The deal also gives Liberty a foothold in other sports and major events on the hospitality and entertainment side, including NASCAR’s Chicago street race, the NBA, Australian Open tennis and the Kentucky Derby. The deal to buy “greater than 90%” of Quint, which is expected to be completed before the end of the year, values […]
The Belgian GP exposed the weakness of the MCL60 at high-speed tracks, and Norris found himself unable to defend in the race on his way to seventh place. At Monza, Norris qualified ninth and finished eighth having been stuck behind the Williams of Alex Albon for most of the race. Although the final outcome was […]
Both Gasly and team-mate Esteban Ocon were eliminated in Q1, qualifying 17th and 18th respectively for the Italian GP. They didn’t fare much better in the race, with Gasly just avoiding being lapped by winner Max Verstappen in 15th, while Ocon’s car was retired as a pre-caution after he started encountering a steering lock issue. While Gasly explained that Alpine had […]
Mercedes had another difficult weekend at Monza, where Ferrari was clearly a step ahead and the W14 was the third-fastest car. George Russell and Hamilton eventually finished fifth and sixth as they showed an obvious top-speed handicap. Hamilton’s life has been made harder of late by a couple of difficult qualifying sessions, with the seven-time […]
While the Italian Grand Prix featured a number of overtakes and plenty of wheel-to-wheel action to show what is possible with the current generation of cars, there is now some concern about the impact of development directions that teams are taking. As they probe ways to increase performance, this is inevitably resulting in the increased […]
Signing Perez was the latest attempt by Red Bull to find a driver who could be a good wingman for its undisputed leader Max Verstappen, someone who could back up the Dutchman’s success with enough podiums to land the Milton Keynes team the constructors’ championship. Its junior drivers Pierre Gasly and Alexander Albon did’t work […]
Magnussen qualified only 19th at Monza and was one of only three drivers to take a gamble by starting on the hard rather than medium Pirelli tyres. However, while Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas used the strategy to have strong races and earn points Magnussen finished 18th and last, behind team-mate Nico Hulkenberg. The intention had been to run a […]
Hamilton made a rare error in the Italian Grand Prix when he accidentally interlocked wheels with Piastri at the second chicane in their fight for position and they made contact. The incident damaged Piastri’s front wing, forcing him into the pits for a replacement, and earned Hamilton a five-second penalty for causing the collision. Hamilton came […]
Each team will receive a certificate of compliance for meeting the cap between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, which stands at a base of $135 million plus extras. The FIA added that non-F1 activities within each team were studied extensively, along with on-site visits, but none were found to have breached the cap […]
Verstappen has been rewriting the history book this season with the dominant RB19, having been undefeated since team-mate Sergio Perez’s win in Baku. His win in last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix was his 10th victory in a row, beating the all-time record he shared with Sebastian Vettel and Alberto Ascari, while Red Bull’s streak of 15 […]