After Romain Grosjean’s accident in Bahrain last year left the French driver with burns to his hands the FIA began a push for extra protection, in conjunction with the manufacturers.With the agreement of the FIA stewards five drivers and four suppliers participated in a test of prototypes in practice at Read more
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Following a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council on Friday, a draft schedule for next season was released.The calendar, which stretches from the season opener in Bahrain on 20 March and finishes with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 20 November, has been put together as the sport Read more
Masi visited the regular MotoGP venue this summer immediately after the Hungarian GP, in company with F1 sporting director Steve Nielsen, while negotiations to hold a race were still under way.Although the track has an FIA Grade 1 licence for car racing and was used for a GP2 Asia event Read more
After Charles Leclerc took a new engine in Russia, which included the latest update of Ferrari’s hybrid system, it was Sainz’ turn last weekend to move to his fourth power unit of 2021 and thus take a grid penalty.But when the Spaniard saw how quick Leclerc was on Friday during Read more
The German was running in 10th place when he was told there was a pit stop window as other drivers were stopping for a second set of intermediates.Asked on lap 36 if he might want to try soft tyres should slicks become an option Vettel responded, “Medium, medium, let’s go Read more
With little separating Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in the drivers’ standings, and a more varied selection of winning drivers this year, there have been some suggestions that F1’s current rules deliver everything the sport needs.Furthermore, there are concerns that such is the overhaul triggered by the new 2022 cars, Read more
On a wet track Hamilton was trying to carve his way back through the field after a grid penalty made him start in 11th. By Lap 35 Hamilton had moved up to fifth and launched an attack on Red Bull’s Perez on Istanbul Park’s back straight.After the pair went wheel-to-wheel Read more
The world champion had made a strong recovery from 11th on the grid to run fifth behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez during the midpoint of the race.But as a number of cars ahead of him pitted for fresh inters, Hamilton joined Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in electing to try to stick it Read more
After starring in damp conditions to take second on the grid at Spa and third in Sochi, Russell hoped to excel after drizzle through the afternoon left the track damp for the start of qualifying at Istanbul Park.Russell made it through to Q2, but an error on his final lap Read more