F1 teams and the series owners Liberty Media had unanimously backed plans back in April to expand the sprint race roster next season following the success of recent trials.However, the FIA blocked the move as FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem wanted to check on the financial impact of the changes Read more…
McLaren’s decision to swoop for Piastri earlier this summer helped trigger the exit of Ricciardo from the Woking-based squad, with his F1 future now uncertain.That scenario could have led to a lot of awkwardness between the pair as their shared nationality added an extra edge to the driver market movements Read more…
The upcoming race in Singapore also features one of the tighter pitlanes of the season.Sainz was one of several drivers to be involved in unsafe release incidents over the Zandvoort weekend, and in his case he drove into the path of Fernando Alonso.At an earlier Sainz stop Sergio Perez ran Read more…
The news has been expected for some time, and it’s understood that the team officially took up its option on the Chinese driver at the end of last month, with the formal announcement timed to coincide with the sport’s return to Asian marker for this weekend’s Singapore GP.Zhou scored points Read more…
In a sprint to the end of the 2022 F1 season, the first Singapore GP in three years starts a run of six races in eight weeks.Verstappen can clinch the drivers’ world title at the Marina Bay Circuit through a few permutations, but realistically looks set to wrap up the Read more…
Since the first night race back in 2008, F1 folk have grown used to adjusting to the schedule by staying up until dawn and sleeping until the early afternoon in an attempt to stay on European time. Against the backdrop of the inevitable jet lag on arrival, it’s never an Read more…
The Woking-based outfit has been left on the back foot through much of 2022 after brake problems wrecked its final test and left it near the tail end for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.The team has recovered quite well but has admitted that getting on top of those problems diverted Read more…
The Frenchman looks set to lead the Alpine team in 2023, following the departure of Alonso to Aston Martin.But while Ocon is raved about by his team, which has committed to him until the end of 2024, he is aware that those outside the squad sometimes fail to recognise the job he is Read more…
While car manufacturers around the world invest heavily in electric vehicles, F1 is not ignoring the huge benefits that can be had globally by pioneering cheap plug-in carbon-neutral fuel to help power the two billion internal combustion engines that will remain on the roads for decades to come.But while the Read more…
Seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton has won at least once per season since making his F1 debut with McLaren back in 2007.But amid Mercedes’ struggles to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari at the very front this year, Hamilton finds himself in the longest winless run of his F1 career, Read more…