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Autosport revealed last week at Spa that AlphaTauri driver Gasly had emerged as a candidate for a switch to Alpine following Fernando Alonso shock exit for Aston Martin in 2023. Although Gasly has already been announced as an AlphaTauri driver for 2023 and has a contract until the end of next season, it is understood there is interest from Alpine to break the Frenchman out of his existing …Keep reading

Russell landed his maiden pole in Hungary and chased teammate Lewis Hamilton home for a 2-3 result, but only after the mechanics had turned the cars “upside down” following a lacklustre showing during Friday practice.Despite having the summer break to analyse the data on the W13, that inconsistency carried over to last weekend’s Belgian GP, when Russell was only eighth fastest in …Keep reading

As Autosport’s exclusive images show, the idea has been incorporated at Turn 12 – the second part of the Hans Ernst chicane.Prompted by problems at last year’s GP of cars running wide across the kerbs there and dragging gravel on to the circuit – which caused red flags in support events – Zandvoort has elected to try something unique.Eager to avoid having asphalt run-offs, race …Keep reading

The outfit that, like Ferrari, manufactured its own parts including the engine, scored 17 wins and 11 poles between its world championship debut in the 1951 British Grand Prix and its final proper F1 start, as Stanley BRM, in 1977.Some of the era’s best drivers appeared for BRM and seven won points-paying races.For this list Autosport assessed the amount of success the drivers scored …Keep reading

After seeing Verstappen romp home to victory from P14 on the grid Mercedes team boss Wolff suggested that “we are in a situation where the championship will be concluded in Europe, probably”.While technically not possible, Wolff’s hyperbolic comment was perhaps a factor of just how soul-destroying Verstappen’s pace was for the competition.After being kept honest by Charles Leclerc and …Keep reading

Ocon charged from 16th on the grid to finish seventh for Alpine in the Belgian Grand Prix, calling the performance “our best weekend of the year so far, and probably since I joined the team”.The key to Ocon’s charge up the order was the Alpine car’s impressive straightline speed, which also allowed Fernando Alonso to fight high up the order in the opening stages and eventually finish …Keep reading

Who is leading the 2022 F1 World Championship Drivers’ points?Red Bull’s reigning champion Verstappen scored a maximum 26 points at Spa-Francorchamps and his lead in the World Championship is up to 93 over team-mate Sergio Perez, who moves into second over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari driver suffered another troubled race and could only finish sixth after a late penalty for …Keep reading

The world champion has been in sensational form over the Spa-Francorchamps weekend, despite knowing that he was heading into the race with a back of the grid penalty for an engine change.But that has not hindered his pace, as the Red Bull driver ended up qualifying over six-tenths of a second clear of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who will actually start from pole.After praising the form of …Keep reading

Following resistance from teams about an original idea to lift the floor edges by 25mm for 2023 to help limit bouncing problems many have experienced, the FIA agreed to a compromise solution over the summer break.It has settled on a 15mm raising, which is 5mm higher than a 10mm change that it is understood a majority of teams were happy to support.But while teams that are unhappy about the …Keep reading

The Woking-based team announced on Wednesday that it was parting ways at the end of the season with Ricciardo, after a disappointing time since they joined forces at the start of 2021.While Ricciardo had another year to run on his original contract, McLaren felt it needed to make a change after a lack of results – and a termination deal was agreed with the Australian.McLaren has its …Keep reading