As a Mercedes junior Russell was farmed out to Williams for three seasons, where he gained experience and showed the promise that convinced Wolff to promote him to a Mercedes race seat at the expense of long-time servant Valtteri Bottas.Russell has been around the Brackley team for a long time, Read more…
The characteristics and set-up of the Ferrari and Red Bull cars have been markedly different through the opening phase of the campaign.Red Bull has opted for a lower downforce/drag configuration for its RB18, which has given it an advantage with top speeds and in flat-out corners.The Ferrari F1-75 has run Read more…
All teams are struggling to save weight with their 2022 cars, and Ricciardo revealed that he’d had less fluid in his drinks bottle than he would have liked in the conditions.He struggled for pace for most of the afternoon, and even a late switch to soft tyres during the safety Read more…
But as the weekend carried on, Mercedes could not recapture that form and it again found itself fighting at the front of the midfield pack rather than with Ferrari and Red Bull.What Mercedes now needs to understand is whether it was flattered by Friday or underperformed over the rest of Read more…
At the late safety car restart Mick Schumacher was in a promising ninth place, but his points hopes were ended by a collision with Sebastian Vettel – with the Haas driver finishing 15th after a pitstop for a front wing change.Team-mate Kevin Magnussen lost track position when he asked for Read more…
While Red Bull’s 2022 on-track performance has hit a new high, Verstappen defeating Ferrari’s polesitter Charles Leclerc by virtue of better top speed and tyre management on Sunday, the Milton Keynes outfit continued to suffer from various problems across the weekend.After being limited to 14 laps in FP1, Verstappen only Read more…
Carlos Sainz finished third ahead of a hobbled Sergio Perez, with George Russell coming fifth ahead of Lewis Hamilton after gaining massively with the safety car timing and then beating his team-mate in battle afterwards.At the start, Leclerc shot away from pole position in the lead, while alongside his team-mate Read more…
Leclerc will start ahead of Sainz and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.F1 Miami Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc on pole from Sainz ClaDriver TimeGapkm/h Read more…
While at the back of the car, Mercedes has played things pretty conventional with its low drag rear wing, at the front it has taken things to the extreme with its endplate, which offers a hint at how it intends to push forward with the W13.Having been plagued by the Read more…
The Miami International Autodrome is situated within the campus of the Hard Rock Stadium as a semi-permanent circuit, ensuring the complex can return to hosting its traditional sporting events once the F1 weekend is over.A number of proposals for a race in Miami faced opposition – including hosting a race Read more…