the team has chosen a specific philosophy for next year’s W14, and has clear targets that it will try to meet. “I’m confident that the direction we need […]
F1 is making a push towards a carbon-neutral future, but the expansion and timing of next season’s biggest ever schedule have led some to question whether it is doing enough to change things. Having previously vowed to group races regionally to avoid unnecessary travel, the current planned 2023 schedule has turned out to not be […]
The Silverstone-based squad is recovering from a poor start to the year where it went down the wrong concept route with its AMR22, before switching tact from the Spanish GP. And although it still looks set to finish ninth in the constructors’ championship this year, it feels it has made decent progress behind the scenes […]